Dickie Scruggs: Our state ranks last in most metrics of economic prosperity. One of the most important metrics–particularly to a business–is a state’s “labor force participation...
Tom Papa, president of the Gertrude C. Ford Foundation board, told MPB reporter Sandra Knispel during a broadcast Monday afternoon that a $20 million donation for...
The University of Mississippi’s Center for Excellence in Literacy Instruction has taken over as the lead unit for the university’s ongoing partnership with Jumpstart, a national organization that helps...
Next time you hear someone say, “I’d rather not know,” ask the person to pause and think about it. If it’s a private, personal matter of...
His belief that “there’s no downside to anything” shaped the business philosophy of Dr. Satnam L. Sethi, president and CEO of Jackie’s International, Inc., headquartered in...
Take me to Ruleville Come on man, let’s go Take me to Ruleville Back to the folks I know Let’s get moving, we better be up...
The Meek School of Journalism wrote a feature on its student leaders. Lacey Russell Her first story made it into The Daily Mississippian, and then her...
American Defense International, Inc. Chairman Van Hipp spoke to an Overby Center crowd of students, professors and citizens yesterday in regard to his book The New Terrorism:...
Last week, Oxford native and two-time Jackson City Council member Quentin Whitwell announced he would be running for open District 1 seat vacated by the passing...
Due to winter weather conditions, Mississippi Department of Education officials rescheduled their regional literacy parent meeting in Oxford for Monday, March 23 at 6 p.m. at...