Social | SCT Online

Norris Homemakers continue tradition of quilting and giving
READ MORE > 118 Reads
On Wed, 07/28/2021 - 06:42 AM
The Norris Homemaker Volunteers are at it again. For over 10 years they have contributed homemade baby quilts to the Ronald McDonald House and Batson Hospital.
These ladies are on a mission to bring joy into the lives of families who have been touched by either or both of these institutions.
Click Here to Read More
Parchman prison. Jan. 10, 2020. Credit: Eric J. Shelton/Mississippi Today, Report For America

Mississippi Department of Corrections cancels prison visitation to prevent spread of COVID
By Brittany Brown - Mississippi Today, 506 Reads
Tue, 07/27/2021 - 02:00 PM
Visitation at all Mississippi Department of Corrections prisons has been suspended, Commissioner Burl Cain said in an internal memo Monday.
Click Here to Read More
Powell competes in State DYW program this week
READ MORE > 311 Reads
On Thu, 07/22/2021 - 09:51 AM
The Scott County Distinguished Young Woman 2022, Kylie Powell, is in Meridian this week hoping to bring home the title of Mississippi’s Distinguished Young Woman. Powell is the daughter of Eddie and Kisty Powell of Forest, and she attends Forest High School.
Click Here to Read More
How Black women and the church shaped Deesha Philyaw’s writings
By Brittany Brown - Mississippi Today, 1,170 Reads
Thu, 06/24/2021 - 09:45 AM
Click Here to Read More
Dozens of creatives responded to Mississippi Today’s NextGen Mississippi survey and shared why they took their talents to other states.

Young creatives share why they left Mississippi
By Candace McKenzie - Mississippi Today, 1,102 Reads
Wed, 06/09/2021 - 03:55 PM
Growing up in Greenwood in the 1980s, Sue Anna Joe was an artsy person.
Click Here to Read More
"Both my wife and I had health issues. Using marijuana helped us tremendously, it's what inspired us to open our business," Santita Delaney of Pearl, owner of Hemp World, said on May 25. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Senate panel ponders parameters of a new medical marijuana bill
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 2,046 Reads
Fri, 06/04/2021 - 10:05 AM
The basic principles of the medical marijuana initiative approved by Mississippi voters in November — but struck down recently by the state Supreme Court — should be honored, members of the Senate Public Health Committee were told Thursday.
Click Here to Read More
Jasmine Cochran of Picayune speaks of coming home from a teaching position in China to care for her ailing father. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

Lawmakers can set special election for ballot initiative fix at any date
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 1,479 Reads
Thu, 05/27/2021 - 04:47 PM
Below is a political column by Bobby Harrison:

Votes by Mississippians on past efforts to amend the state Constitution have not been confined to November general elections.
Click Here to Read More
Holmes County Consolidated School District, one of the state's most troubled districts that is under investigation by the state education department, hired a new superintendent. Credit: Mississippi Today

Holmes Co. schools, failing and under investigation, hires new superintendent
By Kate Royals - Mississippi Today, 6,298 Reads
Thu, 05/20/2021 - 05:04 PM
The Holmes County Consolidated School District, one of the state’s most troubled districts that is under investigation by the state education department, has a new superintendent — a former principal who has never held a district-level position and has been in Holmes County less than two years.
Click Here to Read More
While efforts are in motion to help people get vaccinated, Mississippi's vaccination rate still lags behind the nation's. - Image credit to Mississippi Today

Here’s how people in the Delta are working to overcome COVID-19 vaccine transportation barriers
By Kelsey Davis Betz - Mississippi Today, 756 Reads
Thu, 05/20/2021 - 05:01 PM
When the pandemic first hit and halted most university operations, faculty at Mississippi Valley State University found themselves with a fleet of unused transit buses that usually took students to and from class.
Click Here to Read More
The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi releases thirty-eight 2.5-year-old Gopher Tortoises to celebrate National Gopher Tortoise Day.
By Press Release - Nature Conservancy in Mississippi, 775 Reads
Wed, 04/21/2021 - 10:49 AM
Last weekend The Nature Conservancy in Mississippi released thirty-eight 2.5-year-old Gopher Tortoises to celebrate National Gopher Tortoise Day.
Click Here to Read More

Subscribe to Social

Please select your theme

July 28, 2021

Community Calendar