Toyota USA has presented Tupelo Middle College with $60,000 in recognition of the 60th year of Corolla production. The Corolla is made at Toyota’s Blue Springs facility just north of Tupelo.
The donation is intended to allow more students to participate in the partnership between Tupelo High School and Itawamba Community College, referred to as the THS/ICC partnership.
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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