STARKVILLE, Mississippi, March 27 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * MSU historian's book explores Ulysses S. Grant's global vision STARKVILLE, Miss.--Ryan P. Semmes, historian and Mississippi State Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library research director examines the far-reaching implications of Reconstruction in his first book "Exporting Reconstruction: Ulysses S. Grant and a New Empire of Liberty." The 2024 University of South Carolina Press publication is part  more

RALEIGH, North Carolina, March 26 -- The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality issued the following news release: * * * DEQ Forecasts Code Purple Air Quality in Western NC Due to Wildfires Smoke from South Carolina wildfires has the potential to create very unhealthy air quality in Transylvania County on Thursday, and other nearby counties may also experience unhealthy air quality from smoke. Residents are urged to take precautions. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality'  more