By Danielle Morgan, Executive Director Mississippi Tourism Association A Smarter Structure for One of Mississippi’s Strongest Industries Mississippi’s tourism industry generates $18.1 billion in total economic impact, supports more than 136,000 jobs, and delivers more...
Delta Blues Museum has won a place among ten organizations across the U.S. voted as “Best Music Museum” in USA Today’s annual “10BEST” Readers’ Choice Poll, the publication announced today. The historic Clarksdale institution...
Ensuring that women with high-risk pregnancies get to the right hospital in a timely manner for their delivery is the primary goal of the new Obstetrics (OB) System of Care. The Mississippi Board of Health recently passed the final rules and regulations for the...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune If Natchez had a love language, it would be atmosphere: authentic and deeply felt. Not the manufactured kind. I mean the kind that settles into old brick, wraps around a chandelier, and somehow makes you feel like...
By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Mayor John Horhn (D) introduced the city’s new police chief to the community on Tuesday, praising her as the “right person for Jackson.” Horhn announced the selection of RaShall Brackney last week. City leaders said...
Special to The Mississippi Monitor Crawford is set to become a key hub for advanced defense manufacturing as Firehawk Aerospace establishes new operations in the community, marking a $16.5 million corporate investment and the creation of 100 high-quality...
Special to The Mississippi Monitor The site of Vera Mae Pigee’s Beauty Salon on Ashton Street in Clarksdale represents one of the most meaningful yet often understated chapters in the local Civil Rights Movement. Although the building at 407 Ashton Street no...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A bill that mandates the Mississippi Department of Health and Mississippi Department of Corrections to establish a comprehensive plan for the health of state inmates passed in the House of Representatives last...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Congressman Bennie Thompson (D-MS 2) has endorsed Democrat candidate Scott Colom for U.S. Senate ahead of the three-person March 10 Primary Election. A new statewide radio ad from the Colom campaign features...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Ongoing alcohol shipment delays being experienced by Mississippi’s businesses from the state’s Alcohol Beverage Control warehouse prompted the House State Affairs Committee to hold a hearing on the matter...
Special to The Mississippi Monitor For more than 150 years, Coahoma County has been shaped by vibrant Black communities whose influence reaches far beyond the Mississippi Delta. Their labor powered the farms that drove the region’s economy, their creativity...
Local governments and certain nonprofit organizations in 18 Mississippi counties are now eligible for Public Assistance grants to support debris removal and permanent work to repair public facilities damaged by the January winter storm. The newly eligible counties are...
The Mississippi Insurance Department (MID) has been made aware of contractors acting as unlicensed public adjusters by filing claims on behalf of insureds. This practice is illegal in the State of Mississippi. Any contractor caught filing claims for insureds without a...
By: Tally Connelly, UMMC Communications Photos By: Jay Ferchaud, UMMC Communications Mississippi teens, like their peers nationwide, are facing increasing rates of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder, creating a growing demand...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A bill that would allow students to engage in prayer or other religious activities while attending school has passed in the Mississippi House of Representatives. The bill, titled the “Mississippi Open to...
By Russ Latino, Magnolia Tribune Judge Robert Whitwell granted Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss motion for a preliminary injunction late Thursday from his bench in that Calhoun County Courthouse. Chambliss was challenging the NCAA’s...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are certain places in Mississippi that don’t just hold space — they hold seasons of life. Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport is one of those places. I used to take my sons there when they were little,...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in the appeal filed by former Governor Phil Bryant in his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today, a multi-million-dollar news outlet Bryant...
By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation late last week requiring local and state law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The bill, HB 538, forbids state and...
By Nathan Duff, Delta State University Delta State University is proud to announce that Edward McCadney, Procurement Contract Specialist, has been accepted into the 2026 cohort of the Bolivar County L.E.A.D. program. McCadney was selected based on...
