October 2025

Jackson, Miss. – Grain elevator and merchandiser Delta Grain is expanding its operations in Sidon. The project represents a corporate investment of $3.76 million. The expansion involves the construction of a ground pile and conveyance system, which will add 2.15 million bushels of new capacity to enhance logistical efficiencies for farmer delivery processing. The project […]

  PASCAGOULA, Miss., Oct. 23, 2025 — HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding authenticated the keel today of Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer Thad Cochran (DDG 135). The ship honors Thad Cochran, a Navy veteran and former U.S. senator who represented Mississippi from 1978 to 2018. Ceremony attendees included Cochran’s wife and ship sponsor Kay Bowen Webber Cochran and Ingalls

  LAKE CHARLES, LA — The Mississippi Tourism Association (MTA) was honored with the Best Niche Marketing “Shining Example” Award from the Southeast Tourism Society (STS) at the 2025 Connections Conference in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The award recognizes excellence in marketing efforts that demonstrate exceptional creativity, originality, and effectiveness in reaching a clearly defined audience. Mississippi Tourism received this distinction for

Bay Springs, Mississippi – TEC, a leading provider of rural broadband services, has begun construction on a project spanning approximately 90 miles, expanding high-speed broadband access to more than 700 households and businesses. This project is made possible through an estimated $32.5 million investment by the Office of Broadband Expansion and Accessibility of Mississippi (BEAM).