| Wednesday, April 22, 2015 |
| Mississippi State Professor Discusses Avian Flu Outbreak And Possible Mississippi Impact | |
 | Millions of birds across the country are dying from an Avian flu outbreak. The Midwest and the Pacific Northwest are the hardest hit. However, a case has been reported as far south as Arkansas. Experts believe migratory birds are spreading the virus to chickens and turkeys along the Mississippi River flyway as they go north for the summer breeding season. "Regarding our Mississippi poultries, we are holding off on this type of virus in Mississippi. We have very good bio securities. So, I think we are a state that is increasing our resistance in the near future as well," explained Mississippi State University associate professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine Dr. Henry Wan. |
| Special Deliveries: MSU Alum's Katie's Plates Brings Healthy Meals to Customers' Doors | |
 | Katie Strickland's goal is her own show on the Food Network. She also wouldn't mind owning a restaurant -- maybe two. Those may be lofty ambitions. But Strickland already owns her own thriving food business. And she's only 24 years old. With Katie's Plates, the Oak Mountain High School graduate offers healthy, home-cooked meals delivered in a range that includes much of the Over the Mountain area. Her AP English teacher at Oak Mountain High School was a Mississippi State University graduate, Strickland said, and invited students for a visit to the Starkville campus. "I told my friend, 'There's no way I'm going to college in Mississippi,' and she said, 'At least you'll get a day out of classes,'" Strickland said. "I ended up falling in love with Mississippi State." |
| Prosecutor: Dismiss Brooksville Garden murder charges against Manning | |
 | Capital murder charges in the deaths of two women in Starkville in 1993 will be dismissed. District Attorney Forrest Allgood says his office filed a motion to dismiss the charges against Willie Jerome Manning, 46, Monday. Manning was on death row for the deaths of Emmoline Jimmerson and Alberta Jordan. Police say the women were killed during a robbery attempt at their home in the Brooksville Garden Apartments. The Mississippi Supreme Court overturned the conviction and ordered a new trial after it was discovered index cards used by investigators to canvas the area during the initial investigation were not provided in the evidence given prosecutors. Allgood says Manning remains on death row for the murders of Mississippi State University students Jon Steckler and Tiffany Miller in 1992 in Oktibbeha County. |
| Britt leaving Oktibbeha County emergency management post | |
 | Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Director Jim Britt announced he will retire from his post this summer, supervisors confirmed Monday. Britt, who has led the county's emergency management agency since the early 2000s, turned in a letter announcing his retirement effective June 27. District 1 Supervisor John Montgomery said the board will soon begin the process to find Britt's replacement and said officials could look internally for a hire. "Jim has done a lot for Oktibbeha County by keeping 911 moving in the right direction," Montgomery said. |
| Peavey Electronics auctioning equipment | |
 | A press release about an upcoming auction of assets of Peavey Electronics Inc. in Meridian and Decatur has prompted undue alarm about the company's status locally. PL Group and Myron Bowling Auctioneers have formed a joint venture to conduct a live/webcast auction for the manufacturing assets of Peavey Electronics on May 19 and 20. A press release about the upcoming auction also noted that Peavey is closing its speaker and amplifier manufacturing operations in Meridian and Decatur. "This is a story you've already ran; you ran it last September," said Tony Moscal, general manager of Peavey's business development. "The new press release that came out about that we're going to be selling some of our equipment for some reason, I have no idea why, as opposed to just saying, 'Hey, we're going to be selling some of the Peavey equipment,' they kind of ran it as our last September story." |
| Mississippi jobless rate dips in March even as payrolls fall | |
 | Mississippi's jobless rate dipped in March for the third month in a row, although employer payrolls shrank. The unemployment rate fell to 6.8 percent, down from 7 percent in February and 7.8 percent in March 2014. The number of Mississippians saying they had a job rose, while the number of unemployed people fell. Mississippi continues to have the second highest jobless rate behind Nevada. |
| Fed's Rate Decisions Hang on Dollar, Growth Concerns | |
 | The strong U.S. dollar and an unsteady global economy are emerging as primary concerns for Federal Reserve officials as they prepare for a policy meeting next week to consider the timing of the first interest-rate increase since before the financial crisis. The Fed already has said it is unlikely to raise rates next week and officials in recent interviews and public comments have signaled a rate increase in June has become less likely because the economy slowed in the first quarter. As they discuss the outlook beyond midyear, officials are increasingly weighing how much the strong dollar might have hurt the prospects of achieving their economic forecast of annual growth of around 2.5%, gradual increases in inflation and continued declines in unemployment. |
