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Center receives grant for work preserving Emmett Till legacy

February 22, 2021 Kermit Williams 0

A Mississippi institution is receiving a grant to advance its work in teaching people about the legacy of Emmett Till, a Black teenager from Chicago whose lynching by white people in Mississippi in 1955 spurred […]

Health

Maintenance workers keep hospital afloat by the bucket

February 22, 2021 Kermit Williams 0

By CALEB MCCLUSKEY, Enterprise-Journal MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) _ Neither rain, snow nor waterless pipes could prevent Southwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center from helping patients in need, as employees carried buckets of water drawn from a […]

Education

Natchez could add names on monument to civil rights march

February 12, 2021 Kermit Williams 0

Organizers say more names could be added to a monument commemorating an October 1965 civil rights demonstration in Mississippi. The granite monument in Natchez _ unveiled in 2019 _ is engraved with the names of […]

Health

Mississippi circuit judge dies of COVID-19 complications

February 12, 2021 Kermit Williams 0

A 71-year-old Mississippi judge has died of complications of COVID-19, the state Administrative Office of Courts said in a statement Tuesday. Circuit Judge Eddie H. Bowen of Raleigh died Sunday, about three weeks after he […]

Local

Mississippi could erase licensing for some types of jobs

February 12, 2021 Kermit Williams 0

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press/Report for America JACKSON, Miss. (AP) _ Mississippi could do away with licensing requirements for certain professions, a move supporters say could eliminate barriers to more people entering the workforce. Lawmakers […]

Health

Mississippi proposes fixing problem with initiative process

February 2, 2021 Kermit Williams 0

Mississippi could try to clear up a problem with its initiative process. The state constitution says people can petition to get issues on the ballot by collecting an equal number of signatures from each of […]

Business

Mississippi State students in need to receive $1,000 grants

February 2, 2021 Kermit Williams 0

Mississippi State University is offering $1,000 one-time grants to students in need during their last year of college to help them complete their degrees. Vice President for Student Affairs Regina Hyatt said the grants are […]

Local

Mayor ordered to resign after his embezzlement guilty plea

February 2, 2021 Kermit Williams 0

A Mississippi mayor is being removed from office after pleading guilty to embezzlement by a public official. News outlets report Aberdeen Mayor Maurice Howard entered the plea Monday in Monroe County Circuit Court. Howard had […]

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