May 14, 2021 at 10:53 am
The first genetically modified mosquitoes that will be allowed to fly free outdoors in the United States have started reaching the age for mating in the Florida Keys.
In a test of the biotech company Oxitec’s GM male mosquitoes for pest control, these
Aedes aegypti started growing from tiny eggs set out in toaster-sized, hexagonal boxes on suburban private properties in late April. On May 12, experiment monitors confirmed that males had matured enough to start flying off on their own to court American female mosquitoes.
This short-term Florida experiment marks the first outdoor test in the United States of a strain of GM male mosquitoes as a highly targeted pest control strategy. This strain is engineered to shrink local populations of
Hattiesburg restaurants remain understaffed
Hattiesburg restaurants remain understaffed By Melissa Rademaker | May 12, 2021 at 7:33 PM CDT - Updated May 12 at 7:34 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Last week, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce recommended ending the additional federal unemployment supplement for the pandemic, and Gov. Tate Reeves announced Monday the state will opt out of the benefits on June 12.
Meanwhile, restaurant owners say they are actually short-staffed and have been struggling to fill positions for months.
Trey Ziegler says as the owner at Fuzzy’s Taco shop, he’s often working in the kitchen on the line to help his staff.
Credit: Stephan Bisaha/ Gulf States Newsroom
Rail Lines Vs. Budget Lines Amtrak commissioned an outside group to assess how many state and federal dollars should be invested to avoid serious delays. Experts said those studies usually take about seven months, but when a year passed without an end in sight, Amtrak decided to move forward without the study. Amtrak points its finger at railroad owners, Norfolk Southern and CSX, for refusing to share detailed data about their businesses. Those companies say the information is confidential, but without it, Amtrak said the study is useless.
“It does actually look like there hasn’t been a clear desire on the part of the freight railroads to actually meet with Amtrak,” said Nick Little, director of the Center for Railway Research and Education at Michigan State University.
City of West Monroe
The City of West Monroe will host a team from the University of Southern Mississippi this Saturday, May 15 to use ground-penetrating radar to locate unmarked graves at Hasley Cemetery, which is owned and operated by the City of West Monroe.
A geography professor from USM and five USM students will be working at Hasley Cemetery to assist the City of West Monroe with assessing the cemetery, documenting existing headstones and markers and creating a digital map of the cemetery.
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Timâs Two Cents: Southern Miss pitching coach Christian Ostrander Ostrander is in his fourth year with the Golden Eagles. (Source: WDAM) By Tim Doherty | May 13, 2021 at 4:07 PM CDT - Updated May 13 at 4:07 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - On this weekâs episode of Timâs Two Cents, we sit down with University of Southern Mississippi pitching coach Christian Ostrander.
Ostrander is in his fourth year with the Golden Eagles, and this season, his pitching staff is among the national leaders in:
Strikeouts-to-walks-ratio (4.53 Ks per walk), first
Walk-per-nine-innings (2.20 per nine innings), second
WHIP (1.11 walks & hits per inning), fifth
ERA (3.35 earned run average), 11th.