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State Board of Education recommends MSMS relocation to MSU

State Board of Education recommends MSMS relocation to MSU

Kate Myers, News Editor March 25, 2025

The Mississippi State Board of Education voted unanimously on March 20 to recommend that the Mississippi Legislature relocate the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science to the Mississippi State...

MSU generated $3.9 billion for Mississippi in 2024, report finds

Kate Myers, News Editor March 25, 2025

Mississippi State University has made a significant increase in its economic contribution to the state of Mississippi, generating an annual impact of $3.9 billion, according to the university's National...

MSU, MUW submit proposals to house MSMS

MSU, MUW submit proposals to house MSMS

Kate Myers, News Editor March 5, 2025

On Feb. 26, Mississippi State University and the Mississippi University for Women submitted proposals to the Mississippi Department of Education to potentially become the new home for the Mississippi School...

The Holmes Cultural Diversity Center is located on the second floor of the Colvard Student Union.

Federal directive gives MSU until Friday to cut all ‘race-based’ programs

Ivy Rose Ball, Editor-in-Chief February 25, 2025

"The Department will no longer tolerate the overt and covert racial discrimination that has become widespread in this Nation’s educational institutions," the Feb. 14 U.S. Department of Education letter...

"It affects the whole family:" Golden Triangle mother and daughter battle breast cancer

“It affects the whole family:” Golden Triangle mother and daughter battle breast cancer

Michael Cassidy, Staff Writer October 22, 2024

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the state of Mississippi has the highest rate of cancer deaths in the nation. It accounts for roughly 18% of deaths in the state. There are...

Mississippi developments look to increase retention rate of recent college grads

Mississippi developments look to increase retention rate of recent college grads

Aubrey Carter, Managing Editor October 15, 2024

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the national poverty rate in 2023 was 11.1%, but Mississippi held the second-highest poverty rate at 18%. Along with this statistic, Mississippi’s labor-force participation...

The Holmes Cultural Diversity Center is located on the second floor of the Colvard Student Union.

DEI restrictions gain ground nationally — Could Mississippi follow suit?

Ivy Rose Ball, Editor-in-Chief September 17, 2024

As more states pass laws to restrict diversity, equity, and inclusion policies in public universities, a question arises:  Will Mississippi follow suit?  Since 2023, more than 30 states across the...

Governor of Mississippi Phil Bryant speaks at a memorial ceremony commemorating the 50th anniversary of the assassination of civil rights activist Medgar Evers held at the Old Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington National Cemetery.

Former governor sues Pulitzer-Prize winning Reflector alumna, challenges source confidentiality

Aubrey Carter, Managing Editor July 16, 2024

Pulitzer Prize-winner, Mississippi Today reporter and Reflector alumna Anna Wolfe exposed the misuse of $77 million of federal welfare funds in a multi-part investigative piece for the local news outlet....

Nash Heady, aged 22, has made "at least six figures" by selling rare sports memorabilia.

Smithville’s king of cards deals fortune in sports memorabilia

Lizzie Tomlin, Staff Writer April 9, 2024

As tornado sirens blared through the small town of Smithville, Mississippi, the Heady family had a limited amount of time to grab their most valuable possessions before heading to the local tornado shelter. While...

In recent weeks, MDWFP and MSU researchers have been visiting black bear dens across the state to study the reproductive success of female bears.

Mississippi black bear population expands as state intensifies monitoring efforts

Samuel Hughes, News Editor March 20, 2024

On a cool morning in March, Black Bear Program Leader for the Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks Anthony Ballard, hung from a rope 50 feet up an old cypress tree. He braced himself...

Last year was the worst production year in recent memory for Mississippi beekeeping.

Beekeepers pressured by high rates of colony collapse, MSU researches solutions

Samuel Hughes, News Editor March 20, 2024

Mississippi beekeepers make between $2.1 and $3.1 million annually from the sale of honey and beeswax, starter colonies, queens and fees to pollinate farmers’ crops. According to Jeffrey Harris, an associate...

Delta-9 THC is the main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.

Arrival of ‘Delta-9’ in local stores poses legality questions

Michael Cassidy, Staff Writer March 6, 2024

Feb. 19, the Mississippi government proposed two bills that would alter state regulations on medicinal cannabis and the hemp market. House Bill 1676 and Senate Bill 2922 would allow medicinal cannabis...

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