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Thursday’s Dawg Biscuits: Updates on 2025 prospects Tyler Lockhart, Ferzell Shepard and Gevonte Ware
Step inside for the latest on several 2025 and 2026 prospects on Mississippi State’s radar in football and basketball: First Biscuit – Starting the day with basketball recruiting, on Wednesday I exchanged messages with 2025 power forward and On3 four-star prospect Gevonte Ware of 1 of 1 (N.C.) Academy. He’s another guy on Mississippi State’s […] The post Thursday’s Dawg Biscuits: Updates on 2025 prospects Tyler Lockhart, Ferzell Shepard and Gevonte Ware appeared first on On3.
Mississippi man killed in noonday wreck on rural Mississippi highway
A Mississippi man died after a noonday crash on a rural Mississippi road Thursday. The Mississippi Highway Patrol reports that Derell Latiker, 42, of Sallis, was killed after a crash on Highway 14 in Attala County. The crash occurred shortly after noon Thursday. MHP officials report that Latiker’s vehicle went...
Catfish producers navigate economy’s murky waters
By Robert Gregory MSU Extension Service STARKVILLE — Lower feed prices are providing some relief to Mississippi’s catfish producers, but many are still facing more than their share of obstacles just to break even. Among these are middling demand, high operating costs and renovation. “Marketing challenges have delayed fish sales by small and medium-sized farms […] The post Catfish producers navigate economy’s murky waters appeared first on Daily Leader.
Paradise turns into uncertainty for Mississippians left stranded at airport for a week by global computer glitch
A group of 20 Mississippians was stranded in the Caribbean for nearly a week after a global computer glitch canceled their flight home. Delta will fly them home soon, and they will have quite the story to tell. Andrea Beeson Waldrop of Brookhaven has shared the saga in a series...
Pearl River man sentenced to 10 Years in prison
Jackson, MS – A Pearl River man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for incest on the Choctaw Indian Reservation. According to court documents, Ronnie Reed, Sr., 52, had a sexual relationship with a family member in the Pearl River Community of the Choctaw Indian Reservation. Reed was indicted by a federal grand jury in October 2023, and pleaded guilty to the charge in April 2024.
In Mississippi, student filmmakers tell Emmett Till's story through their lenses
Students pile out of a bus in Drew, Mississippi, with notepads and cameras tucked under their arms. This stop, on a hot Friday afternoon in June, is the third of many throughout the quiet farming region. One student, Amari Smith, listens intently to her instructor as she carries a tripod...
On this day in 1964
Unita Blackwell became the Issaquena County delegate for the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, which fought to replace Mississippi’s all-white delegation at the 1964 Democratic National Convention. “We had no idea that we were changing the whole political future of America,” she said. “We were going because we didn’t have...
Could you go a whole week without buying new plastic?
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Clinton teens seek gold medals in the 2024 Junior Olympics
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - While the Olympics are underway in Paris, a group from Clinton is already competing in the Junior Olympics. The teenagers are participating in the USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships. Three Clinton teenagers in the Trust the Process Track Club are running this track...
KOPC Workforce Development trainees put lessons to practice with John Henry Park facelift
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Biloxi’s John Henry Park is getting some new upgrades thanks to students in a workforce training program. Cari Lee joined the Knights of Peter Claver training program to get some much-needed skills to help her find a job. She and other students have applied their training during the renovation of the park.
Trauma drug study aims to save lives following severe injuries
Of the more than 100,000 patients who receive acute care in the Adult Emergency Department at the University of Mississippi Medical Center each year, Dr. Matthew Kutcher remembers one case specifically, taking care of a patient in an accident involving heavy machinery at work. “There was an injury to the...
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