3 months ago
Measles hit Spartanburg, South Carolina, hard. Reuters reported last month nearly 1,000 individuals got infected in Spartanburg County since October. The outbreak hit in places like the Global Academy of South Carolina where 21% of students had not been vaccinated, then spread to the unvaccinated at places like Costco, Publix, Goodwill, Burger King, the library, a museum, and the post office, reported the New York Times.
“This is not normal,” state epidemiologist Dr. Linda Bell said. “This is unprecedented.”
By Bill Crawford on
3 months ago
Truth can be strange, and those who think to the contrary should try reading Julian Sancton’s new book, “Neptune’s Fortune, The Billion Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire.”
At the center of the book is Roger Dooley, a Cuban American who explored the island’s waters for Castro, scoured the Spanish archives for decades, and at age 71 found off the coast of Colombia the wreck of a famous 18th century ship loaded with gold, which neither he nor anyone else has gotten to touch.
By Luther Munford on
3 months ago
Truth can be strange, and those who think to the contrary should try reading Julian Sancton’s new book, “Neptune’s Fortune, The Billion Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire.”
At the center of the book is Roger Dooley, a Cuban American who explored the island’s waters for Castro, scoured the Spanish archives for decades, and at age 71 found off the coast of Colombia the wreck of a famous 18th century ship loaded with gold, which neither he nor anyone else has gotten to touch.
By Luther Munford on
3 months ago
Truth can be strange, and those who think to the contrary should try reading Julian Sancton’s new book, “Neptune’s Fortune, The Billion Dollar Shipwreck and the Ghosts of the Spanish Empire.”
At the center of the book is Roger Dooley, a Cuban American who explored the island’s waters for Castro, scoured the Spanish archives for decades, and at age 71 found off the coast of Colombia the wreck of a famous 18th century ship loaded with gold, which neither he nor anyone else has gotten to touch.
By Luther Munford on
3 months ago
JXN Water and Entergy Mississippi have something in common. They are both regulated monopolies that have failed to provide affordable water and electricity to justify their monopoly status. They are “natural monopolies” based on the premise that competition involves costly duplication of plants and pipes and transmission lines and thus higher costs. Hence, regulated monopolies to provide cheaper water and electricity.
By Kelley Williams on
3 months ago
JXN Water and Entergy Mississippi have something in common. They are both regulated monopolies that have failed to provide affordable water and electricity to justify their monopoly status. They are “natural monopolies” based on the premise that competition involves costly duplication of plants and pipes and transmission lines and thus higher costs. Hence, regulated monopolies to provide cheaper water and electricity.
By Kelley Williams on
3 months ago
JXN Water and Entergy Mississippi have something in common. They are both regulated monopolies that have failed to provide affordable water and electricity to justify their monopoly status. They are “natural monopolies” based on the premise that competition involves costly duplication of plants and pipes and transmission lines and thus higher costs. Hence, regulated monopolies to provide cheaper water and electricity.
By Kelley Williams on
3 months ago
JACKSON – The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) today approved the Mississippi Strategic Plan for Pre-K through Grade 12 Education, which updates the
By Jean Cook - Chief of Communications, Mississippi Department of Education on
3 months ago
TIMARA LAYTON
Inducted into societies
Charleston native Timara Layton has been inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Alpha Lambda Delta recognizes high academic achievement during the first year of college.
Layton is a first-year sophomore at LSU, where she is majoring in Political Science with a concentration in law and legal systems with a minor in criminology.
Students typically must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher to be eligible for induction into the society.
Layton currently holds a GPA of 3.8
By Special to The Sun-Sentinel on
3 months ago
TIMARA LAYTON
Inducted into societies
Charleston native Timara Layton has been inducted into Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Alpha Lambda Delta recognizes high academic achievement during the first year of college.
Layton is a first-year sophomore at LSU, where she is majoring in Political Science with a concentration in law and legal systems with a minor in criminology.
Students typically must have a GPA of 3.5 or higher to be eligible for induction into the society.