| AG Hood sues State Farm over Katrina | |
 | Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood has renewed a long running legal battle with State Farm Fire and Casualty Co. over Katrina damage claims. Hood announced Tuesday that he has filed a lawsuit against State Farm Fire and Casualty Company in Hinds County Circuit Court. The lawsuit seeks to recover damages for losses that Mississippi suffered as a result of an alleged scheme by State Farm to mischaracterize wind damage as flood damage when adjusting the homeowner insurance claims of thousands of Mississippians in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, according to Hood. State Farm spokesman Roszell Gadson said the company is looking into the lawsuit. |
| MDOT cracks down on political signs | |
| Political signs are valuable commodities during campaign season. And several candidates for local, state and national office are finding out the hard way where they are allowed to place their signs in Lowndes County. Mississippi Department of Transportation employees have removed as many as 70 signs from state rights-of-way, according to county MDOT superintendent Kirk Sudduth. Most, he said, have been small yard signs, but they also include large signs mounted on posts. Removed signs must be kept at an MDOT facility for at least two weeks to allow candidates to retrieve them without penalty, after which the department can discard them. Sudduth, however, said he keeps removed signs at the Lowndes County MDOT shop on Highway 69 South indefinitely or until they are retrieved. |
| Archives department backs off text message guidelines | |
 | Text messages of public officials may qualify as public records, just not easily or readily accessible to the public. Mississippi Department of Archives and History officials have backed off efforts to set guidelines for local governments to maintain text messages of Mississippi public officials. This announcement comes a year after the state Ethics Commission ruled the electronic communications qualify as public records when they deal with government business. Julia Marks Young, director of the archives and records services division at MDAH, told the department's local government committee Tuesday little consensus has been reached to craft recommended guidelines. "I guess I was over-optimistic," Young said. "We decided to put the worms back into the can and close it up for a little while longer and hope someone else comes up with suggestions and solutions." |
| Nunnelee funds directed to Kelly's campaign | |
| District Attorney Trent Kelly of Saltillo, a congressional candidate in the upcoming 1st District special election, has received contributions of $9,400 from the campaign fund and political action committee of the late Alan Nunnelee. The Nunnelee for Congress fund has an ending cash balance for the first quarter of the year, according to Federal Election Commission documents, of $233,693. ALANPAC has a cash balance of $45,162. Federal law, unlike state law, does not allow the personal use of campaign finance funds. The money must be used for charity or political purposes. The bulk of the money is expected to be used to establish a scholarship at Mississippi State University in memory of Nunnelee, who also served in the state Senate before his election to Congress in 2010. |
| Contract jobs for drone pilots are often overseas | |
| Some companies are offering Air Force drone pilots up to twice as much money to fly drones as contractors. Over the next two years, an increasing number of pilots who are only qualified to fly unmanned aircraft will reach the end of their service commitments, and this will free many of them up to enter the civilian workforce. The FAA's current proposed rules to integrate drones into U.S. airspace would only allow small drones to fly during daylight hours within the operator's line of sight, said retired Maj. Gen. James Poss, former assistant deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance. That means the requirements for drone pilots are not high. Until the FAA allows the larger drones to operate in U.S. airspace, there will be no market for highly trained drone pilots, so most former Air Force drone pilots become government contractors or start their own businesses, said Poss, who now researches drone issues at Mississippi State University. |
| Computer Attacks Spur Congress to Act on Cybersecurity Bill Years in Making | |
