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New Study Reveals States with Narrowest Gender Gaps in Traffic Fatalities
Dallas, TX – July 2025 A groundbreaking study from The Texas Law Dog, a respected personal injury law firm, is raising awareness about gender disparities in vehicle crash fatalities across the United States. By analyzing nationwide data from 2018...

How Florida became America's leading religious-freedom defender under DeSantis: report
The attorney general spoke about the DOJ's efforts to protect religious freedom rights during a hearing and indicated to lawmakers that she was focused on a range of religions, from Judaism to Islam. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The...

SC Mississippi News publication area records 1 H-1B petition approved for employers classified under Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry during 2024
Ted H. Kim, Associate Director Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate for USCIS | https://www.naco.org/Ted H. Kim, Associate Director Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate for USCIS | https://www.naco.org/ In...

Vicksburg’s Brown reappointed to Mississippi State Personnel Board
Published 12:43 pm Monday, July 14, 2025 Donald “Don” Brown of Vicksburg has been reappointed by Gov. Tate Reeves to serve a five-year term on the Mississippi State Personnel Board as an at-large member through June 30, 2030.Brown was originally...

Audrey Wallace Putney
Educator, Librarian, Wife, Mother, Sister, Aunt, Friend Audrey Wallace Putney, beloved wife, mother, sister and aunt, valued friend, gifted educator and librarian, passed away in the Estes Park Hospital in Colorado on July 2, 2025, after a long...
The best places to eat in the 'cultural gumbo' of Louisiana - and what exactly you should order
A city of good times like New Orleans means hungry punters - and Creole food delivers. It's a melange of French, Spanish, West African, Caribbean and Native American influences, among others, owing to the port city's colonial history. You might...

Jackson Gears Up for Historic National Folk Festival Debut
JACKSON - Jackson’s getting ready to make history, and two Mississippi powerhouses are helping lead the way. Jackson is set to make history as the first Mississippi city to host the National Folk Festival. The traveling celebration of American...
Your parking questions, answered
After Mississippi State University Transportation announced major changes to the campus parking system for the 2025-2025 academic year, students responded with confusion, questions and concerns across social media. The original Reflector article,...

Legal Scorecard: How is the Trump Education Juggernaut Faring in Court?
Get stories like this delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter Updated July 14 The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Education Secretary Linda McMahon to move ahead with firing more than 1,300 employees at the U.S. Department...

Dems Try to Remove GOP Witness Criticizing Left’s Attacks on ICE Agents at Hearing
During a House Homeland Security Committee hearing on Wednesday, Democrats attempted to remove a witness when he expressed concern over the Left’s increasing violence against federal immigration officials as they attempt to enforce the law....

Religion Briefs: Elm Grove Baptist Church Men’s Day Program
Elm Grove Baptist Church, 1069 W. 38th St., Baton Rouge, invites you to its Men’s Day Program at 8:15 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 10. The guest speaker will be Justice John M. Guidry. All are welcome to attend. Vacation Bible School at Faith Seventh-day...

‘Mississippi Riverscapes’ Plein Air competition awards ceremony is July 12
By MELISSA CROCKETT MESKE Managing Editor, Illinois Business Journal [email protected] The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rivers Project, in partnership with Alton’s Jacoby Arts Center, recently announced the awards ceremony and grand opening dates...

Mississippi’s AI Ambitions Take Shape With NVIDIA Partnership
Mississippi is carving a new path in its artificial intelligence landscape by partnering with technology company NVIDIA to expand AI education, research and workforce development across the state. Similar to other NVIDIA partnerships in...

Nominee says society needs church to counter ‘alarming’ trends
A standing ovation honored a United Church of Christ nominee after she addressed the church’s General Synod Friday night, July 11, in Kansas City. Receiving the applause was the Rev. Shari Prestemon, nominated for Associate General Minister and...
Mississippi Valley Blues Society Celebrates Forty Years of Blues Fest Magic; Two-Day Festival Returns to LeClaire Park with Award-Winning Artists and Family-Friendly Events
DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 10, 2025) — The Mississippi Valley Blues Society (MVBS) proudly announces the fortieth anniversary of Blues Fest taking place on September 19-20, 2025, at the scenic and historic Le Claire Park on the banks of the Mississippi...

She Reported The News And Fought To Change It: Honoring Ida B. Wells At 163
Source: Interim Archives / Getty Today would have been the 163rd birthday of journalist and civil rights activist Ida B. Wells. I think about the defining journalism of Ida B. Wells most often when I find myself ensnared by the clickbait that...

Superintendent of MPSD elected to MASS board of directors
JACKSON, Miss. (WTOK) - The Mississippi Association of School Superintendents recently approved a fresh slate of education leaders during its summer convention. Among these new electees to the MASS board of directors is Dr. Amy J. Carter,...

Test Expectations: How many students met or exceeded reading MCA expectations in Upper Mississippi Academy School District in 2023-24 school year?
Willie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | sahanjournal.comWillie Jett Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education | sahanjournal.com In Upper Mississippi Academy School District 45% of the students...

Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics seizes Clandestine Pill Laboratory in Philadelphia
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) -On Wednesday, July 2, the Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and the Philadelphia Police Department executed a search warrant at a Philadelphia home after the arrest of 40-year-old DeAndrew Hudson for the sale of a controlled...

Breast cancer survivor named Gulf Coast Chair of Mississippi Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer Control
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) and the Mississippi Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer Control (MP3C) announced Karen Sock as the new Coalition Chair for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Region. Sock will...