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Agricultural liming in the US is a large CO2 sink, research says

Agricultural liming in the US is a large CO2 sink, research says

Researchers from the Yale Centre for Natural Carbon Capture at Yale University based their findings on over 100 years of data from the Mississippi River basin and detailed computer modelling, which ran counter to international guidelines on...

Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for July 10, 2025

Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for July 10, 2025

The Mississippi Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at July 10, 2025, results for each game: Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from July 10 drawing 02-19-20-22-28 Check Mississippi Match 5 payouts and...

Mississippi’s AI Ambitions Take Shape With NVIDIA Partnership

Mississippi’s AI Ambitions Take Shape With NVIDIA Partnership

Mississippi is carving a new path in its artificial intelligence landscape by partnering with technology company NVIDIA to expand AI education, research and workforce development across the state. Similar to other NVIDIA partnerships in...

Company recalls bread because of undeclared nuts after consumers complain

Company recalls bread because of undeclared nuts after consumers complain

Hartford Bakery Inc. is voluntarily recalling six lots of its “Lewis Bake Shop Artisan Style 1/2 Loaf” bread because it contains undeclared hazelnuts. The company has received consumer complaints about the bread. People with a nut allergy or...

Mississippi expected to get millions in opioid settlement

Mississippi expected to get millions in opioid settlement

Mississippi could get more than $6 million as part of a nationwide settlement from opioid drug makers.Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced a $720 million nationwide settlement with eight drug makers that manufactured opioid pills and...

Daughter of Assassinated Civil Rights Leader Sees Painful Echoes of Political Violence in America

Daughter of Assassinated Civil Rights Leader Sees Painful Echoes of Political Violence in America

By Sophie Bates, Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — More than 60 years after a white supremacist assassinated civil rights leader Medgar Evers, his daughter still sees the same strain of political violence at work in American society. “It’s...

Mississippi Valley Blues Society Celebrates Forty Years of Blues Fest Magic; Two-Day Festival Returns to LeClaire Park with Award-Winning Artists and Family-Friendly Events

DAVENPORT, IOWA (July 10, 2025) — The Mississippi Valley Blues Society (MVBS) proudly announces the fortieth anniversary of Blues Fest taking place on September 19-20, 2025, at the scenic and historic Le Claire Park on the banks of the Mississippi...

Mississippi Delta residents worry about their health after train derailment and chemical fire

Mississippi Delta residents worry about their health after train derailment and chemical fire

Some residents of a small community in the Mississippi Delta say they fear their health might be at risk after a train derailed and spilled a hazardous chemical compound that burned for hours. Part of a Canadian National Railway train went off the...

Nominee says society needs church to counter ‘alarming’ trends  

Nominee says society needs church to counter ‘alarming’ trends  

A standing ovation honored a United Church of Christ nominee after she addressed the church’s General Synod Friday night, July 11, in Kansas City. Receiving the applause was the Rev. Shari Prestemon, nominated for Associate General Minister and...

Mississippi Farmers to Benefit From $16 Billion USDA Disaster Relief

Mississippi Farmers to Benefit From $16 Billion USDA Disaster Relief

WASHINGTON–Farmers and ranchers in Mississippi and around the country will soon begin sharing around $16 billion, which is being distributed to people who applied for help because of weather-related losses in 2023 and 2024. The money is being...

Blue Heron Farm Sells for $37 Million

Blue Heron Farm Sells for $37 Million

Blue Heron Farm, the Chilmark estate that played host to President Barack Obama and the First Family in summers past, sold last week for $37 million. Owned by a limited liability company associated with world-renowned architect Norman Foster and...

Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for July 9, 2025

Mississippi Lottery Mississippi Match 5, Cash 3 results for July 9, 2025

The Mississippi Lottery offers several draw games for those aiming to win big. Here’s a look at July 9, 2025, results for each game: Winning Mississippi Match 5 numbers from July 9 drawing 07-08-11-26-33 Check Mississippi Match 5 payouts and...

Mississippi Food Network distributes food despite inflation cost

Mississippi Food Network distributes food despite inflation cost

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - With the rising cost of food, the Mississippi Food Network is starting to feel the pressures of inflation. Employees at MFN work to distribute meals to hunger relief partners across the state. The company provides meal kits...

Agricultural liming in the US is a large CO₂ sink, say researchers

Agricultural liming in the US is a large CO₂ sink, say researchers

Adding lime to agricultural soils can remove CO2 from the atmosphere, rather than cause CO2 emissions, claims new research. The findings, based on more than 100 years of data from the Mississippi River basin and detailed computer modeling, run...

Sunbelt Ag Expo names Kent Hamilton as Georgia Farmer of the Year

Sunbelt Ag Expo names Kent Hamilton as Georgia Farmer of the Year

The Sunbelt Ag Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year state winners have been announced for 2025. State winners for 2025 include: Kent Hamilton – Georgia Farmer of the Year 2025. The 2025 Farmer of the Year will be announced at the Sunbelt Ag Expo...

Philadelphia Is The New Krakoa In X-Men: Age Of Revelation (XSpoilers)

Philadelphia Is The New Krakoa In X-Men: Age Of Revelation (XSpoilers)

Posted in: Comics, Comics Publishers, Current News, Marvel Comics, X-Men | Tagged: philadelphia, X-Men Age Of Revelation Philadelphia Is The New Krakoa In X-Men: Age Of Revelation (XSpoilers) Published Tue, 15 Jul 2025 14:05:04 -0500 by Rich...

Mississippi State scientists make progress against resistant weeds

Mississippi State scientists make progress against resistant weeds

Contact: Anslee Boyd STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State is one of 10 land-grant universities leading a nationwide effort to combat herbicide resistant weeds threatening U.S. soybean production. Supported by a $500,000 grant from the United...

Breast cancer survivor named Gulf Coast Chair of Mississippi Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer Control

Breast cancer survivor named Gulf Coast Chair of Mississippi Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer Control

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - The Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) and the Mississippi Partnership for Comprehensive Cancer Control (MP3C) announced Karen Sock as the new Coalition Chair for the Mississippi Gulf Coast Region. Sock will...

Archeologists find 1880 shipwreck while searching for a different one

Archeologists find 1880 shipwreck while searching for a different one

Archaeologists surveying a Wisconsin river believe they unexpectedly stumbled upon a ship that sank in 1880. Researchers with the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Underwater Archeology Association were conducting a sonar survey of the...

Western Farmers Push for Bold Water Infrastructure

Western Farmers Push for Bold Water Infrastructure

Urban Growth vs. Agricultural Water Use in the Desert Southwest Despite Arizona’s explosive population growth—from 1.3 million in 1957 to more than 7 million residents today—the state’s total water use has remained largely unchanged at around 7...

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