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Mississippi Natchez Trace Parkway $54.3 improvements coming.

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2 years ago

August 18, 2022

rssfeeds.hattiesburgamerican.com – Mississippi Clarion Ledger – 2022-08-17 15:30:07

After exploring the trails and bike paths along the Natchez Trace, a tourist can stop and gaze at the 33,000-acre lake that is located between Madison and Rankin Counties, and admire the historic forest trail that extends 440 miles from Nashville to Natchez.

WASHINGTON — A lengthy stretch of the Natchez Trace Parkway in Mississippi will undergo safety improvements after the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration awarded a $54.3 million grant to the National Park Service for the work.

The funding will be used to resurface, restore and rehabilitate the pavement condition of 83 miles of parkway in Mississippi and improve safety by installing audible pavement markings.

When the project is complete, the National Park Service expects to have a significantly improved roadway along a stretch of a historic transportation…

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In NIT, Southern Miss basketball to face UAB in opener

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2 years ago

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.

Alcorn State (18-13), which won the…

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Mississippi Legislature moves through another major deadline Wednesday

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2 years ago

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.