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Phibro rCB and Natchez Railway Complete Rail Upgrade to Support Tire Recycling Facility
Phibro rCB and Natchez Railway have completed a key rail upgrade to support Phibro's tire recycling facility in Natchez. The project enhances transportation of recycled materials and marks a step forward in local industrial development.
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'Sinners' mixes blues, vampires and the Mississippi Delta into Ryan Coogler's 1st original film
Ryan Coogler only makes personal movies. "Fruitvale Station" was set in his hometown of Oakland, California, and explored the last day of Oscar Grant. "Creed" was dreamed up for his father, who loved "Rocky" unabashedly. And "Black Panther" let him g...
Apr 15, 2025
Judge dismisses former Mississippi governor's defamation lawsuit against news outlet
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A judge has dismissed a lawsuit by former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant that claimed a local news outlet defamed him in public comments about its Pulitzer Prize-winning reporting on the misspending of $77 million in federal welfa...
Apr 07, 2025
Swollen rivers are flooding towns in the US South after a prolonged deluge of rain
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Days of unrelenting downpours swelled rivers to near record levels across Kentucky on Monday, submerging neighborhoods and threatening a famed bourbon distillery in the state capital. Inundated rivers posed the latest threat fro...
Apr 07, 2025
Wild weather expected Wednesday gets a rare 'high-risk' designation -- the most severe category
ATLANTA (AP) - U.S. government forecasters are using a relatively rare "high-risk" designation - the highest category they use - to warn that a major tornado outbreak appears likely Wednesday in an area that's home to about 2.5 million people. That a...
Apr 02, 2025
Baylor holds off Mississippi State in final seconds to win 75-72 in March Madness
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Robert Wright scored 19 points, V.J. Edgecombe added 16 and No. 9 Baylor squeaked past No. 8 Mississippi State 75-72 on Friday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. Langston Love added 15 points and Norchad Omier had 12 poin...
Mar 21, 2025
A Record-Breaking Year: Miss-Lou Helps 95 Country Raise $56,237 for St. Jude
Natchez, MS - The Miss-Lou community has once again shown its incredible generosity, helping 95 Country (WQNZ Natchez, MS) set a new record during its annual 95 Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon on March 13-14, 2025. This year's radiothon raised an outstanding $56,237, surpassing last year's record of $51,915-t...
Mar 20, 2025
Damage Report Indicates EF-4 Tornado Hits Kentwood and Pike County
Meteorologists from the National Weather Service (NWS) are actively surveying damage in northern Tangipahoa Parish, Pike County, and Walthall County following severe storms that occurred on March 15. Preliminary assessments have confirmed at least two tornadoes impacted the region. One of these tornadoes, classified as...
Mar 18, 2025
A look at the 42 deaths linked to severe storms in the US
A series of storms that sparked tornadoes, wildfires, high winds and dust storms while barreling across eight states over the weekend have left at least 42 people dead and dozens injured. Scattered tornadoes in Missouri killed over a dozen people, an...
Mar 17, 2025
Devastating storms kill at least 39 across 7 states in the South and Midwest
Crammed into their two-door Toyota Celica with three huskies, Hailey Hart and her fiance Steve Romero hugged and prayed as a tornado rolled the car upside down before tossing it on its wheels again. They heard screams for help minutes after the twis...
Mar 17, 2025