MEMPHIS, Tennessee, Sept. 18 [Category: BizBizHospital] -- Baptist Memorial Health Care issued the following news release: * * * Baptist to offer breast cancer screenings at Tanger Pink Party * MEMPHIS, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2025- Baptist Cancer Center-Desoto, Baptist Women's Health Center and other area health care providers are collaborating for the annual Tanger Pink Party from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20 at Tanger Southaven. Baptist's mobile mammography unit will be on site for   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Wicker Leads SASC Hearing to Consider Four Senior Pentagon Nominations * Watch Video Here WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today led a hearing to consider the qualifications of four senior nominees to serve within the Department of Defense. Mr. Platte Moring III, nominated to be Inspector General at the Department of   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Thompson Announces $731,782 U.S. Department of Transportation Grant to Panola County * BOLTON, MS - Today, United States Representative Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a grant of $731,782 to Panola County through the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) Airport Improvement Program (AIP). The funding will support i  more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 18 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy Mississippi lineman gets the gold star treatment as Lineman of the Game * Just as an offensive lineman works hard to protect the quarterback during a football game, Entergy's linemen work hard to protect customers, braving the heat and cold and giving up time spent with family on nights and weekends to provide the electricity that powers their lives. Our linemen's dedication and  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Sept. 19 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * Ezell applauds passage of legislation protecting the Mississippi Sound through MSU's Mississippi Sound Estuary Program The U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed bipartisan legislation this week that includes Mississippi in a critical environmental program aimed at protecting the Mississippi Sound--one of the state's most valuable natural resources. Rep. Mike Ezell, who s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Mike Ezell, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Ezell Applauds Passage of Legislation to Protect the Mississippi Sound Through Transportation and Infrastructure Committee * This week, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee passed bipartisan legislation that includes Mississippi in a critical environmental program aimed at protecting the Mississippi Sound -- one of the state's most valuable natural resources. The legislation directs   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH INTRODUCES NATIONAL INFANT MORTALITY AWARENESS MONTH RESOLUTION * WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) this week introduced a Senate resolution designating September as "National Infant Mortality Awareness Month" to raise greater public awareness of the problem and support for efforts to reduce such tragedies. The resolution, among other things, highlights  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * HYDE-SMITH REINTRODUCES EMERGENCY PINE BEETLE RESPONSE LEGISLATION * Bipartisan Legislation to Help Landowners, Communities, Industry Overcome Pine Beetle Infestations WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) today reintroduced her bipartisan bill to help private landowners, timber cutting and hauling businesses, and local municipalities respond to forest-related disaste  more

JACKSON, Mississippi, Sept. 19 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Mississippi posted the following news release on Sept. 18, 2025: * * * Meridian Drug Trafficker Sentenced to 30 Years in Federal Prison A Meridian, MS man was sentenced today to 30 years in prison for his operation of a large drug trafficking organization in the Meridian area. There is no parole in the federal system. According to court documents, Marcus Tremaine Powell, 40, conspired with at least   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release: * * * Mississippi Man Convicted of Federal Civil Rights and Arson Charges for Setting Fire to Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints * Yesterday, a federal jury in Gulfport, Mississippi, convicted Stefan Day Rowold on six counts of federal arson and civil rights charges for vandalizing and setting fire to a house of worship. On July 5, 2024, and July 7, 2024, Rowold vandalized and set fire to The  more

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Sept. 19 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * Mississippi's only graduate construction degree program launches at MSU A new Master of Science in Construction Management degree at Mississippi State will further prepare students for leadership roles in today's construction industry as the state's only graduate degree in construction management. Recently approved by the Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning an  more

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 19 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program: * * * Texas A&M AgriLife tackles rice delphacid devastation Supports national task force, launches new insecticide trials to protect Texas rice By Kay Ledbetter Texas A&M AgriLife experts are serving as key research and Extension partners in a new multistate response led by USA Rice to address the devastating spread of rice delphacid,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Wicker, Colleagues Support EPA's Repeal of Clean Power Plan 2.0, Urge Completion of Final Rule * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., joined EPW Chairman Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., and Republican members of the EPW Committee in a letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin in support of EPA's repeal of unachievable and illegal power plant regulations  more