Municipal Clerk’s Offices will be open from 8:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 3, 2025, for in-person voter registration for the Municipal General Election on June 3, 2025. To be eligible to vote in the June 3 General Election, you must register...
By: Jim Beaugez, Magnolia Tribune When Canadian musician and filmmaker Mark Rankin brought 74-year-old Clarksdale bluesman James “Super Chikan” Johnson to Vancouver, Canada, to play a few shows with his band in 2018, he expected great music. What he...
By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Lane Taylor was sworn in on Tuesday as the newest State Senator representing Leake, Winston, and Neshoba counties, promising to be “of the people, for the people” of Senate District 18. Taylor won the seat in the...
Mississippi companies interested in exporting goods and services to Canada are invited to participate in the 17th annual Southeastern United States-Canadian Provinces Alliance Business Forum. The event will be held June 8-10 at the Saint John Trade and Convention...
By Kara Kimbrough Just when I thought I had more than enough Crockpots, I was drawn back in. I’m blaming it on an ad proclaiming the GreenPot, a fancy name for a multi-use Crockpot, could perform 8 miraculous tasks: slow cook, sauté, grill, stir...
By: Gary Pettus, UMMC Communications The University of Mississippi Medical Center is inviting college students who are considering a career in medicine to participate in the UMMC School of Medicine Pre-Med Day, beginning at 8:15 a.m. Friday, May 16. Breakfast will be...
By: Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune The concept of U-pick flower farms in Mississippi is on the rise as people desire to grow their own flowers or gardens for various reasons, including outdoor aesthetics, cost, knowledge, and even business...
Zandra McDonald delivered a message of hope and inspiration at the 85th commemoration of the 1940 Rhythm Night Club fire held Saturday, April 26, at the Rhythm Night Club (on site) Memorial Museum. “The Rhythm Night Club fire took so much from this community,...
The Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Office announced today that Jose “Rigo” Rigoberto Mejia-Cubias pled guilty to one count of sexual battery in Madison County Circuit Court. Three months after the commission of the crime, he was sentenced on...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Amtrak announced Thursday that agreements have been reached for the new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service along the Mississippi Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama. Starting this...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Over 30 years ago, Mississippi became the first state to sue Big Tobacco. The result brought over $3 billion to the state over 25 years, in a deal cut prior to the $368 billion national tobacco settlement in 1998 which...
By: Gary Pettus, UMMC Communications Photos By: Jay Ferchaud/UMMC Communications Willie Frances Greer, who believed in the fortifying power of apple cider vinegar, downed a tablespoon every day. “I told her she was going to outlive us all, her body was...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Governor Tate Reeves (R) has vetoed a Medicaid Technical Amendment bill that he says would result in expansion of the program, a change he adamently opposes. Prior to sine die, Governor Reeves vetoed SB 2687, citing...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Oseola McCarty did not live a remarkable life. Born in Shubuta, Mississippi, on March 7, 1908, she moved to Hattiesburg as a child and lived with an aunt who had no children of her own. Oseola’s mother taught her to...
Lesley A. Davis is a long-time advocate for women and children, an attorney, President and CEO of Mississippi Advocacy Group, Mississippi’s Committeewoman to the RNC, and Vice Chair of the Mississippi Republican Party. For a long time, it felt like the left...
5th Squad is proud to announce a special screening of Brothers After War, a powerful documentary produced by Gary Sinise and captured by Merritt Productions. The exclusive screening event will take place on April 29 at 7:00 PM at the Malco Grandview in Madison,...
A special event celebrating the 197th Freedom Anniversary of Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima and his wife, Isabella, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Historic Jefferson College at 16 Old North St. It is free to the public. Titled, “Freedom: Retold,” the...
Recently, the Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) announced the 2025 Mississippi Administrator of the Year is Dr. Marsha Peoples, principal at East Flora Elementary School in the Madison County School District, and the 2025 Mississippi Teacher of the Year...
By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Jackson City Council members learned this week that their protest of a $9 a month water rate increase sought by JXN Water was merely symbolic. Whether Jacksonians pay more for water is up to the “full power and...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi State Board of Election Commissioners has submitted a new legislative redistricting plan for the DeSoto County area, complying with an order from a three-judge panel that said the Senate map adopted this...
