MDCC Announces Record-Breaking Enrollment Increase
Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) recorded the largest percentage increase in enrollment by headcount of any community college in Mississippi for the Spring 2026 semester, according to the ten day enrollment report released by the Mississippi Community College Board (MCCB). This marks the college’s strongest spring enrollment growth in more than fifteen years. MDCC’s spring […]
Woodward Hines Education Foundation Funds Student Grant
The Woodward Hines Education Foundation (WHEF) is funding a five-year $1.5 million grant to First-Gen Forward, the leading organization for first-generation student success. This 2025-26 grant will support expanded access to First-Gen Forward’s extensive programming for Mississippi’s colleges, driving long-term systemic change at institutions across the state through a multi-layered approach. Nationally, research indicates a […]
Delta Health System Continues Partnership With UMMC
Delta Health System is proud to provide compassionate, high-quality care for the region’s newest patients through a strong partnership with the University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC). Entering the third year, this collaboration is helping ensure that infants born in Greenville, and across the region, receive expert newborn care close to home while maintaining seamless […]
State Awarded Over $205 Million for Rural Healthcare Advancement
Governor Tate Reeves recently announced the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has awarded Mississippi $205,907,220 through the Rural Health Transformation Program to strengthen healthcare in rural communities throughout the state. The award is the result of the state of Mississippi submitting its plan in November 2025. Mississippi’s plan, which was first announced by Reeves, […]
DSU’s Delta Center Receives $190,000 Grant from NEH
Delta State University’s Delta Center for Culture and Learning has received a $190,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to host two national residential workshops for K-12 educators. The program, titled The Most Southern Place on Earth: Music, History, and Culture of the Mississippi Delta, will bring seventy-two teachers from across the […]
MAC Awards $500K Grant to UM for Writers Studio
The Mississippi Arts Commission has awarded a $500,000 grant to the University of Mississippi Research Foundation for construction of an overnight writer studio for the university’s forthcoming Greenfield Farm Writers Residency. Construction is set to begin this year on the retreat-style writers compound, which will provide Mississippi writers of all genres with time, seclusion and […]
Jenson Joins Yoste Strategic Partners, LLC
Oxford based Yoste Strategic Partners LLC, a professional business-development consulting practice specializing in the Army and Air National Guard marketplace, recently announced the addition of former Director Army National Guard, retired Lt. Gen. Jon Jensen to its team. Jensen was the 22nd Director of the Army National Guard, serving from 2020-2024 In all, he has […]
Hyde-Smith Continues to Work for Rural Broadband
This past January, Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), along with U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), introduced bipartisan legislation to reauthorize a U.S. Department of Agriculture program that is instrumental in improving access to broadband service in Mississippi and the rest of rural America. The Middle Mile for Rural America Act proposes a five-year (2026-2031) reauthorization of […]
Word Named New Director at Port of Greenville
Effective January 1, Richard Word was named the new Director of the Greenville Port after a unanimous vote by its’ Board of Commissioners. Word replaces longtime director, Tommy Hart, who stepped down from the position at the end of 2025 after many years of service. Word comes to the new position having spent the past […]
Planters Holding Company Merges With BSJ Bancshares, Inc.
Planters Holding Company, Inc., the holding company for Planters Bank and Trust Company, recently announced the successful completion of its merger with Saint Joseph, Louisiana based BSJ Bancshares, Inc. (“BSJ Bancshares”), the holding company for Cross Keys Bank, effective January 1. Customers of Cross Keys Bank will continue to be served through their existing branches, websites, […]