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Electric Vehicle maker, Mullen (NASDAQ:MULN) announced Monday a multiunit vehicle purchase order made by NRTC Automation Group for the initial purchase of three all-electric commercial Class 3 Mullen trucks. Delivery of the vehicles is scheduled to begin in the 4Q of 2023.

Crews in Louisiana were still working to suppress flare-ups as an oil refinery fire burned for a second day along the banks of the Mississippi River

A massive fire at a south Louisiana oil refinery sent a tower of black smoke billowing into the air above the Mississippi River

A federal judge has ordered Mississippi’s largest electric utility to turn over information on customers in and around the capital city who might be using water without paying for it

The energy company responsible for leaking radioactive material from its nuclear plant in Monticello, Minnesota, in recent months has announced that it will build an underground metal barrier to keep affected groundwater away from the nearby Mississipp...

A federal judge has ruled California-based company will pay just under $5 million in fines for discharging wastewater into a publicly owned sewage treatment plant in Mississippi without obtaining a valid state permit

Discount grocer Aldi said Wednesday it's acquiring 400 Winn-Dixie and Harveys supermarkets in the Southern U.S. Under a proposed merger agreement, Aldi will acquire all outstanding shares of Jacksonville, Florida-based Southeastern Grocers Inc., the pa...

A trial is set to begin for two white men in Mississippi who are accused of chasing and shooting at a Black FedEx driver who had dropped off a package at a home

Annual growth in regular pay, excluding bonuses, was 7.8% in April to June 2023, the highest regular annual growth rate the ONS has seen since comparable records began in 2001. 

Michael Oher, the former NFL tackle known for the movie The Blind Side, filed a petition Monday in a Tennessee probate court accusing Sean and Leigh Anne Tuohy of lying to him by having him sign papers making them his conservators rather than his adoptive parents nearly two decades ago.

Clive Selman, international head of sales at Federated Hermes

Riley Keough, who is Elvis Presley's granddaughter, recently had an in-depth conversation with Vanity Fair for a feature story published on Tuesday. In the interview, the 34-year-old actress discussed her mother Lisa Marie Presley's untimely passing in January due to complications from weight-loss surgery. She also talked about the subsequent legal dispute that emerged with her grandmother Priscilla Presley over her mother's estate. Priscilla released a statement in May confirming that the family had «resolved all confusion as it relates to our plea to the court.» As per Vanity Fair, Keough is now the sole trustee of Lisa Marie's estate. She is also the sole custodian of Graceland and the family's shares in Elvis Presley Enterprises, an estate reportedly valued at around $500 million. Amid varying accounts, Riley Keough has clarified that Priscilla is indeed permitted to be laid to rest at Graceland alongside her late husband Elvis. The Memphis estate holds the final resting place for multiple generations of the Presley family, a lineage that includes Keough's younger brother, Benjamin, who tragically passed away at the age of 27 in 2020.

Elvis Presley’s daughter Riley Keough has talked about her daughter now, one year after her birth. Opening about her daughter, the actor said that she had welcomed her through surrogacy.

By Jonathan Stempel

Father Mark Beard, a beloved pastor at St. Helena Catholic Church in Amite, Louisiana. The news of his passing was shared by Bishop Michael G. Duca on the Catholic Diocese of Baton Rouge's Facebook page. In the wake of this devastating loss, the Bishop requested prayers for Father Mark, his family, friends, and the parishioners who are grieving the loss of their cherished pastor. According to law enforcement reports, a fatal car accident occurred on Interstate 55, north of the state lines between Louisiana and Mississippi, at approximately 1.30 pm. Tragically, the accident resulted in the death of a Catholic priest. According to the initial reports from Mississippi Highway Patrol, Father Mark was traveling south on Interstate 55 when his car veered off the highway, hitting a median and then a culvert. Tragically, the car overturned in the accident, and Father Mark Beard lost his life at the scene. Sources close to Father Mark revealed that he owned a property in Mississippi and frequently visited it. A Rosary ceremony in honor of Father Mark was conducted at St. Helena Catholic Church on the evening of August 2.

Senate has passed a massive annual defense bill that would deliver a 5.2% pay raise for service members and keep the nation's military operating, avoiding partisan policy battles with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote. Senate passage, 86-11, sets up a clash with the House, which passed its own version of the annual defense bill along party lines earlier this month after pointed debates over social issues like abortion access and diversity initiatives. The sharply partisan arguments over the House legislation veered from a bipartisan tradition of finding consensus on national defense policy.

Former Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is suing a local news organization, claiming it defamed him in public comments on the misspending of $77 million of federal welfare funds intended to help some of the poorest people in the U.S. The lawsuit comes just...

The 16-year-old worker killed in a Mississippi poultry plant earlier this month is the third teenager to die in a workplace accident so far this summer

By Trevor Hunnicutt and Jonathan Allen

Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River

Groundwater containing low levels of radioactive material may have reached the edge of the Mississippi River