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Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for July 15, 2025

Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for July 15, 2025

The Mississippi Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at July 15, 2025, results for each game: Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from July 15 drawing 15-17-23-25-34 Check Mississippi Match 5 payouts and...

CF Industries announces start of facility in Donaldsonville

CF Industries announces start of facility in Donaldsonville

CF Industries launched a carbon dioxide dehydration and compression facility at its Donaldsonville complex. The facility will enable the transportation and permanent sequestration of up to two million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. The...

Person of the Day | Eliza Peters: University of Mississippi Grad Student Helps Young Athletes ‘Hear the Cheers’

Person of the Day | Eliza Peters: University of Mississippi Grad Student Helps Young Athletes ‘Hear the Cheers’

Eliza Peters was about 10 years old when she walked into the stark room of Dr. John Leonetti’s office at Loyola Medicine in Chicago. The young athlete headed toward the big booth in the corner. The office was familiar. She had visited there many...

Maritime defense company Fairbanks Morse Defense acquires Rolls-Royce Naval Propulsion in Pascagoula

Maritime defense company Fairbanks Morse Defense acquires Rolls-Royce Naval Propulsion in Pascagoula

PASCAGOULA, Miss. (WLOX) - A new business acquisition could lead to investments in national defense here in South Mississippi. The ribbon has been cut at the Rolls-Royce Naval Propulsion in Pascagoula after being acquired by Fairbanks Morse...

Mississippi River bridge between Iowa and Wisconsin to close this fall

Mississippi River bridge between Iowa and Wisconsin to close this fall

The 94-year-old Mississippi River bridge between southwest Wisconsin and Lansing, Iowa, that’s been temporarily closed twice during construction of a replacement will be permanently closed this fall. Iowa DOT engineer Clayton Burke said the new...

Cotton prices down, costs up: Mississippi farmers face harsh decisions 

Cotton prices down, costs up: Mississippi farmers face harsh decisions 

RICHTON — Mississippi cotton farmers are losing money — and some are preparing to abandon the crop altogether due to falling prices, extreme weather events, rising input costs and trade tensions. “Last year was rough. This year is bad. If next...

Natchez designers behind new Mississippi car tag soon to be buzzing around

Natchez designers behind new Mississippi car tag soon to be buzzing around

Published 5:12 pm Monday, July 14, 2025 NATCHEZ — An artistic couple from Natchez’s latest project from their graphic design business has really taken wing, as the new honeybee design will soon be popping up on Mississippi driver’s license plates....

Block granting federal education funds comes with trade-offs

Block granting federal education funds comes with trade-offs

Toggle section navigation Sections Print President Trump, Project 2025, and red state governors are calling for turning federal programs into block grants to school districts as a critical part of their reform proposals—but many of these programs...

Volunteer firefighters face challenges in rural Mississippi

Volunteer firefighters face challenges in rural Mississippi

Danger can strike when least expected, and first responders are always front and center when they're needed. But for Mississippians living in rural areas, rapid assistance can be challenging.Volunteer firefighters in Bentonia are facing challenges...

Black Cyclist In Mississippi Arrested After Shooting White Man Who Attacked Him: What About ‘Stand Your Ground’?

Black Cyclist In Mississippi Arrested After Shooting White Man Who Attacked Him: What About ‘Stand Your Ground’?

Source: facebook / facebook UPDATED: 9:22 p.m. ET, July 14, 2025 Adams County Sheriff Travis Patten confirmed to NewsOne that Reginald Butler was charged with felony aggravated assault and has since been released on $50,000 bond. Patten noted that...

EV Industry Faces Crossroads: U.S. Slows Down, Europe and Bulgaria Push Forward

EV Industry Faces Crossroads: U.S. Slows Down, Europe and Bulgaria Push Forward

The global electric vehicle (EV) market is currently facing significant turbulence, with the United States experiencing one of the sharpest slowdowns. This shift follows a major policy change introduced by President Donald Trump’s administration,...

Mississippi High School Softball: Lewisburg Announces 2026 Schedule

Mississippi High School Softball: Lewisburg Announces 2026 Schedule

While everyone is gearing up for the start of the high school football season in Mississippi, the Lewisburg Patriots announced their 2026 softball schedule. Lewisburg finished third in the district last season, and their success throughout the...

Mississippi launches oyster spawning program following first season in years

Mississippi launches oyster spawning program following first season in years

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources (MDMR) is set to begin spawning oysters using a mobile hatchery as part of a program run in partnership with the University of Southern Mississippi's (USM) Thad Cochran Marine Aquaculture Center...

Indiana’s Coal Industry Still Strong, Attorney General Says

Indiana’s Coal Industry Still Strong, Attorney General Says

Source: Indiana Attorney General’s Office / Todd Rokita INDIANAPOLIS — Coal still powers nearly half of Indiana’s electricity, making the state second only to Texas in coal use with about 26 million tons burned each year. That means steady jobs...

SC Mississippi News publication area records 1 H-1B petition approved for employers classified under Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry during 2024

SC Mississippi News publication area records 1 H-1B petition approved for employers classified under Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry during 2024

Ted H. Kim, Associate Director Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate for USCIS | https://www.naco.org/Ted H. Kim, Associate Director Refugee, Asylum and International Operations Directorate for USCIS | https://www.naco.org/ In...

VA provides 11.8% fewer home purchase loans in Mississippi in Q1

VA provides 11.8% fewer home purchase loans in Mississippi in Q1

Denis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | BallotpediaDenis R. McDonough Secretary of Veterans Affairs | Ballotpedia There were 794 VA home purchases in Mississippi in the first quarter of the VA's fiscal year 2025, totaling $229.5 million...

Here's How Amazon Is Using Reclaimed Water To Keep Its Data Centers Cool

Here's How Amazon Is Using Reclaimed Water To Keep Its Data Centers Cool

In June 2025, Amazon announced it was increasing the number of data centers that use reclaimed water. There are currently 20 data centers using treated sewage water for cooling, and by 2030, Amazon intends to increase this number to 120. 2030 is...

The best places to eat in the 'cultural gumbo' of Louisiana - and what exactly you should order

The best places to eat in the 'cultural gumbo' of Louisiana - and what exactly you should order

A city of good times like New Orleans means hungry punters - and Creole food delivers. It's a melange of French, Spanish, West African, Caribbean and Native American influences, among others, owing to the port city's colonial history. You might...

Arkansas awards $1.5M to support 80 local fairs, livestock shows

Arkansas awards $1.5M to support 80 local fairs, livestock shows

The Arkansas Department of Agriculture is investing nearly $1.5 million into local fairs and livestock shows across the state, including in Northeast Arkansas. Greene, Clay, Mississippi, and Poinsett counties are among the recipients, with funds...

Swing Beat: D.C. Artists Have Made Some of the Year’s Best Jazz Albums

Swing Beat: D.C. Artists Have Made Some of the Year’s Best Jazz Albums

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