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Jackson City Attorney expects to bid out Hotel O demolition next week, if not, soon after
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Jackson city leaders provided more details on Friday on plans to tear down a dilapidated North Jackson hotel that one Municipal Court judge has deemed a “cancer on our city.”. At the heart of the matter is the former Hotel O, located at 4641...
Byram Resident Makes Pro Pickleball Team
A Byram resident is an engineer designing bridges by day, a star athlete by night. Bernard LeBlanc has been drafted to a pro pickleball team. He won tournaments and says he started playing for fun and has made it this far almost by accident.
Ole Miss track star to dedicate Olympic performance to late mother
OXFORD, Miss. (WMC) - Ole Miss track star McKenzie Long is set to make her Olympic debut in the women’s 200m this weekend. It’s a bittersweet achievement for the track star who lost her mother earlier this year. Long shocked the world at the Olympic Trials in June,...
NFL Players from Pascagoula H.S. (Pascagoula, MS)
Here’s an up-to-date list of all NFL Players from Pascagoula High School in Pascagoula, MS. The list includes only those players who have played in an NFL game. Terrell Buckley DB GNB,MIA,DEN,NWE,NYJ,NYG 1992 2005. Reggie Myles DB CIN 2002 2005. Mario Edwards DB DAL,TAM 2000 2004. Shane Matthews QB...
Q&A: Mississippi State wide receivers coach Chad Bumphis
There is a small list of people that have coached at Mississippi State and had the maroon and white mean as much as it does for Chad Bumphis. One of the great Bulldog wide receivers, Bumphis is now coaching State’s wide outs and he has helped build a talented room for 2024. The second-year assistant was also one of the first hires made by new coach Jeff Lebby as he was putting together a staff that will compete in the SEC year in and year out.
Antwane "Juice" Wells an example of Ole Miss' good problem this preseason
Antwane "Juice" Wells Jr. was chomping at the bit to return to his previous form, after suffering a foot injury just three games into 2023, which sidelined him for the remainder of last season. Slowly but surely, he came back. Now this time, he's catching passes from Heisman darkhorse Jaxson...
Mississippi lottery player gets Lucky Break, wins $100,000 in scratch-off game
Talk about a lucky break! A Mississippi man won $100,000 with a $5 scratch-off ticket. Mississippi Lottery officials report that a Blue Springs man won the top prize in the “Lucky Break” scratch-off game. The lucky lottery player bought the ticket from Na Quick Mart in New Albany.
‘Goals nobody can argue with’: Mississippi universities rebrand DEI to focus on access, opportunity and belonging
The University of Mississippi is in the midst of restructuring its Division of Diversity and Community Engagement as other universities across the state have already made changes to their diversity, equity and inclusion offices, potentially in an effort to ward off a legislative ban. Earlier this year, the head of...
MSU Extensions offers food business training
By Elizabeth Canales MSU Extension Service Mississippians with a quality food product looking to scale up their business are invited to take advantage of a series of one-hour webinars and a one-day, in-person workshop to learn ways to navigate different markets. The Mississippi State University Extension Service is offering the “Food as Business: Scaling up […] The post MSU Extensions offers food business training appeared first on The Oxford Eagle.
The Knights of Peter Claver Workforce Development’s Initiative for Construction Jobs
The Mississippi Gulf Coast’s labor market needs more trained construction and technical workers. While there are many paths to filling the labor gap, The Knights of Peter Claver (KOPC) Workforce Development is leading the way in training the unemployed and underemployed residents along the Mississippi Gulf Coast who desire entry-level positions in the construction industry.