STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 11 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * Charting safer waters: MSU breaks ground on seafood testing facility STARKVILLE, Miss.--Mississippi State University officially broke ground today [March 10] on the Northern Gulf Aquatic Food Research Center, a first-of-its kind facility in Mississippi dedicated to aquatic food safety, quality assessment, processing and product development. The ceremony, hosted by the Jackson County Economic D  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, March 11 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on March 10, 2025: * * * AG Fitch Announces Recent Child Exploitation Sentencing from Undercover Operation (Pascagoula, Mississippi) Today, Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced the recent sentencing of Brandon Anthony Courtney of D'Iberville, Mississippi who was arrested as a result of Operation Press Your Luck, led by the Mississippi Attorney General's Office. This case was identified  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, March 11 -- Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch issued the following news release on March 10, 2025: * * * AG Fitch Urges Support for Legislation to Assist Sexual Assault Survivors (Jackson, Mississippi) Attorney General Lynn Fitch urged the Mississippi Legislature to pass SB 2211, a bill that would bring Mississippi's Sexual Assault Victims Bill of Rights into compliance with federal law, resulting in an increase in annual federal funding for victim service programs  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, March 11 -- The Mississippi Department of Health issued the following news release on March 10, 2025: * * * MSDH Continues the Fight Against Colorectal Cancer in March Jackson, Miss. -- More Mississippians die of colorectal cancer than anywhere else in the nation, according to the National Cancer Institute's 2022 State Cancer Profiles. During March, Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) is stressing the importance of prevent  more