Magnolia Tribune
Destination by Hyatt picks Okhissa Lake as site of striking new development
By: Lynne Jeter
Last month, Destination by Hyatt announced it would build an impressive, high-end 200-room lodge and a 1,000-person conference center on Okhissa Lake in rural southwest Mississippi, slated...
American Veterinary Medical Association
Texas lawyer to head agriculture department
February 14, 2025
Brooke Rollins will become the 33rd U.S. secretary of agriculture. The Senate confirmed President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Agriculture (USDA) on February 13 by a vote of 72...
Sun Herald, Biloxi
Good news arrives for ‘very happy’ South MS veteran whose check was shorted for years
By Anita Lee
Valentines Day is even better than expected for Army veteran Harriet “Elva” Pflug of Lucedale.
A long-awaited payment from the Veterans Administration finally arrived. Pflug had...
Rental Housing Journal
Bill Would Allow 3-Day Evictions in Federal Subsidized Housing
By John Triplett
Federal lawmakers have introduced a bill to allow landlords to give tenants in federal subsidized housing 3-day eviction notice, according to reports.
Landlords had been required to give 30...
The Floridian
Rubio, Scott Try Again to 'Lock the Clock' on Daylight Saving Time
Jackson Bakich
Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Rick Scott (R-FL) are once again pushing for the Sunshine Protection Act, a bill that would make Daylight Saving Time (DST) the national year-round standard. In 2018...
Roll Call
Chinese garlic and seafood at US military bases? Republicans think that stinks
Senators also seek broad US ban on Chinese garlic and seafood
By Olivia M. Bridges
U.S. military servicemembers may soon find garlic and seafood from China stripped off the shelves of their local military...
Baton Rouge Advocate
These tiny insects have been tearing up Louisiana trees. Homeowners may also be at risk.
David Mitchell
The tiny pine bark beetle has had a devastating effect on the fringes of Louisiana's forests, killing thousands of trees that now pose a new risk to homeowners and...
Prentiss Headlight
Supplies from JDC delivered to North Carolina hurricane victims
By Holley Cochran
Over 60 community members, elected officials and stakeholders gathered at the historic Rosenwald School on the Prentiss Institute campus for an informative Lunch and Learn event titled “Everything...
Clarksdale Press Register
Senator Hyde-Smith visits DSU, views federally funded projects
By THE PRESS REGISTER
U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith made a special visit to Cleveland and Delta State University on Thursday, October 10, accompanied by 34 staff members from her Washington, D.C. and...
Jackson Clarion-Ledger
Opinion: Owning and operating a small business has never been easy, especially now
Leah Long, Special to the Mississippi Clarion Ledger
Owning and operating a small business is never easy, but it’s especially hard right now.
Inflation is driving up the cost of everything...
