SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED THIS EVENING INTO TOMORROW PEARL The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency is asking residents to prepare for severe weather forecast to move through the state late Tuesday into Wednesday. The National Weather Service says that some areas of Mississippi could see severe thunderstorms, damaging winds, hail and the possibility of tornadoes...
JACKSON In honor of the American Cancer Society¹s 100th Birthday, Governor Phil Bryant officially proclaimed May 22 as ³American Cancer Society Day² and urges all residents of Mississippi to join together to finish the fight against cancer. The American Cancer Society was established in 1913 as American Society for the Control of Cancer,...
June 1-2 Designated as Free Fishing Weekend in Mississippi JACKSONEach year the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) designates the first weekend in June as ³Free Fishing Weekend² in Mississippi. On June 1-2, 2013, any person may sport fish without a fishing license or a state lake fishing or boating permit. The...
JACKSON As the weather warms up, families and friends gather together to enjoy the outdoors on the water boating, fishing, jet skiing, and more. It is important to remember the safety precautions to take during all of these recreational water activities. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks (MDWFP) urges Mississippians to...
Robert Thompson Named New ECCC Men¹s Basketball Coach Robert Thompson is the new men¹s head basketball coach at East Central Community College in Decatur. ECCC President Dr. Billy Stewart introduced the new Warrior head coach during a press conference held Tuesday, May 14, 2013, in the Board of Trustees Room located in the Vincent...
The Return on Investment (ROI) for Workforce Training puts over five dollars into Mississippi¹s economy for every one dollar spent, the Mississippi Department of Employment Security (MDES) announced today. MDES is the state administrator of the federal Workforce Investment Act training program. The agency reports 3,022 Individual Training Accounts (ITAs) totaling over $11 million...
A Starkville man is going to prison for possession of child pornography, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. John A. Brown, age 61, of Logan Drive in Starkville, appeared before Judge Lee Coleman in Oktibbeha County today and plead guilty to one count possession of child pornography. Judge Coleman sentenced Brown to 20 years,...
State of Mississippi Closes on a Significant Portion of Cat Island Jackson, Miss.Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, along with several members of the Mississippi Gulf Coast Legislative Delegation, announced the purchase by the citizens of the State of Mississippi of a significant portion of Cat Island, one of the barrier islands located off the...
By Bonnie Coblentz MSU Ag Communications MISSISSIPPI STATE — Mississippi State University architecture students designed a sustainable home that can provide its own electricity, water supply and food for a family of four. In the final project of a sustainable design class, the students turned theoretical principles into a practical home and landscape. They...
