WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Bennie G. Thompson, D-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Thompson Announces Institute of Museum and Library Services Awards to Jackson State University and Shape Up Mississippi * BOLTON, MS - Congressman Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS) is pleased to announce that the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded two Museum Grants for African American History and Culture (AAHC) to institutions in Mississippi. Jackson State   more

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Sept. 24 [Category: BizEnergy] -- Entergy posted the following news release: * * * Entergy Mississippi launches largest, most comprehensive grid upgrade in company history: Superpower Mississippi * JACKSON, Miss. - Entergy Mississippi is meeting customers' power needs to provide more and better power by making a five-year investment in reliability, while keeping rates far below the national average. And the large industrial investments that companies like Amazon have   more

OXFORD, Mississippi, Sept. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi issued the following news release: * * * Lowndes County Man Sentenced in OCDETF Drug Trafficking Case A Lowndes County man was sentenced today to eight years in prison for drug trafficking. According to court documents, Jimmy Johns, of Columbus, Mississippi pled guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District to Mississippi to trafficking methamphetamine. Johns was sentenced   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has published Open-File Report 2025-1050, titled 'Upper Mississippi River Restoration Future Hydrology Meeting Series'. Authored by Molly Van Appledorn and Lucie Sawyer, the report documents a series of workshops focused on addressing the lack of quantitative hydrologic data representing potential future conditions for the Upper Mississippi R  more