Students at Dana Road Elementary School were treated to a visit from area officials on Wednesday who participated in Read Across America, a year-round program which...
Claiborne County School District will be among five districts to receive “Mississippi’s Fred the Turtle” activity books, a new initiative by First Lady Elee Reeves. Reeves...
The Vicksburg Warren School District earned eight Growth Awards from Mississippi’s PREPS (Program of Research and Evaluation for Public Schools) organization. Schools that showed improvement in...
Singer Bobby Foster recorded numerous Soul and Blues songs in the 50’s and 60’s. He was born on this date in Tchula, Mississippi in 1941. First...
The Vicksburg Military Park will begin requiring all visitors to have a park entrance or annual pass to enter the park starting March 1, 2022. The...
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) released the 2020-21 school year graduation and dropout rates, which reflect the highest statewide graduation rate of 88.4% and the...
Jimmy ‘Papa’ Yancey established the boogie-woogie style that would become popular in the 1930’s. He was born on this date in 1894. His influence would help...
The State Board of Education (SBE) voted to approve a $17.6 million grant to the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC) to create a telehealth delivery...
by William Massey, Oregon State University As parents and schools seek to support students’ social and emotional needs – and teach them what they need to...
The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBE) voted Jan. 20, to add five new early learning collaboratives (ELC) to the current list of 18 to provide...
