by Amanda Robinson Delta State University Alumni Association will welcome generations of Lady Statesmen back to campus Aug. 14-15 for the Women’s Basketball Alumni Reunion, a weekend celebrating the program’s championship tradition, lifelong...
By Roscoe Barns III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez Natchez National Historical Park has installed new interpretive wayside panels at the Forks of the Road site, featuring narratives drawn from U.S. Colored Troops pension records. The exhibits, which replace...
By: Annie Oeth/ UMMC Communications Photos By: Jay Ferchaud/ UMMC Communications Ashley Castle had almost given up hope in her fight against bile duct cancer. She needed a liver transplant, “and we had four to five dry runs,” said Castle, a Meridian native...
Bishopric Industries, formerly known as Enerfab Process Solutions, is expanding its operations in Natchez through a $5.75 million investment that will create 28 new jobs, state and local officials announced. The company is a leader in the engineering, fabrication and...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Through a donation from the Woodward Hines Education Foundation about 170 foster children in Mississippi will continue to receive financial aid for college. Woodward Hines is a non-profit that works to provide access...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Moss Point School District claims to be facing a projected $2.5 million deficit for Fiscal Year 2027. District leaders are blaming the shortfall on the teacher pay raise signed into law this year. The district’s...
By Bob Garver When we last left Peter Parker aka Spider-Man (Tom Holland) back in 2021, he had to submit to a spell from Doctor Strange that would make the world forget he ever existed. His Aunt May (Marissa Tomei) had died, so he had no family left, but...
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune If there’s one thing the folks in the Delta know how to do, it’s to create something from nothing and call it a party. The concept of “The Delta Supper Club” came about in 2015 when two Delta transplants, Stewart...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A new round of application opportunities for funding under Mississippi’s Rural Health Transformation Program was promoted by the governor Wednesday morning. Mississippi received $206.5 million in federal funding as...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune While legislative, congressional and state Supreme Court redistricting all appear to be in the works following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Callais v. Louisiana, county level mid-decade redistricting in...
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com A person lied, absolutely no doubt about it. Carefully thought it out, then purposely and deviously worded their misleading statement to you or a group. Usually, they have a definite motive, and protecting...
By Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez Dr. Robert Field Jr. is a veterinarian-turned-wildlife photographer whose love of nature and photography has landed him in some dangerous places. One late afternoon during the early fall of 2017, Field was near...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A series of eight public meetings will be held in as many cities starting this month to gather input on the likely redistricting coming to legislative, congressional, and judicial districts across Mississippi. During a...
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune The excitement of summer is over. Perhaps the oppressive heat is responsible for the buzzkill, or maybe it’s shopping for back-to-school. But honestly, August can be a month filled with events that could take you around...
By Cass Rutledge, Magnolia Tribune U.S. Attorneys for the Southern and Northern Districts of Mississippi Baxter Kruger and Scott Leary, respectively, announced with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent Matthew Reidell, Attorney General...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Several changes are occurring within Mississippi’s youth court system, with one of those being the shift to presumptively open court rooms, meaning the public can attend hearings and gain insight into the proceedings....
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Appearing at a Knight Foundation event in February 2023, Mississippi Today CEO Mary Margaret White described a breakthrough in her outlet’s reporting on the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) scandal, saying,...
By Kara Kimbrough By Kara Kimbrough It’s hard to believe, but a little more than half of 2026 has already slipped away. The halfway point (give or take a few weeks) is a good time to reflect on new supermarket, restaurant and food items on my...
The Mississippi Quitline is a valuable tool that provides resources to help Mississippians quit tobacco and nicotine products through free, confidential, evidence-based cessation services. Tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable...
Packaging solutions provider DRC Industries is expanding into Lowndes County with a $4 million investment that will create 50 jobs, state and local officials announced. The company will establish operations at an existing facility in Columbus, where it will...
