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News Tipoffs - Mississippi Editors Newsletter for Thursday November 23, 2023 ( 5 items )  

Delta Regional Authority Announces 2024 Fellows for Leadership Development Program
CLARKSDALE, Mississippi, Nov. 22 -- The Delta Regional Authority issued the following news release: Delta Regional Authority (DRA) has selected 29 community leaders from Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Louisiana, Kentucky, Missouri, Mississippi, and Tennessee as fellows of the 2024 Delta Leadership Institute (DLI) Executive Academy, an extensive nine-month leadership development program that brings together public, private, and nonprofit sector leaders from the Mississippi River Delta and Alabama   more

Holiday in Blue concerts set for Dec. 12-13 at Majestic Theatre
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas - The sounds of the holidays will fill the air with two "Holiday in Blue" concert performances by the U.S. Air Force Band of the West at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 12 and 13, 2023, at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio. The two concerts are part of the Band's annual "Holiday in Blue" performance series. "All  more

HSI Baton Rouge launches holiday shopping organized retail crime campaign
WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued the following news release: BATON ROUGE, La. -- Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baton Rouge and local law enforcement agencies announced the start of Operation Sleigh Ride, an HSI-led law enforcement operation targeting organized retail crime at major shopping centers in the Baton Rouge metropolitan area Nov. 22. The targeted operation increases law enforcement presence in major  more

Transcript: N.Y. Mayor Adams Holds In-Person Media Availability
NEW YORK, Nov. 22 -- New York Mayor Eric Adams issued the following transcript of a media availability on Nov. 21, 2023: * * * Deputy Mayor Fabien Levy, Communications: Good morning, everybody. My name is Fabien Levy, and I serve as deputy mayor for Communications for the City of New York. We appreciate everyone joining us today for our weekly in-person media availability. As we enter week eight of this forum, we remain encouraged by the opportunities it has created for all of you to ask ques  more

Wash. A.G. Ferguson Wins Largest-Ever Federal Emmett Till Grant for Indigenous Cold Case Project
OLYMPIA, Washington, Nov. 23 (TNSres) -- Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson issued the following news release on Nov. 22, 2023: Attorney General Bob Ferguson announced today that his office will partner with tribes across Washington to research, identify and create an inventory of cold cases involving missing and murdered Indigenous people that date back more than 40 years. The federal Emmett Till Cold Case Investigations and Prosecution Program supports state, local and tribal law  more