Future of Enviva sites in Mississippi

The future of two South Mississippi industrial facilities is in question. The news comes after Enviva announced it is closing its plant in Amory, Mississippi, according to our media partner, the Sun Herald. The company opened a wood pellet manufacturing …

Natchez Workforce Development, Mississippi Coding Academies, Alcorn and Co-Lin Partner to Launch Miss-Lou Coding Academy

Ribbon Cutting Ceremony to be held on February 18th at Co-Lin Natchez Campus, Cohort II Now Taking Applications NATCHEZ, MS, UNITED STATES, February 6, 2025 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- The Mississippi Coding Academies, in partnership with the Historic …

Drug bust leads to arrest of a 16-year-old and a drug dealer at Mississippi home

CARROLL CO., Miss. (WLBT) - A man and a 16-year-old were arrested during a drug bust in Carroll County, Mississippi. According to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, deputies executed a search warrant at the home of Jonathan Shurrod Phillips, 44, on …

Public Education Vouchers for Private Schools Bill Heads to Mississippi House Floor

JACKSON, Miss. — Education advocates and school superintendents packed the Mississippi House Education Committee Room on Tuesday as lawmakers advanced a set of “school choice” bills, including one that would allow public education funds to go to private …

Mississippi College to host statewide communication association conference

John H. Saunders, a lecturer in communication arts at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, will give the keynote address at the 2025 Mississippi Communication Association Conference at Mississippi College. Communication professionals and students from …

Cook to present Evangelism Lecture at Mississippi College

Pastor Jason Cook will discuss the challenges, obstacles and blessings of proclaiming Jesus in an age of fear during the Evangelism Lecture at Mississippi College. Jason Cook, pastor of Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell, Georgia, is scheduled to give the …

Interview: Aspiring music majors invited to Music Day at Mississippi University for Women

For federally dependent Mississippi, Trump’s grant freeze could halt $11 billion

The federal grant spending freeze, announced in January then rescinded by President Donald Trump and blocked by federal judges, could have catastrophic impact on federally dependent Mississippi, should it be re-enacted. Magnolia State agencies, according …

Mississippi House advances bill that would ban DEI in public schools

Mississippi House Republican lawmakers advanced a bill that would shutter DEI programs in all of the state’s public schools, ban certain concepts from being taught in classrooms and dictate how schools define gender. The sweeping legislation would impact …

Mississippi State basketball fighting illness before Georgia game