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The Dispatch: East Mississippi Community College has announced its new president. Scott Alsobrooks, vice president of economic and community development at Pearl River Community College in Poplarville, will assume the position early next year, according to an EMCC news release issued Wednesday afternoon. Read the complete Dispatch article here.
Segregation remains in the public schools which educate about 90 percent of the country’s students
The suit names Gov. Phil Bryant, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann and other election officials as defendants
Fewer U.S. women are having abortions today than at any time since Roe v. Wade
How Mississippi made some of the biggest leaps in national test scores
A focus on literacy and higher expectations led to academic gains
Nieces – Margaret Chance and Barbara Broome – traveled to France for ceremony for Sam B. Dale
President Donald Trump will honor Elvis Presley and six other noteworthy individuals tonight with the Medal of Freedom. Read the USA Today story on the recipients here, along with vintage photos of the King of Rock and Roll. “Tupelo is the soul of Elvis. It really is,” actress Allyson Adams, daughter of late Academy Award-nominated actor Nick Adams, is quoted saying in a Mississippi Today article last year. https://mississippitoday.org/2017/06/10/elvis-may-have-left-tupelo-but-his-soul-stayed-there/
Political scientist Fletcher McClellan said to NPR: “This is a fascinating way to find out what is important to a president.”
More than four infants and toddlers are in need of care for every one spot in a licensed center
In 2016, Mississippi failed to graduate any teachers certified in computer science.
Lottery could be up and running as early as late 2019
Workers in the offices will have annual training to learn about updates to the driver’s license system.
Clarksdale native and University of Mississippi student, Yasmine Malone, 22, was one of 22 young women photographers across the country to participate in the New York Times “This Is 18” project, which highlight what does being 18 means for young girls in their communities.
Especially popular in rural areas, preschool programs may expose kids to ‘new risks,’ experts warn
The Mississippi board of trustees want to hear from the campus community what qualities and qualifications they want in the next president of Alcorn State University. The state board of trustees have scheduled listening sessions Tuesday, Oct. 2 on the ASU campus. Former ASU president Al Rankins was appointed to oversee Mississippi’s college board earlier this summer – becoming the first African American to be named Commissioner of Higher Learning for the state. Dr. Donzell Lee is currently serving as the interim president.
Two Mississippi police officers were killed Saturday morning in Brookhaven. Officials say James White, 35, and Zach Moak, 31, were killed after answering a call of gunshots fired. They were killed in an exchange of gunfire that also left the suspect wounded. Gov. Phil Bryant later tweeted: “Let us all pray just now for the family and loved ones of these fallen heroes. May the Good Lord hold them in his everlasting arms.”
Read the complete story as reported by the Clarion Ledger here.