WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Wicker Leads SASC Hearing to Consider Four Senior Pentagon Nominations * Watch Video Here WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today led a hearing to consider the qualifications of four nominees to serve in senior roles at the Pentagon. Mr. Marc J. Berkowitz, nominated to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 28 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * MSU graduate student selected for prestigious soil science endowment * Contact: Carson McFatridge STARKVILLE, Miss. - An agronomy student in Mississippi State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences has been awarded the university's W.B. Andrews Endowment for Soil Science graduate fellowship. Elizabeth Worley, of Pulaski, Tennessee, is set to graduate with her master's degree from MSU's D more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 28 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * National Academy of Sciences taps MSU's Dapper for international Kavli symposium * Contact: Sarah Nicholas STARKVILLE, Miss. - Adding to her growing list of accomplishments, Mississippi State University Associate Professor Amy Dapper is a Kavli Frontier, a distinction awarded by the U.S. National Academy of Sciences that connects outstanding scientists in an international forum to develop new  more PR

NORFOLK, Virginia, Oct. 29 -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2025: * * * Escaped Monkeys in Mississippi Shows Experimentation Industry is Playing With Fire: PETA Statement Please see the following statement from PETA Senior Vice President Kathy Guillermo regarding the escape of rhesus macaques from an overturned truck that was transporting them from Tulane National Primate Research Center. All but one of the escaped monkeys were kille more PR

STARKVILLE, Mississippi, Oct. 28 -- Mississippi State University issued the following news: * * * Theatre MSU's 'Unified Theatre' project showcases ACCESS student talent * Contact: Sarah Nicholas STARKVILLE, Miss. - Mississippi State's Theatre MSU is partnering with the university's ACCESS Program to launch a "Unified Theatre" project celebrating student creativity in a collaborative performance of "Jack and the Beanstalk." Unified Theatre is a nationwide program that unites students fro more PR