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Jones College gears up for season opener Thursday
ELLISVILLE, Miss. (WDAM) - Jones College kicks off the football festivities in the Pine Belt on Thursday night. The Bobcats host Mississippi Delta at 7 p.m. in Ellisville. “You’re going to see a different team this year,” said Jones College head coach Steve Buckley. “Each year’s different, I’m excited about this team. It’s a great character team.”
National Park Service To Fell Hazard Trees Along Natchez Trace Parkway
On August 26, work will begin to fell hazardous trees along Natchez Trace Parkway in Clinton, Ridgeland, and Madison, Mississippi. The National Park Service hired professional arborists to assess and remove potential hazard trees after a prolonged drought allowed a pine beetle infestation that killed a significant number of trees in 2023.
Local communication workers join regional strike
DAYTON — Local communications workers are joining nearly 17,000 others across the Southeast in a strike against AT&T in an attempt to get the communications to the bargaining table over unfair labor practices, according to Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 3802 Union officials. Local communications workers have been demonstrating on Railroad Street in downtown for the past several days, and on Wednesday, CWA and AT&T entered into federal mediation and had their first meeting with the mediator this morning. ...
Take care to preserve the fragile, special nature of antler growth
Mississippi’s early velvet whitetail season runs Sept. 13 to 15. Because most bucks are still in bachelor groups and following summer patterns, chances are high for hunters to get to put their hands on one of the big bucks they’ve been watching all summer long. They should do their best, though, not to grab it by the antlers. The three-day season allows hunters to take one buck only, using ...
Farish Forward Festival and Expo is back
JACKSON, Miss. — The Fariah Forward Festival is back this year with an added day of events. Saturday is an Essence Festival-esque expo from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are several panel discussions: Music, Media, and Entertainment with Jackson’s own rapper/actor David Banner and Monica Barnes (the executive producer of the Steve Harvey Morning Show), among others; My HBCU Experience with JSU head coach TC Taylor, JSU’s president, Tougaloo’s provost, and others.
Editorial: Blitz 16 and Blitz 4th and Goal
JACKSON, Miss. — Cooler mornings, the rush to the bus stop, the additional traffic with the commute into work and the sounds of marching bands echoing mean it's football season!. Here at 16 WAPT, we have been preparing for months as we gear up to capture all the action...
Jackson and Capitol police launch new initiative targeting nightclubs and gas stations
JACKSON, Miss. — The Jackson and Capitol police departments are coming together to put an end to violent crime at nightclubs. Chief Joseph Wade said the new partnership launched Friday after a recent deadly mass shooting at a daiquiri bar on Capitol Street in downtown Jackson. Other late-night downtown...
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