The deadline to apply for Mississippi’s 2026 Community Heritage Preservation Grant Program, or CHPG, is Friday, October 2, according to the Mississippi Department of Archives and History.
The program supports preservation and rehabilitation of historic schools, courthouses and other Mississippi Landmark properties in Certified Local Government communities. More information is available at https://bit.ly/3TVOXwN.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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