FAYETTEVILLE, Arkansas, Sept. 3 -- The University of Arkansas issued the following news: * * * 'Letters of a Poet Dying, the Selected Correspondence of Frank Stanford,' Now Available From U of A Press The University of Arkansas Press has published Letters of a Poet Dying, the first collection of correspondence by the acclaimed poet Frank Stanford (1948-1978). Born in southeastern Mississippi, Stanford spent most of his brief life in northern Arkansas, where he studied, fell in love, founded   more

NEW YORK, Sept. 2 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund posted the following news: * * * ACLU, ACLU-MS, LDF, and NAACP Successfully Defend Fair DeSoto County Judicial Districts * Challengers of DeSoto County's sole majority-Black judicial subdistrict filed a stipulation yesterday to dismiss their own lawsuit after a federal judge rejected their effort to dismantle the district. Dismissal of the lawsuit, brought by DeSoto County Supervisor Robert Foster and oth  more

JEFFERSON, Louisiana, Sept. 1 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Alexander Fortenko, MD, named Vice President of Innovation at Ochsner Health * Alexander Fortenko, MD, has been named Ochsner Health's Vice President of Innovation. In this leadership role, Dr. Fortenko will lead the strategic vision and long-term direction for Innovation Ochsner, including the data science team, the AI Center of Excellence and the Chief Medical Information  more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Sept. 3 (TNSLrpt) -- County Employment and Wages in Mississippi First Quarter 2026 - A report from U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics Southeast Region - Sept. 2, 2026 * * * Mississippi employment decreased 0.2 percent over the year to 1,162,900 in March 2026, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Among the state's two largest counties, employment declined 1.2 percent in Hinds County and 0.3 percent in Harrison County from March 20  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on Sept. 2, 2026: * * * CAIR Welcomes Firing of Mississippi Police Chief Over Racist Text Messages The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today welcomed the decision by leaders in Senatobia, Mississippi, to fire Police Chief Harold Vanderford following reports that he repeatedly used racist slurs against Black people   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Rep. Vicente Gonzalez, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Gonzalez Advocates for Hands Off Our Boca Chica Beach Act in Congressional Hearing * Contact: Alexis Torres(link sends email) Washington, D.C.-Today, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) testified before the House Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Federal Lands, in support of his bill, the Hands Off Our Boca Chica Beach Act. This legislation would enshrine the Boca Chica  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * GOP Senate Candidates Don't Give a Damn About Voters' Economic Concerns Republican Senate Candidates are dismissing Americans' affordability concerns and telling struggling Americans to "earn more," "be patriots," and that they will be "fine" - As a record number of Americans say "their financial situation is worsening," Republican Senate candidates across key battleground states are  more

TALLAHASSEE, Florida, Sept. 2 -- Florida State University issued the following news: * * * Faculty and Staff Briefs July and August 2026 * Florida State University's distinguished faculty are central to the mission of the university. Faculty excellence in scholarship, research, and creative activity is critical to the quality of student learning and makes a difference in the lives of others. Throughout the year, honors and recognitions are awarded to individual faculty and staff members acr  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Rep. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Griffith Statement on Action to Protect Ninth District Cattle Farmers and Ranchers * As a response to renewed federal attention on issues that impact American beef, U.S. Congressman Morgan Griffith (R-VA) is helping lead a Congressional letter to U.S. President Donald J. Trump. In the letter, lawmakers express their concerns about recent federal actions, highlight policy recommendations and reaf  more

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 2 -- The American Counseling Association issued the following news release: * * * History Is Made: Tennessee Allows Counselors to Practice Across State Lines As part of the historic interstate Counseling Compact agreement, Tennessee is the latest state that can now start granting privileges to licensed professional counselors to practice across state lines. Currently, other states that can grant these privileges include Arizona, Minnesota, Ohio, Louisiana, Georgia,  more

JEFFERSON, Louisiana, Sept. 2 [Category: BizHospital] -- Ochsner Health System issued the following news release: * * * Ochsner Health, with Johnson and Johnson and Abundant Life Tabernacle to host men's prostate cancer awareness event * Ochsner Health will host a men's prostate cancer awareness event, Protect the Prostate, at the Abundant Life Tabernacle Full Gospel Baptist Church, 1701 Franklin Avenue on Saturday, September 5, 2026, from 9 a.m. to noon. Presented by Ochsner and Johnson a  more

STILLWATER, Oklahoma, Sept. 3 -- The Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education issued the following news release: * * * Houston Nutt to headline 2026 Oklahoma Adult Education and Literacy Conference Former University of Arkansas and University of Mississippi head football coach Houston Nutt will headline the 2026 Oklahoma Adult Education and Literacy Conference, bringing his message about attitude, gratitude and being a difference maker to educators who are changing lives in clas  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Geological Survey issued the following abstract of an article: * * * Perspectives and Insights Gained from Applying Landscape Ecological Approaches to the Upper Mississippi Riverscape * Advances in remote sensing, spatial data collection, hydraulic and geospatial models, and the maturation of landscape ecology during the early 2000s spurred the concept of rivers as landscapes or 'riverscapes'. Since that time, the Upper Mississippi R  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 2 -- Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Crockett Demands DOJ Investigate Alarming Pattern of Possible Modern-Day Lynchings * Today, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett (TX-30), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Oversight, demanded that the Department of Justice (DOJ) investigate an alarming pattern of Black Americans found hanging from trees across the country. In a letter to Attorney General Todd Blanche and Assis  more

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 1 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release: * * * The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas and Members Award $356K to 11 Mississippi Community Organizations * RIDGELAND, MISSISSIPPI, September 1, 2026-Sixteen Mississippi community-based organizations received a combined $355,950 through the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas' (FHLB Dallas) Partnership Grant Program (PGP), part of more than   more