The Lauderdale County School District is partnering with Naval Air Station Meridian for a new program that will help students of military families. The program will allow for those students to take certain AP courses and more, virtually.
In addition to free tuition, the college will also waive costs for student fees, textbooks, on-campus housing and meal plans for the summer 2021 semester.
East Central Community College in Decatur will offer limited on-campus housing for students attending one of the summer academic terms in June and July.
Sicknick died after defending the Capitol against the mob that stormed the building as Congress was voting to certify Joe Biden’s electoral win over Donald Trump.
The latest report from the Mississippi State Department of Health shows 691,599 people are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 (21%) and 912,743 have received at least one dose (28%).
The federal government is cracking down on people it says fraudulently applied for and, in some cases, received money through pandemic relief funding programs.
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is in limbo in the U.S. after federal health advisers said last week they needed more evidence to decide if a handful of unusual blood clots were linked to the shot.
As of Apr. 19, $26.8 billion is available to hard-hit restaurants and bars through the U.S. Small Businesses Administration’s Restaurant Revitalization Fund.
The retail union that failed to organize Amazon workers at an Alabama warehouse wants the results of a recent vote to be thrown out, saying that the company illegally interfered with the process.
Cuba’s Communist Party congress — as expected — chose Miguel Díaz-Canel to be its leader, adding that crucial post to the title of president he assumed in 2018.
Jessica Embry, who is a fine arts teacher at Ashley High School in New Hanover County and the director of the school’s orchestra, died after she helped to save two children.
All three of the possible charges require the jury to conclude that Chauvin's actions were a “substantial causal factor” in Floyd's death — and that his use of force was unreasonable.
Mississippi’s top health official says he does not think political party affiliation has an impact on people’s willingness to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
