Mississippi

Patrick Stewart, ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ Star Who Filmed in Mississippi, Dies at 86

Patrick Stewart, known for Star Trek and X-Men, died at 86. His Mississippi connections included filming Logan and narrating a Delta State planetarium show.
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Lawmakers Ponder Stripping State Retirement System Authority After Board Votes to Raise Rates

By Bobby Harrison Mississippi Today After Public Employees Retirement System Board of Trustees voted to require an additional $345 million annually from state and local governmental...

Ole Miss Students, Staff React to TikTok Restrictions

By Paris Payne IMC Graduate Student Now that the University of Mississippi says no one can use campus Wi-Fi for TikTok, students seem to be, well,...

Podiatrist Pleads Guilty to Foot Bath Fraud Scheme

A Mississippi man pleaded guilty Thursday for his role in a scheme to defraud Medicare and TRICARE by prescribing and dispensing medically unnecessary foot...

Survey: Majority of Lawmakers Support Postpartum Medicaid Extension

By Geoff Pender, Bobby Harrison and Adam Ganucheau Mississippi Today Though they haven’t been given the chance to vote on it, a majority of House members...

MDOT Highlights Employees in Honor of Black History Month

In honor of Black History Month, the Mississippi Department of Transportation is highlighting two MDOT employees, David Kenney and Terrance Yarbrough. Yarbrough is the Director...

Sanderson Farms Championship Host Organization Donates $1M to Benefit Children’s of Mississippi Hospital

By Annie Oeth UMMC Communications Sanderson Farms Championship host organization Century Club Charities donated $1 million from the golf tournament to benefit Mississippi’s only hospital for children.   The...

Gov. Reeves Claims ‘Best Year in State History.’ His 2023 Challenger Says He’s Moved State in ‘Wrong Direction’

By Bobby Harrison, Geoff Pender and Adam Ganucheau Mississippi Today The opening salvos of the 2023 governor's race were fired on Monday as Gov. Tate Reeves...

TEDxUniversityofMississippi Speakers Look to Face Forward

By Staff Report University of Mississippi With the goal of sharing ideas worth spreading, TEDxUniversityofMississippi will host its eighth annual event at 7 p.m. Feb. 23...

Mississippi Burn Center at UMMC: ‘We’re the Natural Place for This’

By Ruth Cummins UMMC Communications The University of Mississippi Medical Center treats the state’s sickest of the sick and injured – and that includes burn victims. With...

Photo Gallery: A Look Inside Medical Marijuana Facility Mockingbird Cannabis

By Eric J. Shelton Mississippi Today Mockingbird Cannabis will be one of the state’s largest medical marijuana growing and manufacturing operation in Mississippi. The 163,000-square-foot facility...
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