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
Today, Congressman Michael Guest recognized American soldiers who were prisoners of war (POW) or are listed as missing in action (MIA) for POW/MIA Recognition Day. POW/MIA Recognition Day is commemorated on the third Friday of every September and serves as … Continued