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Mississippi 2nd Chance players win more than $500,000
JACKSON, Miss (WJTV) – Scratch-off tickets that started as non-winners turned into $540,000 for six players in the Mississippi Lottery’s July 2, 2024, 2nd Chance promotional drawing! The 2nd Chance promotional drawing included six eligible scratch-off games. Winners will be contacted in the next week via a certified letter: Players can continue to enter non-winning tickets at […]
Photo Gallery: Environmental coverage across Mississippi
Explore the story of Mississippi's environmental challenges and triumphs through the work of Mississippi Today's photojournalists. The post Photo Gallery: Environmental coverage across Mississippi appeared first on Mississippi Today.
Mississippi disability advocate fundraises for others, national pageant
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Columbus native Mercetia Jenkins seeks to win a national beauty pageant in August and make a difference in the lives and attitudes toward disabled Mississippians. The annual Ms. Wheelchair Mississippi competition selects the state’s most accomplished and articulate spokeswoman for people with disabilities. Jenkins became the titleholder in February. The Ms. […]
Mississippi State launches public survey on black bears
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Many Mississippi landowners and hunters will receive black bear surveys this week from Mississippi State University (MSU) researchers. Sharp Professor of Human Dimensions Kevin Hunt in the MSU Forest and Wildlife Research Center, in collaboration with the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks (MDWFP), is conducting the surveys to better […]
Mississippi Arts: “Lanterns on the Levee” original manuscript donated to MDAH
In Lanterns on the Levee, Percy reflects on pivotal events such as the devastating Mississippi River flood of 1927, as well as the profound societal transformations that occurred in the South during the Progressive Era, World War I, and the Great Depression. Percy died on January 21, 1942, in Greenville...
Strickland Named President-Elect of Mississippi Tourism Association
VICKSBURG, Miss. – The Mississippi Tourism Association (MTA) has announced its elected board of officers for 2024-2025. Visit Vicksburg’s Executive Director, Laura Beth Strickland, will serve as the state association’s president-elect starting July 1. Her term as President will begin on July 1, 2025. Strickland, a Vicksburg...
Testing the Limits of FFS
, Mississippi is a long way from Texas, but big news recently surfaced in a local newspaper there that is sure to pique interest among crappie buffs across the Lone Star state and beyond. The story centers on the use of forward facing sonar. On June 21, Clarion Ledger outdoors writer Brian Broom reported that Mississippi’s Commission on Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks voted to cut daily limits at four of the state’s more popular crappie lakes — Grenada, Enid, Sardis and Arkabutla Lake. All are well known for producing big crappie. According to the story, the main reasons for the reduction hinge...
From Roe to Dobbs and Beyond: The last clinic in Mississippi
Quality Journalism for Critical Times This is the third in a four-part series Not a single employee of the New Woman All Women Clinic in Birmingham quit after it was bombed in 1998. It would always be the abortion clinic that got bombed — the place where security guard and police officer Robert Sanderson died, and head nurse Emily Lyons […] The post From Roe to Dobbs and Beyond: The last clinic in Mississippi appeared first on Florida Phoenix.
Former commissioner Bill Cossar honored in resolution
JACKSON — Bill Cossar oversaw his last meeting as chairman of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks commission on June 19. At the time, it was unknown if he would be reappointed to the commission. Gov. Tate Reeves opted to appoint Colin Maloney to replace Cossar at the end of June. Cossar was […] The post Former commissioner Bill Cossar honored in resolution appeared first on Daily Leader.
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