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Mississippi Breaks New Ground
Business Facilities
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August 19, 2025
(Credit: Adobe Stock/SeanPavonePhoto) In February 2025, the State of Mississippi unveiled a new branding initiative titled “Let’s Break New Ground.” The campaign’s goal is to bring new investments and good paying job opportunities to Mississippi...
Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for Aug. 19, 2025
The Clarion Ledger - Mississippi
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The Mississippi Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Aug. 19, 2025, results for each game: Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from Aug. 19 drawing 01-06-20-21-29 Check Mississippi Match 5 payouts and...
Mississippi a 'leader in innovation' with new Cyber, Technology Center
The Clarion Ledger - Mississippi
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Mississippi broke ground on a new Cyber and Technology Center near Keesler Air Force Base. The center will house the Mississippi Cyber Initiative and focus on cybersecurity training and workforce development. This project follows significant...
From Corporate America To Global Entrepreneurs: Inside The Rise Of The Burns Brothers
Essence
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August 19, 2025
There’s always that moment that becomes a turning point for discovering your purpose. For Michael Burns, it was while he was on a call with his Fortune 500 company’s CEO and CFO, discussing real estate downsizing during the height of COVID-19,...
See photos from Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center groundbreaking
Hattiesburg American - Mississippi
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Gov. Tate Reeves and MSU President Mark E. Keenum talk Aug. 19 at the groundbreaking of the Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center in Biloxi.Emily Grace McCall/Courtesy Of MSUFrom left, Gov. Tate Reeves, MSU President Mark E. Keenum and MSU Vice...
Groundbreaking for Mississippi Cyber and Tech Center in Biloxi
WXXV 25 - Mississippi
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August 20, 2025
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- Mississippi and the U.S. Air Force are marking a new era in cybersecurity research, training, and collaboration as construction has begun on a transformative project on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The new Cyber and Technology...
Keesler Air Force Base, MSU, state leaders break ground on Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center
WLOX - Mississippi
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August 19, 2025
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Mississippi is taking center stage in the fight against cyber threats as state leaders broke ground Tuesday on what could become one of the most important cybersecurity facilities in the country. The center is being built in...
Airplane crash near Bradley kills Trans Am driver who ran software company
Magnolia Reporter - Arkansas
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Barry Alan Boes II, 54, of Ooltewah, TN, a Trans Am racing circuit driver and CEO of an Austin, TX based software company, was killed Monday night, August 18, 2025 in the crash of a single-engine aircraft two miles south of Bradley near Arkansas...
Gas Companies Finally Start Giving Advance Notice of Gas Releases
The Delta News - Mississippi
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GREENVILLE - Greenville police and emergency managers today, put out an alert about a pending gas release. What's new about that? It comes after three previously-unannounced gas releases caused shock and panic across the town. What has changed?...
FBI Arrests Gymnastics Coach Accused of Filming Nude Girls in Mississippi, Sexually Abusing Others in Iowa
Mississippi Free Press
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August 19, 2025
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to take a job in 2018 at an elite academy known for training Olympic...
Trade pays tribute to 'whirling dervish' author Greg Iles following death aged 65
The Bookseller
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Greg Iles HarperCollins has paid tribute to Greg Iles, the Mississippi-based author of the Natchez Burning trilogy, who has died aged 65. You've hit your free article limit. Serious about the book trade? Join thousands of industry professionals...
MSU, Keesler, state leaders break ground on Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center
Mississippi State University
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August 19, 2025
Contact: James Carskadon BILOXI, Miss.—Leaders from Mississippi State University, the U.S. Air Force, City of Biloxi, and Gov. Tate Reeves broke ground on the future home of the Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center on Tuesday [Aug. 19], marking...
Former Mississippi coach arrested on child pornography charge after abuse allegations
WAPT 16 - Mississippi
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August 19, 2025
Sean Gardner, a coach at a center in Iowa that has trained Olympic champions is facing allegations that he abused young female gymnasts and secretly photographed others undressing at a prior job in Mississippi.Gardner worked from 2014 to 2018...
Best public middle schools in Mississippi
Laurel Leader-Call - Mississippi
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Best public middle schools in Mississippi Stacker compiled a list of the best public middle schools in Mississippi using data from the Niche. Niche uses five weighted factors for its rankings: academics grade, teachers grade, district overall...
Years after abuse reports, Mississippi coach at renowned US gymnastics academy is arrested by FBI
WLBT - Mississippi
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August 19, 2025
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. gymnastics world was only just recovering from a devastating sexual abuse scandal when a promising young coach moved from Mississippi to Iowa to take a job in 2018 at an elite academy known for training Olympic...
Mississippi and Louisiana will send National Guard troops to DC
West Hawaii Today - Hawaii
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August 19, 2025
The governors of Mississippi and Louisiana said Monday that they would deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, joining three other Republican-led states that have recently heeded President Donald Trump’s request to fill the...
Supreme Court won't block Mississippi law restricting kids’ access to social media
The Christian Post - Washington D.C.
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August 19, 2025
An overcast sky hangs above the U.S. Supreme Court on December 16, 2019, in Washington, D.C. | Samuel Corum/Getty ImagesThe U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block a Mississippi law restricting social media access for young people amid some...
Mississippi shines at national conference of secretaries of state
The Clarion Ledger - Mississippi
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Mississippi hosted the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) summer conference in Biloxi. Mississippi's Secretary of State, Michael Watson, was sworn in as the 2025-2026 NASS President. The Mississippi SOS Student Ambassador Program...
Kibbe at the Crossroads - Lebanese Immigrants and Cooking in the Mississippi Delta
WNYC - New York
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August 19, 2025
We travel to the Mississippi Delta and the world of Lebanese immigrants, where barbecue and the blues meet kibbe, a kind of traditional Lebanese raw meatloaf. Lebanese immigrants began arriving in the Delta in the late 1800s, soon after the Civil...
Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for Aug. 18, 2025
The Clarion Ledger - Mississippi
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The Mississippi Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at Aug. 18, 2025, results for each game: Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from Aug. 18 drawing 06-08-10-27-34 Check Mississippi Match 5 payouts and...