More than $15 million has been infused into Mississippi's economy through unclaimed property returns since January, State Treasurer David McRae announced.

In response to multiple major hurricanes and tropical storms wreaking havoc on communities across the Southeast, Sanderson Farms has donated $50,000 to the American Red Cross to aid in ongoing recovery efforts. Sanderson Farms’ contribution will help the Red Cross provide food, emergency she…

Courtney Ladner, CPO, of Eye Care Associates in Laurel is the recipient of the 2020 Paraoptometric Community Service Award. The award is presented annually by the Mississippi Optometric Association to recognize significant contributions to the profession of optometry and the general public. …

The annual I-59 Drive Thru Job Fair is now set for Nov. 5 at the South Mississippi Fairgrounds in Laurel from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Tanner Farms in Ellisville ranked as largest in registering the most Angus beef cattle in Mississippi with the American Angus Association during fiscal year 2020, which ended Sept. 30, according to Mark McCully, association chief executive officer.

After an unprecedented legislative session, the Mississippi House of Representatives adjourned sine die on Friday, Oct. 2 in accordance with House Concurrent Resolution 69. When it passed earlier in the session, the Legislature was given six days to meet and pass bills related to COVID-19 be…

Bay Springs Telephone Co. will expand broadband fiber service in Jasper, Jones, Newton, Lauderdale and Smith counties thanks to a $4.69 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

BAY SPRINGS – U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) on Monday celebrated the award of a $4.69 million U.S. Department of Agriculture ReConnect Program grant for the Bay Springs Telephone Co. to construct 116 miles of broadband fiber in Jasper, Jones, Newton, Lauderdale, and Smith counties.

Through its Fueling Safe and Thriving Communities program, Atmos Energy gave $2 million, including $24,000 to the Salvation Army, during September’s Hunger Action Month to join forces with hundreds of local school districts, food banks and other essential organizations that provide the break…

Wendy Swart was a cosmetologist in Pennsylvania for more than 30 years. Dana Presley cut hair in Florida for more than a decade. Dawn Roy was a teacher in Arkansas. 

This Labor Day, which is Monday, we celebrate America’s working men and women, many of whom are going the extra mile during this COVID-19 pandemic.

During its open meeting on Monday, Chairman Dane Maxwell and fellow Public Service Commissioners unanimously voted to approve a slight rate decrease for Mississippi Power customers. It’s the third for Mississippi Power customers since Maxwell took office in January. 

President Donald Trump designated 11 counties as as primary natural disaster area, so producers in Jones, Wayne, Smith, Simpson, Amite, Claiborne, Covington, George, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence and Pike counties who suffered losses caused by severe storms, tornadoes, straight-line winds and fl…

The coronavirus has impacted the way we lead our daily lives, and that includes how we eat. With many restaurants, hotels and schools closed, the food supply chain has had to adapt in order to bring to market the food we need to live. 

CHOCTAW — The Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians recently received a $15,000 grant from First Nations Development Institute as part of the Building Digital Technology Capacity in Native American Communities Project and was made possible through generous support from Comcast Communications T…

The Mississippi 30 Day Fund announced a new partnership with Cooperative Energy by giving $30,000 to the fund. The donation will go directly toward serving Mississippi’s small businesses suffering from the economic fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

TEC is announcing a collaborative agreement with Southern Pine Electric to provide Fast Fiber Internet to many of Mississippi’s unserved or underserved areas. With the endeavor, TEC and Southern Pine will cooperate to expand the availability of fiber internet, voice and security solutions to…

On Friday, Dixie Electric Power Association, along with 14 other electric cooperatives in Mississippi, submitted a grant application to the Mississippi Public Utilities Staff for a high-speed internet pilot project. 

Three weeks ago, we — along with some of Mississippi’s top philanthropic, business, and community leaders from across the state and four of our former governors — announced a nonprofit effort to help small businesses struggling in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Applications are now being accepted for Walmart’s seventh annual “Open Call” for U.S.-manufactured products, company officials announced. 

 The Mississippi Public Service Commission voted to establish the “Connect Mississippi Committee” at its monthly docket meeting on Tuesday. 

Rural broadband expansion and K-12 distance-learning initiatives will receive almost a fourth of the Coronavirus Relief Fund, under a package appropriated by the Mississippi Legislature. Mississippi received $1.25 billion in unallocated federal aid to soften the pandemic’s health and economi…

The Mississippi State Treasury has returned $7 million in unclaimed property since Treasurer David McRae took office in January, he announced Tuesday. That amount includes $1.7 million that was distributed during the COVID-19 shutdown.

Dixie Electric is getting more than $44 million as part of a $1.6 billion investment by the United States Department of Agriculture to build or improve rural electric infrastructure in 21 states, Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced.

The Mississippi Transportation Commission has awarded emergency contracts for tornado debris removal along state highways and for maintenance projects across the Southern District.

Residents urged to report poor cellphone, internet service

A local eatery that has been in Laurel for more than 35 years is closing as a result of COVID-19, the owner announced on Facebook.

Face masks, temperature-checks, social-distancing among changes

The Mississippi Main Street Association has developed the Opening Doors video library as a resource for small businesses in Mississippi that are coping with the economic fallout caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

C Spire will continue to offer double the high-speed data — up to an extra 25GB per month — free to eligible postpaid and prepaid wireless smartphone customers through Sept. 30 in response to the COVID-19 crisis.