JACKSON, Mississippi, June 21 -- The Mississippi State Board of Education issued the following news release : The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) has selected Crosby Parker of Gulfport High School (GHS) in the Gulfport School District to serve as the high school SBE junior representative for the 2024-25 school year. Kate Riddle, the 2023-24 junior student representative of Lafayette High School in the Lafayette County School District in Oxford, is now serving as the 2024-25 SBE seni  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, June 21 -- Jackson Public Schools issued the following news: Jackson Public Schools is excited to announce its new Executive Director of Athletics for the 2024-2025 school year. Kennieth Green currently serves as the Associate Director of Athletics, diligently leading the athletic department to achieve high standards both on the field and in the classroom. Green brings 22 years of experience in teaching, coaching, and administration. He began his teaching career in the   more

JACKSON, Mississippi, June 20 -- The Mississippi Public Service Commission issued the following news release: Public Service Commissioners, Chairman Chris Brown, De'Keither Stamps and Wayne Carr emphasized the critical importance of a thorough and rigorous approval process for solar projects in the state. The Mississippi Public Service Commission (MPSC) is responsible for regulating public utilities in the state, as well as issuing Certificates for electric generating facilities like solar far  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, June 21 (TNSres) -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: Does climate change have an impact on the quality of cotton? Mississippi State scientists hope to answer that question with a new way to monitor the environmental impacts on the cash crop throughout the growing season. Researchers in the university's Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station--in collaboration with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's Nebraska Water Center and the  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, June 21 -- The Mississippi State Board of Education issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted today to request an end to the state of emergency in the Tunica County School District (TCSD) and return the district to local community control. The SBE has governed the TCSD since 2015, when it determined an extreme emergency existed in the district and asked the governor to declare a state of emergency. Specifical  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, June 21 -- The Mississippi State Board of Education issued the following news release on June 20, 2024: Today, the Mississippi State Board of Education awarded two school districts nearly $1.5 million in grants to create Blended Pre-K programs and improve access for pre-K students with disabilities to be included in high-quality early childhood programs in the same classrooms with their non-disabled peers. The Lamar County School District (LCSD) and the Simpson County Sch  more