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Mississippi program helps teachers buy home in areas facing severe teacher shortages
Mississippi’s Housing Assistance for Teachers program is providing essential support to educators looking to purchase homes in regions facing severe teacher shortages. To qualify, teachers must commit to serving for three years in designated districts. The program offers forgivable grants of up to $6,000, which can be used for closing costs and down payments. Applicants are required to meet specific credit criteria and contribute a 1% down payment. Properties must be located within the teacher’s employment district.
Ag company’s $3.6 million investment to modernize to create 26 jobs; retain 88 positions in rural Mississippi
Agricultural product manufacturer Sipcam Agro USA is set to modernize a recently acquired facility in Wayne County with a $3.6 million corporate investment. This development will create 26 new jobs and retain 88 positions from the facility’s previous ownership. Headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, the company announced the construction...
Third inmate in a month dies at Mississippi correctional facility
An inmate was found dead in his cell at a Mississippi Correctional facility — the third death at the facility in the month of July. Authorities reported Friday that an inmate was found dead inside his cell at the East Mississippi Correctional Facility, located approximately 90 miles east of the state capital, Jackson.
A company wants to store carbon under the nation’s forests. What would that mean in MS?
The U.S. Forest Service said ‘no’ when CapturePoint asked to put carbon capture projects under national forests, including DeSoto National Forest in Mississippi. The agency is now reconsidering.
Focused on Mississippi: Mississippi Lions All State Band
PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) – Members of the Pearl High School Band have been practicing this summer ahead of the first football game of the 2024 season. There’s another high school band that Mississippi fields every summer. It’s the Mississippi Lions All State Band. There are more than 140 members of the band. After an intense one week of […]
Casey’s announces major purchase of stores in Texas, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi
The Ankeny-based Casey’s convenience store chain announced the acquisition today of 198 stores, including 148 in Texas and 50 in Alabama, Florida, and Mississippi. Casey’s is purchasing the CEFCO convenience stores for $1.145 billion. Casey’s CEO Darin Rebelez talked about the purchase in a conference call for investors. “This acquisition will quickly expand Casey’s presence in Texas, a very attractive market for Casey’s, in addition, we’ll be able to expand our footprint further into the South as well,” he says.
Dana Road Elementary named one of six SOR schools by Mississippi Department of Education
Dana Road Elementary is one of six state schools designated as Mississippi Emerging Science of Reading Schools (SOR) by the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) for the 2024-25 school year. The Emerging SOR designation is for schools that have trained teachers in the science of reading, exemplified a change of instructional practices and embodied a school […]
BRIGHT FUTURE: NEC students earns prestigious Bounds scholarship
NATCHEZ — Joy Roland, a recent graduate of Natchez Early College Academy, was among 10 outstanding graduating seniors throughout the State of Mississippi to be honored with the Mississippi Association of School Superintendents Bounds scholarship. The Mississippi Association of School Superintendents and the Alliance of Educational Leaders of Mississippi is a nonprofit association whose membership […] The post BRIGHT FUTURE: NEC students earns prestigious Bounds scholarship appeared first on Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper.
Mississippi Outdoor Expo kicks off with new attractions
JACKSON, Miss. — TheMississippi Outdoor Expo, the state's largest display for everything outdoors, is this weekend at the Mississippi Trade Mart. The expo, which runs Friday through Sunday, offers a wide range of outdoor equipment. Vendors offer everything for the outdoors from rods to reels, bows to tractors, farm equipment, power equipment and more.
Concussion drug Prevacus founder pleads guilty in Mississippi welfare scandal case
A former research scientist and drug company CEO in Florida, whose work on a nasal spray to treat concussions was at one time touted across the nation, pleaded guilty Wednesday in federal court to wire fraud in connection with the Mississippi welfare scandal. Jacob Vanlandingham appeared before U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves at Thad Cochran Federal Courthouse in Jackson, where he admitted to using money he received through his company Prevacus for personal use, including gambling and...
Jackson officials crack down on code violations
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Officials with the City of Jackson said they’re holding property owners accountable for various eyesores in neighborhoods. Samantha Graves, with the city’s Planning & Development Department, said neighbors can do something about the eyesores. They can report code violations to the city, and an inspector from the city’s Code Enforcement Team will investigate […]
VPD officer facing great loss from overnight house fire in Natchez
NATCHEZ — Vidalia Police Captain Craig Godbold and his family lost most of their possessions in a house fire late Friday into early Saturday morning. Godbold, who lived on Creek Bend Road near Village Green apartments in Natchez, said the fire appears to have started in the carport and spread to the rest of the […] The post VPD officer facing great loss from overnight house fire in Natchez appeared first on Mississippi's Best Community Newspaper.
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