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"Avoid the area of Blackjack and Hardy. Officials are responding," it simply said.  According to Sid Salter, chief communication officer at Mississippi State University, the piece of equipment that exploded was a motor grader on the corner of Blackjack Road and Hardy Boulevard.  "The initial fire was pretty substantial and was rolling — big flames," Salter said.  The construction crew became concerned and contacted Brent Crocker, the universitys emergency manager, and a Maroon ...

No matter where you drive in most of Mississippi in the next few weeks, you will encounter new and challenging potholes thanks to the Great Ice Strom of 2021. Last week’s severe winter weather will make a lasting impact on Mississippi’s already compromised infrastructure system – particularly on roads and bridges – and will exacerbate the need for more comprehensive means to repair and restore the state’s overall infrastructure system. Mississippi isn’t alone in th...

Oxford Film Festival Announces Ambitious Hybrid Format January 22, 2021 1277 Among 10 titles previewed are Spotlight presentations of Anne Rapp’s HORTON FOOTE: THE ROAD TO HOME, Olivia Peace’s TAHARA, as well as Chelsea Christer’s BLEEDING AUDIO, Megan Petersen and Hannah Black’s DROUGHT, and Cindy L. Abel’s SURVIVING THE SILENCE The 2021 Oxford Film Festival (March 24-28, April 1-30) has announced an ambitious approach to the 18 th annual edition of the popular film festival which wi...

MSU President Keenum’s statement on death of Gov. Winter MSU President Mark E. Keenum with former Gov. William Winter (MSU OPA Photo) STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University issued the following statement by MSU President Mark E. Keenum on the death of former Mississippi Gov. William Winter: “My wife Rhonda and I were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of one of Mississippi’s most influential statesmen, former Gov. William Winter. Perhaps no single individual in ...

MSU to conduct campus-wide test of locks during December drill STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State’s Crisis Action Team will test the ability of the university’s Starkville campus to centrally lock all electronically controlled exterior doors as part of an emergency preparedness drill on Monday, Dec. 21 at 1 p.m. The drill tests the emergency response skills of top administrators, building managers, and key decision makers during a practice scenario and training session. MSU E...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Citing an abundance of caution, Mississippi State University today announced that the start of Spring 2021 semester classes will be slightly postponed from Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, to Monday, Jan. 11, 2021, as MSU continues to monitor the impacts of COVID-19 on public health and safety. “As we’ve repeatedly said, our primary responsibility is to safeguard our students, faculty, and staff during this health crisis,” said MSU Executive Vice President and Provost David R....

OXFORD — When Curtis Wilkie left Mississippi for the East Coast in 1969, he did it with a promise that he would never return. Half a century later, the University of Mississippi journalism professor is putting a period on his career in the same place where it began: Oxford. The Summit native and Ole Miss alumnus reported on and wrote about a range of characters from racists and murderers to United States presidents and Middle Eastern revolutionaries. Yet through a career that led him from ...

Julie Jordan named MSU’s chief research officer Julie Jordan (Photo by Russ Houston) STARKVILLE, Miss.—Julie Jordan has been named Mississippi State’s vice president for research and economic development, MSU President Mark E. Keenum announced Dec. 9. Jordan has served in the role on an interim basis since July 2019, providing leadership for the Office of Research and Economic Development, strategic vision for the university research enterprise, and administrative oversight of...

OXFORD — When Corinth native Curtis Wilkie left Mississippi for the East Coast in 1969, he did it with a promise that he would never return. Half a century later, the University of Mississippi journalism professor and 1958 Corinth High School graduate is putting a period on his career in the same place where it began: Oxford. The Ole Miss alumnus (BA 63) reported on and wrote about a range of characters from racists and murderers to United States presidents and Middle Eastern revolutionari...

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