 | Responding to a series of high-profile computer security breaches, the House is expected on Wednesday to pass a bill, years in the making, that would push private companies to share access to their computer networks and records with federal cybercrime investigators. The vote will come after years of false starts and bitter disappointments for the Obama administration on cybersecurity legislation. The cybersecurity bill, similar to a measure approved overwhelmingly by the Senate Intelligence Committee, would be Congress's most aggressive response yet to a burst of computer attacks that helped sink a major motion picture release by Sony Pictures Entertainment, exposed the credit card numbers of tens of thousands of Target customers and compromised the personal records of millions of people who did business with the health insurer Anthem. The House Intelligence Committee passed the bill unanimously last month. |
| With bird flu spreading, USDA starts on potential vaccine | |
| The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working on a vaccine to counter a deadly strain of bird flu, as losses to poultry producers mount. A pure "seed strain" would target the H5N2 virus -- which has already cost Midwest turkey and chicken producers more than 6.7 million birds since early March -- as well as some other highly pathogenic viruses in the H5 family that have been detected in other parts of North America. If the USDA decides the vaccine is necessary to stop avian influenza, it will provide that seed strain to drug manufacturers. The process, though, is fraught with questions about which birds would get the vaccine, how it might affect exports and whether it would be effective against the rapidly spreading strain. |
| Lazarus Project at UM | |
| The University of Mississippi Museum is working with some advanced technology this week. Students have the opportunity to digitally scan a collection from World War I. "The equipment is lights, camera, and action," said Ken Boydston. Ole Miss has brought in the CEO of Megavision Inc. to help the museum recover artifacts with new and improved multispectral imaging known as the Lazarus Project. |
| Southern Miss Theatre presents 'Spring Awakening' | |
 | In a follow-up to last season's smash hit musical, Rent, the University of Southern Mississippi Department of Theatre is presenting the exhilarating rock musical "Spring Awakening," adapted by Duncan Sheik and Steven Sater from the original play by Frank Wedekind. Performance dates are April 22, 23, 24 and 25 at 7:30 p.m. and April 26 at 2 p.m. A pre-show talk will take place at 6:30 p.m. prior to the April 23 performance. All performances will take place in Tatum Theatre of the Southern Miss Theatre and Dance Building. |
| Barbour at Jackson State: Mississippi needs 'salt-and-pepper' party diversity | |
| Former Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour says the state and nation would be better served with more racial diversity within the Democratic and Republican parties. Speaking Tuesday to a mostly black audience at Jackson State University, Barbour, who was Republican National Committee chairman in the mid-1990s, says Mississippi does not need a white party and a black party. Instead, Barbour says: "We need two salt-and-pepper parties." |
| Ford to become next Northeast Mississippi Community College president | |
| Ricky Ford has been named the new president of Northeast Mississippi Community College. The former basketball coach will succeed Johnny Allen, who is retiring June 30 after 11 years as president. The NEMCC Board of Trustees approved the hire during a called meeting Tuesday. Ford, a 1975 Northeast graduate, became the school's head women's basketball coach in 1981 and amassed 588 wins over 30 seasons. He will be inducted into the NJCAA Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in July. During his tenure at Northeast, Ford has also served as athletics director, admissions counselor, dean of students and is currently executive vice president. |
| Cole to fill in at Itawamba Community College | |
| Former Itawamba Community College President David Cole will serve as the school's interim vice president of Economic and Community Services, beginning May 3, according to an announcement today by President Mike Eaton. Cole will fill the position currently held by James Williams, who will leave ICC at the end of April to become the executive director of the State Workforce Investment Board in Jackson. Cole, who served as ICC's fourth president, retired on June 30, 2013. He served as interim president of Holmes Community College last summer. |
| Million Dollar Band practice field to be regraded, slightly relocated in U. of Alabama project | |
 | The University of Alabama is in the process resurfacing the Million Dollar Band's practice field to fix drainage issues and install a new turf surface. The surface of Butler Field is being regraded to allow water to drain more efficiently, said Cathy Andreen, UA Media Relations director. "There were some drainage issues out there," said Heath Nails, program assistant for the University Bands. Low spots on the field were prone to holding water after it rained, he said. The work is expected to be completed by mid-July, Nails said. The marching band begins fall camp in early August. The band is slated to receive additional storage, practice and administrative space as part of a planned $8.52 million expansion of Moody Music Building. |
| Parents raise concerns to Auburn City Council about A-Day block party concert | |
