Good morning, Biloxi.

Southern Miss is extending its Coastal Enterprise and Entrepreneurship Scholarship that covers MBA tuition and fees with renewed grant funding until Feb.

2031+ university leaders say the program is the only one of its kind in the state that prepares students to launch new Gulf Coast ventures.

Senators Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde Smith support the Cooperative Institute Act of 2026 to codify NOAA’s program and secure stable coastal research funding for Mississippi State and Southern Miss; the bill is in the senate commerce committee and would boost hurricane forecasting, storm surge, fisheries, aquaculture and resilience.

Mississippi is awarding over $104 million from its Rural Health Transformation Program to upgrade rural healthcare.

The funds will support hospital improvements in George County and technology upgrades at Memorial Health System in Stone and Harrison Counties, including a $1.9 million project for AI-enabled care serving several counties.

At a Saturday homecoming game, the Mississippi Gulf Coast Bulldogs rallied from a 10-point deficit to beat Copiah-Lincoln 28+24 before a raucous crowd.

They remain unbeaten as they prepare to travel and play Holmes on Thursday at 6:30 p.m.