Flooded residents: Finish the pumps
Brookhaven Daily Leader
Flooded residents: Finish the pumps
By Luke Horton, publisher
On a recent trip up Hwy. 61 to Lake Washington, I saw first-hand the devastation backwater flooding has brought to the lower Delta.
Fields have turned to lakes. Homes have been submerged. Lives have been ruined...
U.S. Senate condemns anti- Semitism
San Diego Jewish World
U.S. Senate condemns anti- Semitism
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –– StandWithUs commends the US Senate for passing unanimously a Resolution Condemning all forms of antisemitism on June 13, 2019. The resolution was announced five days after a gunman burst into a synagogue...
Branch reflects on year as Miss Mississippi
Vicksburg Post
Branch reflects on year as Miss Mississippi
By Terri Cowart Frazier
It takes a special young woman to be crowned Miss Mississippi, and Asya Branch has served her state well.
Not only has she traveled the state promoting her social impact initiative, Empowering Children of...
Mississippi senator asks Trump for pumps to ease flooding
Associated Press
Mississippi senator asks Trump for pumps to ease flooding
By Jeff Amy
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Faced with weeks more flooding in a part of Mississippi that's been underwater since February, one of the state's U.S. senators on Wednesday asked President Donald Trump to order temporary...
South Delta residents, enduring the longest flood since 1927, hope the EPA reverses course on Yazoo Pumps
Mississippi Today
South Delta residents, enduring the longest flood since 1927, hope the EPA reverses course on Yazoo Pumps
BY Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today, and Phil McCausland, NBC News
REDWOOD, Miss. — The chest-deep water currently surrounding Stormy Deere’s house is expected to remain...