 | Some Auburn parents spoke out loudly at the Tuesday night meeting of the Auburn City Council, but their concerns were not as loud as the blatant vulgarity they said they heard at the Auburn Airwaves concert held as part of the city's Corner Bock Party on Toomer's Corner Saturday following Auburn University's A-Day football game. Parents asked for a public apology from the Auburn City Council Tuesday night regarding the appropriateness of the performers at the Auburn Airwaves concert, presented by Auburn University's University Program Council. The concert featured performers Ke$ha, Nelly and Nick Jonas. "Shock, complete shock to many," said Lori Fuller, a 15-year Auburn resident, to the Auburn City Council Tuesday evening in response to the performances of the three artists. |
| Jindal opposes college scholarship program reform bill backed by Louisiana higher ed leaders | |
 | Gov. Bobby Jindal could potentially derail the Louisiana Legislature's efforts to rein in the cost of TOPS, the state's popular college scholarship program, this spring. The governor opposes a bill (SB 48) that would put an end to the automatic increase in TOPS awards that thousands of students receive each year. The legislation is scheduled to be heard in the Senate Education Committee Wednesday. Several legislators have expressed concern over the escalating cost of TOPS, worrying the state won't be able to afford the generous tuition program in future years. TOPS was expected to cost the state over $250 million this year and $387 million by 2018-2019. In a state facing a significant budget problem, the price tag of the program could grow to be too expensive for Louisiana to keep. |
| Congressman Will Hurd urges celebration of life at Texas A&M's Aggie Muster | |
 | Tuesday night was not the first time Will Hurd spoke for Texas A&M University's Aggie Muster. The freshman U.S. congressman from Texas' 23rd District delivered his first Muster speech as student body president the year the Aggie Bonfire collapsed, killing 12 Aggies. He took the stage last night a second time as the main speaker, and although this year's Muster did not carry the same weight it did in 2000, his time in between speeches let him realize what the tradition means. "Today when we call here for those who have left us behind, do not mourn. Rejoice," Hurd said. "Rejoice because they are in a better place, rejoice because today you are committed and get to commit to live life to the fullest. Because, my friends, that is what they would have wanted us to do." |
| Top administrators at Texas A&M asked to submit resignation letters to new president | |
 | When a new president takes the helm of a university, it's common for there to be turnover among the leadership ranks. But by asking top administrators at Texas A&M University's flagship campus to submit letters of resignation before a new president even begins his term, the A&M system's chancellor is taking transition turnover to a new level of formality and breadth. In a letter, Chancellor John Sharp requested that vice presidents and advisers to the president of Texas A&M's College Station flagship submit their letters of resignation to incoming President Michael Young, the former president of the University of Washington. While leadership changes when a new president assumes office are common -- often universities will delay filling open administrative positions until a new president arrives, for example -- Sharp's preemptive request for resignation letters of the full cabinet-level staff appears to be rare in today's higher education landscape. |
| Police search U. of Missouri Student Center, Memorial Student Union after bomb threat forces evacuation | |
 | An anonymous bomb threat called in to the University of Missouri's Student Center caused MU officials to evacuate the building and the Memorial Student Union for about two hours Tuesday night. The MU Police Department and university administrators issued an MU Alert at 7:23 p.m. stating they were evacuating the student center after receiving the threat. Officials evacuated the Memorial Student Union at about 7:50 p.m., according to an alert. A K-9 unit with the Missouri Capitol Police was dispatched from Jefferson City to help police search for the alleged bomb. Police reopened the student center at about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday after searching for more than an hour. University officials cleared Memorial Student Union at about 9:44 p.m., but the building will remain closed until normal hours Wednesday. MU spokesman Christian Basi said the threat was made via an anonymous phone call to staff at the student center. |
| U. of Missouri student arrested, tied to anti-Semitic graffiti | |
| Police have arrested a University of Missouri freshman for his "involvement" in the appearance of anti-Semitic graffiti in a residence hall stairwell. MU police on Tuesday arrested Bradley M. Becker, 18, on suspicion of second-degree property damage, MUPD Capt. Brian Weimer said in a news release. Police recommended a hate crime charge against Becker, which could mean a harsher sentence if Becker is convicted. Becker is listed in the university's directory as a freshman health sciences student. Weimer said police wouldn't release more details, citing an ongoing investigation. |
