By Bob Garver Since this weekend’s highest-grossing as-yet-unreviewed theatrical film, 205-minute Indian actioner “Dhurandhar,” is playing on only 377 screens in the entire country, I thought I’d take this opportunity to review something a little more...
By: Eric Olson, Associated Press Unlike last year’s debut of the 12-team College Football Playoff, weather should not be a factor in any of the first-round games this weekend. Southeastern Conference teams Oklahoma, Mississippi and Texas A&M and one...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Lawmakers are set to return to the Capitol January 6th to convene the 2026 session of the Mississippi Legislature. Both Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R) and Speaker Jason White (R) have been working with members in the...
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana Inc. is establishing operations in Vicksburg, bringing new investment and job opportunities to the River City. The project represents a $3.43 million corporate investment and will create 17 jobs as the company expands its footprint...
As part of the ongoing, nationwide America250 celebrations, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson and the Mississippi State Fairgrounds released a video recapping the 2025 Great American Mississippi State Fair that was held in the capital city in...
By Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez Adams County is poised to install a new state historical marker on the grounds of the Adams County Courthouse that will honor its 10 Black legislators elected during Reconstruction. The marker is part of the...
By: Tally Duke/UMMC Communications Photos By: Melanie Thortis/UMMC Communications Century Club Charities, host of the Sanderson Farms Championship, has once again reached a milestone in giving—donating $1 million from...
Mississippi State University welcomed leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, or ARS, to campus on Tuesday [Dec. 16] to celebrate the retirement of Johnie Jenkins, an ARS Hall of Fame research plant geneticist whose 64-year...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi has a goal of more of its citizens being trained in an industry recognized credential or obtaining a college degree, an effort referred to as Ascent to 55%. Jennifer Rogers, Director of State Student...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are some places in Mississippi that feel less like restaurants and more like personal joy portals. For me, Crave in downtown Tupelo is exactly that—a sugar-dusted, pink-lined portal straight into happiness. I...
By Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune The unassuming and soft-spoken John Evans, proprietor of Jackson’s beloved Lemuria Book Store, credits his eleventh-grade English teacher at Murrah High School, Bea Donnelly, and American author Ernest Hemingway with...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Evan Turnage was born in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District in 1992. “This was the poorest district and the poorest state in the country,” Turnage said of the Mississippi Delta region. The next year, then-Hinds...
By: Brad Viator Electricity rates are going up nationwide, and data centers aren’t always to blame. But a common misconception by some unfamiliar with how power grids work, is that data centers strain public utilities and raise electricity rates for existing...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Oilman Kevin Wilson announced Friday that he has officially qualified to run for Congress in Mississippi’s 2nd District. His goal is to unseat incumbent Democrat Bennie Thompson “to bring a practical voice to Washington...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune The Senate Committee on Universities and Colleges discussed the importance of financial literacy in Mississippi on Friday on day two of hearings at the state Capitol, particularly as it relates to those who may go...
By: Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a prosecutor with a history of dismissing Black jurors for discriminatory reasons. A federal...
By: Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are certain places in Mississippi that instantly feel, well… magical. For me—and for so many families across the South—Beau Rivage is one of those rare spots that feels both nostalgic and new every single...
Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) has been awarded by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) as a READY Grants to Grow recipient. READY Grants to Grow supports Appalachian organizations with funding to acquire the tools needed to grow their local...
By: Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez When Thelma Newsome learned that Wyatt Waters had painted the watercolor, “Dr. John Banks House,” back in July, she became excited and curious. Newsome, a manager of the Dr. John Bowman Banks Museum, said the museum...
By: Kelley Williams, Chair Bigger Pie Forum Not Albert, his son Hans. As far as we know, Albert was right about his General Theory of Relativity and other natural laws. Hans was not as famous as his father. But he was the world expert on river sediments....
