Mississippi collected $1.7 billion in sales and gross receipt taxes during the fourth quarter of 2022, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's Quarterly Summary of State and Local Taxes.
Mississippi's death count did not exceed death expectancy during the week ending March 11, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Chibuzo Ifeacho, a student originally from Nigeria, has always had a goal of becoming a truck driver in life, and with the help of East Central Community College and the Southern Mississippi Planning & Development District’s Career STEP program, that dream is now a reality.
Mississippi State University senior Madeleine Thompson, center, a communication/public relations major from Mobile, Alabama, is Miss Maroon and White for 2023.