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🌱 Ridgeland gathers to honor veterans at City Hall today

Ridgeland, Mississippi Patch AM: a 4 min read

What's up Ridgeland! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Ridgeland gathers to honor veterans at City Hall today
  • Ridgeland's Cal-Maine joins record USDA trade mission to Vietnam
  • Ridgeland faces unbeaten Lake Cormorant on Friday

Also on today's calendar: 1-Day Risk Management Academy | Ridgeland, MS | November 12, 2026 and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: More clouds than sun, with a high of 76 and low of 53 degrees.
  • Thursday: Mostly sunny and pleasant, temps: high: 70, low: 42.
  • Friday: Plenty of sun, with a high of 61 and low of 36 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Ridgeland to honor veterans with Nov. 11 ceremony at City Hall (darkhorsepressnow.com) — Ridgeland’s public Veterans Day ceremony begins at 11 a.m. today in Veterans Memory Park outside City Hall, with attendees asked to arrive at 10:45. Col. Chris Cooksey will give the keynote address at 100 W. School St., and Ridgeland High School students will present the colors and provide music.
   

2. Vaden leads largest-ever trade mission to Vietnam (nationalhogfarmer.com) — Ridgeland-based Cal-Maine Foods is among the businesses participating in USDA's largest-ever agribusiness trade mission to Vietnam, scheduled for Nov. 9–12. Led by Deputy Agriculture Secretary Stephen Alexander Vaden, the delegation will meet buyers and distributors to pursue export opportunities in a market that bought nearly $5.6 billion in American agricultural products in 2025.
   

3. Football Recap: Lake Cormorant Extends Winning Streak to 10 (maxpreps.com) — Ridgeland faces unbeaten Lake Cormorant at 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13, after the Gators extended their winning streak to 10 games. Lake Cormorant beat Olive Branch 42-14 behind Bryson Parker’s 117 rushing yards and two touchdowns, while its defense intercepted three passes.
   

4. Advanced EMT/Paramedic Training Programs (ms.gov) — Residents exploring advanced EMT or paramedic training have a local contact at Holmes Community College's Ridgeland campus, listed in Mississippi's statewide training directory. The listing gives 601-856-5400 for inquiries, but provides no class dates, tuition or enrollment deadlines.
   

5. Mississippi unions & NAACP urge voters to exercise their voter freedom and cure ballots (wlbt.com) — A line for affidavit voters at Mount Charity in Ridgeland outgrew the regular voting line, according to labor leader Jermaine Travis. Speaking as Mississippi unions and the NAACP urged greater voter participation, Travis said he saw unusually high affidavit voting and argued that early in-person voting could help address common voting problems.
   

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  • Lancer Hospitality Group posted a job opening for FT Food Service Worker in Ridgeland. Apply here.
  • CDS (Club Demonstration Services) posted a job opening for Part Time Product Demonstrator in Costco in Ridgeland. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Ridgeland here.

Ok Ridgeland! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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