Poll shows strong desire for online learning over in person classes
Warren County District 3 Supervisor Shawn Jackson posted a poll on her social media earlier this week. The results are definite: It is too soon to reopen the schools. Jackson’s unscientific poll asked four questions, and more than 90% of the respondents in every question voted against returning to schools now. The questions and results […]
‘We’re watching this train wreck’: UMMC chief says governor should postpone school reopenings
Story by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today A top public health official said Monday that Gov. Tate Reeves should postpone the return of public schools as Mississippi becomes one of the nation’s worst COVID-19 hotspots and the state’s hospital capacity dwindles. Most public schools across the state plan to resume in-person activities this week. Reeves, who […]
Alcorn State responds to petition, moves to online classes to begin fall semester
After students launched an online petition to ensure they could get instruction online in the face of increasing COVID-19 cases and deaths in Mississippi, Alcorn State University changed its plans for reopening the campus for the upcoming semester. To date, more than 1,400 people have signed the petition. Alcorn’s new plan calls for online learning […]
Vicksburg Warren School District to deliver meals to students learning from home
In a social media post Monday, the Vicksburg Warren School District announced it will be providing meals to students participating in distance learning. To facilitate meal delivery for those students, the district requests parents or guardians fill out an online form. The district “is committed to serving students nutritious meals each school day,” the district […]
Vicksburg meets an emperor
He looked more like a Southern planter, in his pin-striped suit and broad-brimmed felt hat, than an emperor, but when Dom Pedro II of Brazil arrived at the city waterfront on May 22, 1876, the Herald reported that a lot of citizens rushed down to the river “to get a glimpse of a real live […]
The Tournalaid house, one of R.G. LeTourneau’s many inventions
Robert Gilmore “R.G.” LeTourneau, founder of the LeTourneau Corporation, was a prolific inventor. At one time, as many as 2,000 people were employed at the company’s Warren County facility. The area surrounding the plant was a city unto itself with a grocery store, post office, credit union and a couple of hundred concrete bungalows known […]
MSU awarded $2 million grant for bioenergy research
Mississippi State University has been awarded a $2 million grant to support research into bioenergy. MSU’s project was one of 33 selected by the U.S. Department of Energy to receive a total of $97 million to support high-impact technology research and development to accelerate the bioeconomy. These projects will improve the performance and lower the […]
Hinds CC honors graduating career-tech students
Hannah Cranfield of Vicksburg was thinking of going into a medical field but then discovered Hinds Community College’s computer coding and programming option. Hinds teaches the program at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Research and Development Center in Vicksburg. Draped with honor cords, Cranfield, 21, said she “did very well” in the program. “I […]
Complete your COVID-19 back-to-school checklist
Story by Susan Barber Lindquist, Mayo Clinic News Network Families and school districts are weighing difficult decisions on whether to return to school in person, online or a combination of both during the COVID-19 pandemic. “No matter what education model is chosen — in-person, distance learning or a hybrid of the two, we want to […]
Stirgus: ‘First of all, Mr. Flaggs, I love you, but …’
The Vicksburg Warren School District held its meeting Thursday afternoon and the hot topic was opening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mayor George Flaggs Jr. expressed his opinion on the opening of the schools. In a letter to school board President James Stirgus Jr., the mayor asked that the school reopening be delayed. Flaggs cited […]