Gov. Tate Reeves’ chief of staff has been appointed to lead the Mississippi Department of Transportation. The Mississippi Transportation Commission unanimously voted Wednesday to appoint Brad White as the executive director of the agency, effective July 1. White previously served as assistant to former MDOT Central District Commissioner Dick Hall from 1999 to 2005.
Workers in Memphis, Tennessee, have begun the process of digging up the remains of Confederate Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest. The remains of the former slave trader and his wife are being moved to a museum hundreds of miles away. The park in Memphis used to bear the name of the early Ku Klux Klan leader. … Read more
The Grove at the University of Mississippi will reopen for pregame and postgame parties during the 2021 football season after being closed in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The Ole Miss Athletics Department made the announcement Tuesday, saying details will be available before the season begins. The first home game is Sept. 11. The … Read more
Mississippi Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann said Tuesday that he is nominating a former newspaper publisher to the state Board of Education, to finish a term that ends in July 2024. Bill Jacobs of Brookhaven would succeed Jason Dean, who left the nine-member board in February. The nomination must be confirmed by the state Senate. Jacobs … Read more
Joseph Latino, bishop emeritus of the Catholic Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi, died Friday at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the diocese said. He was 83. The diocese said Tuesday that a Mass of Christian Burial is set for 11:30 a.m. June 9 in Cathedral of St. Peter the Apostle in downtown Jackson. Latino was … Read more
A summer program in Mississippi will teach middle school students about Freedom Summer of 1964, when civil rights workers came to the state to challenge segregation and register Black voters. The Meridian Freedom Project is sponsoring the program for sixth, seventh and eighth graders, with activities that started Friday and end July 2. The nonprofit … Read more
New details in the shooting of a Southaven Police Officer. The suspect is now in custody. The officer was shot in Memphis and then fled to Arkansas in a stolen patrol car. 28 year-old Cody Dimmett, of Marietta, Georgia, was captured by poclie near Palestine, Arkansas after a search of about six hours. The shooting … Read more
Jeffrey L. Hewitt, senior vice president of sales and marketing for the Mississippi Lottery Corporation, will serve as its next president. Hewitt was one of the first employees brought on to the corporation in June 2019. Mississippi passed the Alyce G. Clarke Mississippi Lottery Law in 2018, establishing a state lottery program. The Mississippi Lottery … Read more
A police officer in Memphis, Tennessee, has died after his motorcycle was involved in an on-duty accident. The department says 47-year-old officer Scotty Triplett died at a hospital Saturday. The department says Triplett was part of a department-approved motorcade with other officers and had his emergency lights on at the time of the accident. A … Read more
Alligator hunting in Mississippi opens in late August. The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks recently announced the 2021 Public Waters Alligator Hunting Season will open at 12 p.m. on Aug. 27 and run through 12 p.m. on Sept. 6. The application process for the 960 available permits will begin at 10 a.m. June … Read more