| Lockette takes on complicated role as School of Medicine diversity dean at U. of Missouri | |
 | He was there in 1967, as fires raged in Detroit and black men and women raged with them. Warren Lockette was a boy. His father moved from the South to get a college education, and Detroit was a city that seemed like a safe haven at the beginning of the civil rights era. Then, on July 23, 1967, one of the largest and most destructive riots in U.S. history erupted in the city. It was inspired by racial tensions, and resolving those became a theme in Lockette's life. That's what has led him back to the Midwest, to Columbia, and to the MU School of Medicine. Although Lockette thrives in difficult situations, getting the medical school to embrace diversity and become a top institution by that measure will be one of his greatest challenges. It presents a more subtle test, but one in which he is an active participant as the MU School of Medicine's new senior associate dean for diversity and inclusion. |
| Carnegie Corporation Makes a $6-Million Statement of Faith in the Humanities | |
 | A new fellowship program dedicated to supporting the humanities and social sciences will give scholars in those disciplines a major financial boost and time to explore some of the most complex issues in society today. Carnegie Corporation of New York's Andrew Carnegie Fellowship program will award fellowships of up to $200,000 each, giving fellows one to two years to delve into their research and writing. Scholars, journalists, and authors are eligible for the awards. The inaugural class of fellows was announced on Wednesday, with $6.4 million to be divvied up among 32 recipients. The rollout of the fellowship program offers some good news for advocates of the humanities, at a time of continued concern about how financial support for those disciplines stacks up against other fields. |
| Traction Limited in Rolling Back Common Core | |
 | For many foes of the Common Core State Standards, this was supposed to be the year their advocacy and passion would translate into victories. Emboldened by last year's experience, when three states -- Indiana, Oklahoma, and South Carolina -- decided to at least nominally reject the common core, opponents of the standards aimed to keep the ball rolling in the 2015 state legislative season. But with the clock ticking on many of those sessions, the opponents have little to cheer about so far. In Arizona, Montana, North Dakota, and South Dakota, repeal proposals have lost what amounted to do-or-die votes, while states including Mississippi and West Virginia have changed repeal proposals into legislation requiring a review of the standards instead. |
| CHARLIE MITCHELL (OPINION): Act, ideology protect incumbent | |
| Longtime Mississippi journalist Charlie Mitchell writes: "It's April. Mississippi's general election is in November. Want to be on a ballot? To part of the 'change' people are always talking about? Sorry. Two months too late. Qualifying for any county or state office (except school boards) ended Feb. 27. Back in the 1990s, a major shift to earlier candidate deadlines was enacted. Lawmakers themselves called it the 'Incumbency Protection Act.' They knew what they were doing..." |
| BRIAN PERRY (OPINION): New push for term limits underway in Mississippi | |
| Jackson-based consultant and columnist Brian Perry writes: "The United Conservatives Fund announced Monday it is 'spearheading a term limits ballot initiative' and plans to begin gathering signatures in about 30 days. The initiative would amend the Mississippi Constitution to limit all legislators and statewide elected officials to two consecutive terms in office. Term limits are a popular idea, but not popular enough to pass in previous similar attempts in Mississippi. In ways it is populism versus populism; stop long time politicians versus let me vote on whoever I want. ...Twenty years ago Mississippians rejected term limits and they did so again four years later. The arguments have not changed on either side, so success depends on whether the electorate's appetite for change has increased or whether the campaign mechanism has improved." |
SPORTS
| Mississippi State's Ben Howland a fan of Fred Thomas during spring workouts | |
| Buckle up, the Fred Thomas Shooting Experience 4.0 is underway. The Mississippi State shooting guard entered his fourth and final season with the program two weeks ago, when the Bulldogs began spring workouts under new coach Ben Howland. They conclude next week coinciding with the final day of classes. It didn't take long for Thomas' shooting stroke to impress his new coach. "I really like Fred Thomas. He stands out to me in potential," Howland said. "He can really shoot the ball. I think we can get him better shooting the ball." |
| Howland offers impression after first month at Mississippi State | |
