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$2.5M grant will fund study of religion in MS, restore black church

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January 11, 2023

rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-01-11 14:54:22

Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and U.S. Representative from Mississippi’s Second Congressional District Mike Espy was among the assembled guests announcing details of a $2.5 million Lilly Endowment Grant Wednesday. Joining him (in rear from left) were Espy’s brother Tom Espy, New Horizon Church International Pastor Ronnie Crudup, Mississippi Department of Archives and History Board President Spence Flatgard, MDAH Board Member T. J. Taylor, Natchez Alderwoman Valencia Hall, Galloway United Methodist Church Pastor Cary Stockett, Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson, Natchez Alderwoman Sarah Carter Smith, and MDAH Director Katie Blount.

A $2.5 million grant, announced by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History on Wednesday, will fund a study to help officials better understand the role of religion in history and culture.

The grant was awarded from the Lilly Endowment Inc., an Indiana-based philanthropic foundation designed to support causes of community development, education and religion throughout the United States.

The grant, presented to the Foundation for Mississippi History, is “a perfect match” for the state said MDAH Board President Spence Flatgard.

Flatgard, who welcomed guests and officials attending…

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In NIT, Southern Miss basketball to face UAB in opener

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March 12, 2023

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-12 21:36:08

Southern Miss men’s basketball is heading to the NIT for the first time since 2014.

The Golden Eagles will face UAB in the first round of the 2023 NIT on Tuesday (6:30 p.m., ESPN+), having learned their postseason fate Sunday.

Coach Jay Ladner – the Sun Belt Conference Coach of the Year – guided Southern Miss (25-7) to its third regular-season conference championship and first since 2000-01. The regular-season title clinched an automatic bid for the Golden Eagles despite a 78-61 quarterfinals loss to South Alabama in the conference tournament March 4.

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Mississippi Legislature moves through another major deadline Wednesday

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March 9, 2023

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rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2023-03-09 13:31:52

Another legislative deadline came and went Wednesday, with all bills having to move past the floor of the chamber they did not originate in, and a number of the most watched bills remain alive.

Some big pieces of legislation died though, including one of the most important ones related to the city of Jackson.

See what made it past Wednesday’s deadline, and what did not.