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8 BBQ joints to visit in Mississippi
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – The aroma of charcoal and wooden chips have began to fill the air because the summer season season begins to make its entrance. BBQ grills in backyards and eating places will carry finger-licking, fall off the bones meat to tables throughout Mississippi.
The south is thought for its legendary BBQ recipes and sauces that everybody ought to style. When the temperature will get uncomfortably too scorching to gentle up the yard BBQ grill, you possibly can make a journey to one of many following BBQ joints and take a look at a few of the finest BBQ to be present in Mississippi:
- The Pig and Pint is situated in Jackson and has been awarded the very best place to get ribs by the Jackson Free Press. They’re recognized for his or her mouth-watering upscale, eclectic BBQ selections and beer selection.
- Squealer’s Bar-B-Que has been a Meridian’s favourite BBQ restaurant since their doorways opened again in 1998. Their pulled pork is thought to be juicy tender with simply the correct amount of smoke taste. The restaurant has obtained the Meridian Star’s Reader’s Alternative Award for the “Greatest Barbecue” yearly since 1998.
- The Shed Barbeque & Blues Joint isn’t solely liked by Mississippians in Ocean Spring and Biloxi, but in addition by Tennessee residents. The enterprise took the Grand Prize on the Memphis in Could World Championships in 2015 and 2018. The Shed serves up a few of the finest down dwelling BBQ and is thought for his or her heritage breed and antibiotic-free meats.
- Memphis Barbecue Co., situated in Horn Lake, is an off-the-cuff, up to date restaurant that serves Memphis-style BBQ fare, burgers, cheese fritters and extra. The meals is so good that the corporate needed to share the flavour with a second location in Dunwoody, Georgia.
- Pig Out Inn Barbeque is a 25-year-old restaurant in Natchez that’s recognized for its 16-hour smoked meat. Their sauce is home made and is the proper mix of sweetness and tanginess. Moreover the meat, Pig Out Inn affords home made mini candy potato, pecan and buttermilk pies.
- Leatha’s Bar-B-Que Inn is thought all through the state and is situated in Petal. Leatha’s was featured on an episode of “Man Meals Hearth” on The Cooking Channel for its ribs, in keeping with the Pine Belt Information. Friends from so far as New York have traveled to eat at Leatha’s. The enterprise is thought for his or her well-known pork and beef ribs, pulled pork sandwiches, sausage canines and hen.
- Abe’s Bar-B-Q has been up and working since 1924 on the crossroads the place Robert Johnson allegedly offered his soul to this satan in Clarksdale. It’s recognized for his or her well-known Come Again sauce that can positively have you ever coming again for extra.
- The Little Dooey has been gradual roasted to perfection for greater than 25 years and is situated in Starkville. The restaurant is ranked #1 out of 110 eating places in Starkville, in keeping with TripAdvisor. They’re recognized for his or her well-known ribs and catfish. Additionally it is situated close to Mississippi State College.
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Meridian lands $10 billion Compass Datacenters project, Gov. Tate announces
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Dallas-based Compass Datacenters, a multinational data center developer, is locating its next hyperscale data center campus in Meridian, according to Gov. Tate Reeves, who announced the project at the Mississippi Economic Council’s Capital Day Thursday.
The campus will consist of eight data centers that will be constructed over an eight-year period.Upon occupancy, Compass Datacenters’ campus will represent an investment of $10 billion, including future tenants’ information technology equipment. The campus also will create thousands of direct and indirect jobs. Compass Datacenters builds single-tenant, hyperscale data center campuses. The large-scale campuses built by Compass are designed to last for more than 100 years and create economies of scale to support local businesses and jobs.
Mississippi Development Authority is providing assistance for site preparation. MDA also will certify Compass Datacenters as a data center operator, which will provide the company with 10-year state income and franchise tax exemptions, as well as a sales and use tax exemption on construction materials, equipment and software and hardware replacements.
The city of Meridian, Lauderdale County, and electrical utility provider Mississippi Power Company also are assisting with the project. Mississippi Power will supply approximately 500 megawatts of power to the facility.
Ross Reily is a writer for the Clarion Ledger, part of the USA TODAY Network. He can be reached at rreily@gannett.com or 601-573-2952. You can follow him on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter @GreenOkra1.
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No. 23 Mississippi knocks off Arkansas 73-66 for first win in Fayetteville since 2015
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) — Malik Dia scored 21 points to lead No. 23 Mississippi to a 73-66 win over Arkansas on Wednesday night, the Rebels’ first win in Fayetteville since 2015.
Sean Pedulla scored 16 and Dre Davis 10. Pedulla and Dia made back-to-back buckets with less than nine minutes left to build Ole Miss’ lead to double digits after Arkansas (11-4, 0-2 Southeastern Conference) had cut it to six.
Adou Thiero led the Razorbacks with 17 points on 7-of-12 shooting. The rest of the Arkansas team shot just 32%.
Dia, Pedulla and Davis scored 14 straight points for the Rebels (13-2, 2-0) over a five-minute stretch midway through the second, outscoring the Hogs over that span by four to keep the lead at double digits.
The Razorbacks, who fell out of the Top 25 last week after a loss at Tennessee, have started 0-2 in league play for the second straight season.
Takeaways
Arkansas’ NCAA Tournament hole may be large by the end of the week as ninth-ranked Florida visits Bud Walton Arena on Saturday.
The Rebels are 2-0 in the SEC for the first time since 2019, which is also the last time the Rebels made the NCAA Tournament. They look the part of returning in 2025.
Key moment
Ole Miss’ 17-7 run over the first 5:37 of the second half was precisely what the Rebels needed to get out of Arkansas with a win.
Key stat
Shooting doomed the Razorbacks. Arkansas shot just 22% from 3-point range to Ole Miss’ 39% and the Razorbacks’ leading scorer on the season, Boogie Fland, went just 5 of 20 from the floor for 14 points.
Up next
Ole Miss hosts LSU on Saturday.
Arkansas hosts No. 8 Florida on Saturday.
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The Mississippi State Department of Health first 2025 meeting
JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – The Mississippi State Department of Health held its first meeting of 2025 on Wednesday, during which it also announced an achievement.
At the state board meeting, the department discussed scheduled items on the agenda and heard from MSDH State Health Officer Dr. Dan Edney.
Edney briefed the state board on current health concerns such as a nationwide increase in cases of pertussis.
Edney also briefed the board on legislative priorities for the upcoming year.
And after an 18-month process, the Mississippi State Department of Health has officially achieved full reaccreditation status.
Edney expressed his gratitude to the MSDH staff and others in attendance.
“The fact that our hard work does not go unrecognized and objectively measured evidence is very important to me,” said Edney.
According to Edney, the reaccreditation status is objective evidence that MSDH is confident in what they do and more than confident that they excel in what they do.
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