Photo by News Mississippi The Mississippi Highway Patrol, the Mississippi Department of Public Safety and the National Rifle Association is hosting the 2019 NRA National Police Shooting Championships at the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer’s Training Academy in Pearl. The competition … Continued
In an exciting playoff on the 18th hole, Sebastián Muñoz claimed his first PGA TOUR victory Sunday at the Sanderson Farms Championship. Muñoz, a 26-year-old from Colombia, forced a playoff with a 15-foot birdie putt, and then beat Sungjae Im with … Continued
The number of Mississippians working increased in August 2019, according to information provided by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security. Mississippi’s unemployment rate in August 2019 was 5.2%, a slight increase of one-tenth of a percentage point from July 2019. … Continued
Last week, Congressman Michael Guest applauded the announcement of $268,413 in funds to prepare 400 Mississippi State University students for careers in computer science, cybersecurity, and coding. The Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) approved a $190,573 grant for the Cybersecurity Education … Continued
Written by Christina Steube – University of Mississippi More than 2.2 million people are imprisoned in the United States, a higher rate of incarceration than anywhere else in the industrialized world. On a state level, Mississippi is surpassed only by Oklahoma … Continued
Photo & Story Courtesy of Southern Miss Athletics The No. 2 Alabama Crimson Tide, national champions or runners-up for four consecutive years, flexed its muscles early and held throughout for a 49-7 victory over Southern Miss on Saturday morning. Alabama … Continued
Photo courtesy of MSU Athletics Story by SportsTalk Mississippi MSU Beat Reporter Brian Hadad Last week, Mississippi State looked like a ship without a rudder in a 31-24 loss to Kansas State. This week, with a new captain of the … Continued
PHOTO CREDIT: Joshua McCoy — Ole Miss Athletics Story by SportsTalk Mississippi Ole Miss Beat Reporter Brian Scott Rippee Oxford – Ole Miss has to answer some tough questions after Cal issued it a gut punch in a 28-20 defeat … Continued
Mississippi State University is being named a 2019 recipient of the Higher Education Excellence in Diversity (HEED) Award from INSIGHT Into Diversity magazine, the oldest and largest diversity-focused publication in U.S. higher education. Joining 93 other U.S. colleges and universities, … Continued
In the past two decades, more than 60,000 Mississippi tobacco users have registered with the Mississippi Tobacco Quitline, a telephone-based tobacco cessation service that helps users quit. “Mississippi’s Tobacco Quitline consistently rates as one of the top Quitlines in the … Continued