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Four new college degree paths approved by IHL
Three new degree paths were added to Mississippi State University, and another was added to the University of Mississippi Medical Center during last week’s Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees meeting. The three new programs at MSU will be the Bachelor of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis, Master...
Accident with Serious Injuries on Grange Hall
VICKSBURG MS – An accident with serious injuries has occurred on Grange Hall Road near Common Circle. Just before 11 p.m., a single-vehicle accident on Grange Hall Road injured several people, two of them seriously. The vehicle was reported to be in the ditch from persons initially at the scene. While there is no information on the extent of the injuries, two Air Care units are on the way to meet the ambulances at rendezvous locations. One will pick up at the airport and the other from an area hospital.
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 wraps up
JACKSON, Miss. — The Farish 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.
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