The Dollar General Literacy Foundation has announced the award of nearly $65,000 in youth literacy grants to Mississippi nonprofit organizations, libraries and schools. The funds are part of nearly $2.6 million recently awarded across the country for recipients to use…
Eight of South Mississippi’s most accomplished, creative teachers earned 2023 Leo W. Seal Innovative Teacher Grants for their commitment to educational excellence and to pay for original teaching projects designed to enrich students’ education with hands-on learning opportunities. Here are…
Three years after the Long Beach Harbor was destroyed by Hurricane Zeta, the city has received money to move forward with restoring it. The…
Senator Roger Wicker announced a $60 million grant awarded for infrastructure between Long Beach and Diamondhead. The fund is reserved for widening I-10 from four to six lanes starting…
The Southeastern Construction Owners and Associates Roundtable, the Southern States Millwright Regional Council, and DeWalt presented a grant and scholarship tool package to the Moore…
The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration announced the state of Mississippi has received its first ‘Internet for All’ grant. The…
Beau Rivage employees go above and beyond to give back to the community and support local charities. News 25’s Jazell Ladner has more on how much…
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi judge has blocked a state law that put $10 million of federal pandemic relief money into infrastructure grants for private schools. The ruling by Hinds County Chancery Judge…
$1.9 billion in federal aid is coming to Mississippi, Louisiana, and Alabama to help fund losses from flooding and hurricanes over the past two years. A vast majority of that…
Gov. Tate Reeves today announced the state is investing nearly $2.8 million for site development projects with Hancock County Port and Harbor Commission. Through the RESTORE Act, Stennis International Airport will receive $2,547,940 for engineering, design and site development at…
The Mississippi Department of Education awards almost $10 million grants to five universities to help fight the state’s teacher shortage. William Carey University and Delta State received…
Mississippi will be getting more than $4 billion from the federal infrastructure package recently passed by Congress. The White House has released a preliminary breakdown of how that money…
The Gulfport Chamber of Commerce gave out grants to three Harrison County School District teachers to help fund projects they created for their students.…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith and U.S. Congressman Michael Guest on Thursday announced the award of U.S. Department of Education grants totaling more than $1.7 million to Southwest Mississippi Community College, Alcorn State University, and…
PEARL, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi officials say Hurricane Ida caused roughly $22.5 million in damage in 19 counties in the state. The figure was included in a news release on Wednesday announcing the state had asked President Joe Biden to…
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is increasing grant funds available to all students. MGCCC announced an increased CARES Grant amounts available to students by $500 for those currently…
Five Mississippi organizations received more than $1 million in grants from the Southern Poverty Law Center to help with voter registration and mobilization, the center announced today. Dubbed Southern Echo, Mississippi's voter movement will engage in year-round voter registration. The…
The Mississippi Legislature awarded $6.1 million in funding for projects in Gautier. Various improvements will soon be under construction in Gautier. Over two million is going to their sewer rehabilitation project which will improve water quality, protect…
Today U.S. Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith with U.S. Representative Michael Guest welcomed the award of more than $5.26 million to boost rural telemedicine and distance learning capabilities across Mississippi. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural…
Hurricane Zeta caused great damage to our community and the Salvation Army has acquired a grant to provide relief to those affected. The grant money is available to those in need in the lower six counties of…
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality awarded Harrison County a solid waste assistance grant of $75,000 that will be used by the county for a household hazardous waste program. MDEQ Executive Director Chris Wells says the solid…
Huntington Ingalls Industries is helping the next generation of scientists and engineers by assisting schools in Mississippi and Alabama with funding for science, technology, engineering, and math initiatives. Science, technology, engineering, and math are coming alive in…
PASCAGOULA, Miss., Jan. 20, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Huntington Ingalls Industries’ (NYSE: HII) Ingalls Shipbuilding division has awarded $99,890 in grants to 26 schools and educational organizations in Mississippi and Alabama for science, technology, engineering and math initiatives. “The educators…
Some local businesses are getting a much-needed boost thanks to grants given out by the Mississippi Gulf Coast Chamber of Commerce. While the chamber’s fundraising capabilities have been limited, the assistance they’re providing South Mississippi businesses is still going strong…