Layton currently holds a GPA of 3.8
By Special to The Sun-Sentinel on
3 months ago
East Central Community College to Host Screening of “Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers”
East Central Community College will host a special screening of Everlasting: Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers on Tuesday, April 7, at 1:30 p.m. in Huff Auditorium on the Decatur campus.
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3 months ago
Warm and pleasant greetings to all. We welcome springtime !
The attractive magazine covers give some inspiration to reading.
Reading is lacking with the hard back cover reading. I enjoy reading and perhaps writing, even more. I enjoy intensive reading that is slow, focused and engaging with the material as well as I like extensive reading, which helps me process the information and is interesting. The point is, I do a bit more than skimming and scanning.
It is pleasurable and knowledgeable and I like improving my vocabulary as well!
By MELBA TAYLOR on
3 months ago
Warm and pleasant greetings to all. We welcome springtime !
The attractive magazine covers give some inspiration to reading.
Reading is lacking with the hard back cover reading. I enjoy reading and perhaps writing, even more. I enjoy intensive reading that is slow, focused and engaging with the material as well as I like extensive reading, which helps me process the information and is interesting. The point is, I do a bit more than skimming and scanning.
It is pleasurable and knowledgeable and I like improving my vocabulary as well!
By MELBA TAYLOR on
3 months ago
The Oakland Area Chamber of Commerce has announced that Danica Hart, formerly of the nationally recognized country trio Chapel Hart, will headline the 2026 Yalo-Ribbon Festival in Oakland on Saturday, May 2.
With the addition of Hart and growing regional interest in the event, festival organizers have moved this year’s celebration to the James Riley Swearengen Walking Track and Park, providing more space for music, vendors and family activities. The park is located at 61 Walnut Street, in Oakland.
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3 months ago
Ted "Teddy" DiBiase Jr. and his wife Kristen Tynes walk to the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King, Mississippi Today
Attorneys defending Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr., the only person to face trial in a welfare fraud scandal that has rocked Mississippi over the last six years, kept their case succinct.
They began Tuesday and rested Wednesday afternoon, the 18th day of trial, after calling just four witnesses. DiBiase opted not to take the stand. On Thursday, the judge will deliver the jury’s instructions, both sides will present closing arguments and jurors will begin deliberating.
By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today on
3 months ago
Ted "Teddy" DiBiase Jr. and his wife Kristen Tynes walk to the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse on Tuesday, March 3, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King, Mississippi Today
Attorneys defending Ted “Teddy” DiBiase Jr., the only person to face trial in a welfare fraud scandal that has rocked Mississippi over the last six years, kept their case succinct.
They began Tuesday and rested Wednesday afternoon, the 18th day of trial, after calling just four witnesses. DiBiase opted not to take the stand. On Thursday, the judge will deliver the jury’s instructions, both sides will present closing arguments and jurors will begin deliberating.
By Anna Wolfe - Mississippi Today on
3 months ago
Jackson’s premier culinary celebration returns March 20–22 with festival chair Chef Nick Wallace and more than 35 participating chefs.
By Susan Marquez - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months ago
Jackson’s premier culinary celebration returns March 20–22 with festival chair Chef Nick Wallace and more than 35 participating chefs.
By Susan Marquez - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months ago
By the time I reached our hostess Julia Turnipseed’s home, I looked every bit a drowned rat. Just four miles away in Tutwiler it wasn’t raining, but in Sumner my car wasn’t wide enough to straddle a full storm drain puddle. Walking past all the umbrellas on the front porch, I wanted to turn and run. Nonsense, Julia welcomed me and graciously ushered me to a chair I’d be least likely to ruin.
By LYDIA DUNAVENT on
3 months ago
By the time I reached our hostess Julia Turnipseed’s home, I looked every bit a drowned rat. Just four miles away in Tutwiler it wasn’t raining, but in Sumner my car wasn’t wide enough to straddle a full storm drain puddle. Walking past all the umbrellas on the front porch, I wanted to turn and run. Nonsense, Julia welcomed me and graciously ushered me to a chair I’d be least likely to ruin.
By LYDIA DUNAVENT on