| After two years away from the game, new Mississippi State men's basketball coach Ben Howland found himself in an interesting spot last weekend. Donning maroon and white for the first time, Howland won his first game at MSU on a touchdown pass. Howland, who has reached three Final Fours and has five top-10 finishes in his career, was all smiles Saturday after serving as honorary coach for the White team in the football team's annual spring football game at Davis Wade Stadium. "That was a lot of fun," Howland said. "I really didn't know what to expect, but being on the field, talking with Dan (Mullen) and the other coaches, it was just a blast." The experience was the latest in a blur of activity for Howland, who replaced Rick Ray as coach March 21. |
| Howland sees strength in Bulldogs' seniors | |
| Ben Howland is approaching his one-month anniversary at Mississippi State. While Howland's only victory so far occurred on the gridiron as guest coach in Saturday's spring football game, the new head coach has been feverishly preparing to turn the men's basketball team back into a winner. "It's been a whirlwind from being on the road and trying to get in on some recruits late and getting a chance to get to know our own kids," Howland said. Howland has the remainder of this week to work out with the current Bulldogs before shutting things down until June. One thing Howland has learned from the early interactions is that his first team will be laden with senior leadership. MSU returns five seniors including multi-year starters Craig Sword, Gavin Ware and Fred Thomas. |
| Mississippi State's Howland hires Jason Ludwig as director of operations | |
| Ben Howland announced the final piece of his staff on Tuesday. Mississippi State's new basketball coach added Jason Ludwig as director of operations. Ludwig held the same position at Arizona State the last two seasons. Ludwig spent 10 years with Howland at UCLA in various roles, including the director of scouting and player development positions. Ludwig received his undergraduate degree from UCLA in 2005 with a degree in economics. He worked with the basketball team as a student manager from 2001-2005. |
| Mississippi State's McDonald and Heck nominees for McWhorter post-graduate scholarships | |
| Mississippi State All-American golfer Ally McDonald and baseball shortstop Seth Heck have been nominated for the prestigious H. Boyd McWhorter Scholar-Athlete Post-Graduate Scholarship, the Southeastern Conference announced Tuesday. The scholarship, presented annually by the conference since 1986, is awarded to the league's top male and female scholar-athletes. Should McDonald or Heck win, they will receive a $15,000 post-graduate scholarship. Should they not win, both will receive a $7,500 post-graduate scholarship. Winners are chosen by a committee of Faculty Athletics Representatives from all 14 institutions and are honored next month at the SEC Spring Meetings in Sandestin, Fla. |
| Dan Mullen, Hugh Freeze set to compete on the golf course | |
| Dan Mullen and Hugh Freeze split their meetings on the gridiron the past two seasons. They'll take the rivalry to the golf course next week for a good cause. College football coaches and former players take to Reynolds Plantation resort on Lake Oconee, Georgia for the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl Challenge on April 26-28. In the past eight years, the tournament has provided $4.7 million in scholarship and charitable contributions. Mullen partners with Fred McCrary. The duo has paired in the past in the event winning $140,000 for charity. |
| Freeze to pitch spring games vs. another team at SEC spring meetings | |
| Hugh Freeze is not a fan of spring games. At least, not the traditional, intra-squad scrimmage like the one the Rebels held last Saturday at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium. He made that plenty clear this spring. There is, however, a type of spring game that would pique the interest of Ole Miss' head coach: a spring scrimmage against another school. "I would love to see us be able to scrimmage another team. That way you can go ones on ones, twos on twos, threes on threes -- really get something out of it," Freeze recently told A to Z Sports on ESPN radio Nashville. Freeze hopes to bring up his idea during the Southeastern Conference's spring meetings in Destin, Florida. |
| Clemson wants new jet to recruit athletes | |
 | Elite college programs are taking to the skies in their race to win top recruits. Clemson University's athletics program is asking a legislative bond panel Wednesday for permission to buy a jet costing from $3.5 million to $6 million. The new jet will allow Clemson coaches to fly farther and faster than the turboprop airplane the Tigers already own. "People say, 'Look at the price of the plane,' and I say, 'Look at what we're paying coaches,' " said House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Brian White, an Anderson Republican who sits on the Joint Bond Review Committee, which will review the request. "It's the times." No taxpayer dollars will be used to buy or operate the used Citation CJ2+ jet, according to data the school gave the bond committee. Last year, South Carolina lawmakers passed a ban on the use of state planes for player recruiting. However, lawmakers are looking to reverse that ban this year. |
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