Brookhaven Daily Leader
Daylight Saving ends Sunday; is this the last time?
By Daily Leader Staff
A Senate-passed bill will make this Sunday the final time Mississippians set their clocks back to end Daylight Saving Time.
If the U.S. House of Representatives passes it and the president signs it...
Ag Air Update
Delta State Awarded $2 Mil to Develop Ag Aviation Program in MS
By Graham Lavender
CLEVELAND, Miss.— Delta State University’s Department of Commercial Aviation was recently appropriated $2 million by the United States Senate to implement an Agricultural Aircraft Operations Career...
The Boston Globe
Bill to make daylight saving time permanent stalls in the House: ‘There are a broad variety of opinions.’
By Travis Andersen
It wouldn’t be fall in America without a kerfuffle over daylight saving time, which comes to an end for most of the country at 2 a.m. Sunday, when we turn...
Trains
Meeting explores prospects for passenger route linking Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth
Government officials, Amtrak, Canadian Pacific among those at session in Monroe, La.
By News & Reviews
MONROE, La. — Officials and other interested parties from Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Alabama met...
The Magee Courier
11-year-old puts talent to work to design MPD uniform patch
By Pat Brown
The 11-year-old daughter of Phillip and Michele Magee, Paisley Magee, has designed the new uniform patch for the Magee Police Department.
Completing the patch took about 25 hours from start to finish...
Sun Herald, Biloxi
Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula awarded $2.4 billion contract that could grow to $3B
By Mary Perez
Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula has been awarded a a $2.4 billion contract modification from the U.S. Navy to build an LHA 9 America-class amphibious assault ship.
Work...
WTVA-TV Tupelo-Columbus
$6M to improve Lowndes County Port
By: Zac Carlisle
WASHINGTON (WTVA) - $6.1 million will be used to improve the Lowndes County Port in Columbus.
The U.S. Department of Transportation grant will improve infrastructure and expand capacity, U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy...
WAPT-TV Jackson
Mayor to discuss plans to overcome Jackson's water crisis during State of City address
City hosts event at Farish Street Courtyard
Angela Williams, Digital Media Manager
JACKSON, Miss. — The city of Jackson will host Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba's State of the City address on...
The Yazoo Herald
County schools earn grant for school violence prevention
By Jamie Patterson
The Yazoo County School District is among seven districts within the state included in a recent three million dollar grant for school violence prevention.
"We are absolutely elated to say the least,"...
Roll Call
Mississippi rebuilds health earmark empire in post-Cochran era
The state, 34th in population, nonetheless received more than $50 million worth of health-focused earmarks in 2022
By Lauren Clason
Mississippi, the country’s poorest state and its second unhealthiest, was one of the top...
