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Brandon police, other departments receive pay raise
BRANDON, Miss. (WJTV) – The City of Brandon approved a pay raise for multiple city departments. Leaders said police officers, firefighters, 911 dispatchers and Public Works employees will receive a pay bump in the coming months. The Brandon Board of Aldermen approved the increase on Monday, August 19 with a vote of 6-0. One alderman […]
Mississippi man killed after log truck rollover wreck Tuesday afternoon
A Mississippi was killed when the log truck he was a passenger was involved in a rollover wreck. The Mississippi Highway Patrol reports that Jeremy M. McNeal, 28, of Sardis, was killed in the wreck that occurred shortly after 3 p.m. Tuesday on Highway 7 near the Highway 7/9 roundabout.
Introducing defensive line prospect Tykerrious Patrick
This state of Mississippi is known for producing great football talent and especially so these past several years on the defensive line. Jeffery Simmons, Chris Jones, Fletcher Cox, and many more from the Magnolia State are currently in the National Football League having a ball. The trenches is a place that you must be a dog in at all levels, and Mississippi is holding strong to having dogs coming out if this state.
‘My children are the ones hurting’: Brothers say they were falsely arrested and charged; police chief says that’s not the case
BROOKHAVEN, Miss. (WLBT) - Two Brookhaven brothers were arrested and charged last year for shooting into a car with kids inside, injuring two people. The shooting happened in January of 2023. LaJohntae Fields and his brother Jacorius Smith were both charged with the crime. A crime they say they did...
Aurora Flight Sciences in Columbus announces expansion and new jobs
An aerosystems manufacturing company announced an expansion in Lowndes County that will create 63 jobs. Aurora Flight Sciences in Columbus announces expansion and new jobs. An aerosystems manufacturing company announced an expansion in Lowndes County that will create 63 jobs.
Aldermen considering library’s $243K budget request
By Alyssa Schnugg The Batesville Public Library is asking the Batesville Board of Aldermen to set aside $243,432 in the city’s fiscal year 2025 budget. The funds are to help the library maintain and expand library services. Lori Barnes, director of the First Regional Library, which is the umbrella system for the Batesville Public Library, […] The post Aldermen considering library’s $243K budget request appeared first on The Panolian.
City seeks to staff up planetarium ahead of fall 2025 opening date
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson city officials are asking for the city council’s help to staff up the Russell C. Davis Planetarium, more than a year before it’s expected to reopen. “We want to start staffing the facility, at least with some of the most critical staff, one...
Murder suspect who escaped custody in Mississippi is captured 2 months later after standoff in Chicago restaurant
A man wanted on suspicion of murder who was on the run for two months since he escaped from custody in Mississippi has been arrested hundreds of miles away in Chicago after an over 12-hour long SWAT standoff, the U.S. Marshals Service said. Joshua Zimmerman, 30, escaped from custody from...
On this day in 1964
Fannie Lou Hamer drew national attention when she testified before the Democratic National Convention’s credentials committee, challenging Mississippi’s all-white delegation. She detailed violence against Black Americans in Mississippi, including her own beating in the Winona jail. “All of this is on account of we want to register, to...
Syphilis cases rise nationally, statewide and locally
Cases of syphilis have increased 80% since 2018, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health, with much of that surge happening since the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2021, Mississippi ranked sixth in the nation for syphilis incidence, at 28.1 cases per 100,000 people, and fourth nationally on congenital syphilis incidence, at 182 per 100,000 live […] The post Syphilis cases rise nationally, statewide and locally appeared first on The Oxford Eagle.
Delta State’s Kelvin Davis honored with 2024 NACUBO Rising Star Award
CLEVELAND, Miss. — Delta State University is proud to announce that Kelvin Davis, Associate Vice President of Finance and Administration and Interim Human Resources Director, has been awarded the prestigious 2024 Rising Star Award by the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). This award recognizes Davis’s exceptional leadership and potential as an emerging executive in higher education finance and business.
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