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Johnson's double-double lifts Blue Devils in semis Read full article March 3, 2021, 6:00 PM·2 min read Mar. 3—JACKSON — Big Billy Johnson had a big time at the Big House on Wednesday. The 6-foot-3, 285-pound senior owned the paint to the tune of 14 points and 13 rebounds, leading Booneville to a 53-27 win over Kemper County in the Class 3A semifinals. The No. 4 Blue Devils (23-4) will play St. Andrew's for the state title at 3 p.m. on Saturday. Johnson scored six of his points in the second quarter, most of which scoring guards Trey McKinney and Kaleb Guy spent on the bench due to foul t...

Published: Tuesday, February 2, 2021 Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.). Photo credit: Francis Chung/E&E News Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) during a press conference last year on recycling and plastic waste legislation. Francis Chung/E&E News Industry and environmentalists are hoping to revive recycling legislation buried by the coronavirus pandemic, with some lawmakers already on board. Bills aimed at addressing everything from recycling infrastructure and education to a crackdown on plastics are set to make a return in the 117th Congress, indicating last year's surge of interest in the sector has st...

© Alterfalter - dreamstime.com Organizations form Canada Plastics Pact The new pact aims to ensure at least 30 percent recycled content by weight is used in plastic packaging in Canada by 2025. Businesses, nongovernmental organizations and government agencies have united to form the Canada Plastics Pact (CPP) to address plastic waste and pollution. According to a news release from CPP, the pact brings together more than 40 partners representing various parts of the plastics value chain to work toward 2025 goals to reduce plastic pollution. CPP says it will enable companies across the Canadia...

Kevin Powell / Getty “The Georgia Senate races have shown us what is possible when people of different backgrounds come together for the common good. That a Black person and a Jewish person would be the two United States Senators from the great state of Georgia was unimaginable just a few years ago. Because some of us understand it is for the best to work together rather than work apart. Yet the terrible scenes of mostly White Donald Trump loyalists storming the United States Capitol have shown us what is possible, and deadly, when people do not care about the common good, do not care about...

Vaccines a shot in the arm for a state burdened by COVID-19 December 23, 202010:46 am FIRST TO VOLUNTEER: The first to get the Pfizer vaccine at UAMS was medical assistant Yolanda Emery. Bryan Clifton, UAMS Along with the Baby Yoda plush dolls, Gravity Blankets and Ninja Air Fryers loaded on UPS and FedEx planes and trucks this Christmas season was the most desired gift of all: COVID-19 vaccines, from manufacturers Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. The Pfizer vaccine, shipped in special boxes to keep doses colder than the surface of Mars, was fir...