By Bonnie Coblentz, MSU Extension Service While some crops suffered through hot, dry weather, Mississippi’s sweet potato crop largely got rain at all the right times and hopes are high for a good crop. Lorin Harvey, sweet potato specialist with the...
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune After a long summer of oppressive heat, the promise of cooler fall days ahead gives hope to many. Labor Day, often considered the harbinger of fall, has passed. While the “feels like” temps are still hovering around the...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune C Spire announced this week that the company is expanding its Mississippi fiber network with a new high-capacity corridor connecting Jackson and Olive Branch. “AI is changing the scale and speed at which digital...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Of the nearly 20 people who spoke at the fourth redistricting meeting held Tuesday at Alcorn State University, only one person publicly said they support “race neutral” redistricting. Over the past several weeks, the...
By Bob Garver “By Any Means” is a movie about two disparate FBI employees that can’t decide if it wants to be a “Buddy Cop” movie or not. The pair are mismatched, but are they “comically” mismatched? The pair banter, is there enough banter to qualify for...
General Atomics is expanding its operations in Shannon with an $87 million investment that will create 125 jobs and further strengthen the company’s long-standing presence in Lee County. The project includes construction of a new 200,000-square-foot...
The Mississippi Council on Economic Education (MSCEE) will host Invest In Girls, an inspiring one-day experience designed to help high school girls build financial confidence, explore career opportunities, connect with successful women, and leave empowered to...
With just two weeks to go and advance ticket sales running strong, the sixth annual Mighty Roots Music Festival returns Friday, September 25, and Saturday, September 26, 2026, to historic Stovall Farms near Clarksdale, Mississippi. The weekend brings 12 bands, 5...
By Magnolia Mornings, Magnolia Tribune Lockheed Martin has been named the winner of the 2026 Mississippi Makers Challenge, presented by the Mississippi Business Alliance (MSBA). The announcement was made today during MSBA’s General Assembly in Jackson....
By Clara Turnage, Magnolia Tribune As NASA prepares to send humans to Mars as early as the 2030s, University of Mississippi researchers are working on one of the key questions: How will they get back? Traveling millions of miles to Mars will require huge...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A disagreement in the telling of events between one of Mississippi’s Transportation Commissioners and the state agency’s executive director led to the raising of voices during Tuesday’s commission meeting. The matter...
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com The funeral director was scheduled to bury the body of a man who had been married to five former wives, and had a current fiancée when he died. A fiancée that the ex-wives did not know existed. In this town,...
Mayo Clinic Laboratories is establishing operations in Southaven with a corporate investment of more than $30 million that is expected to create 234 jobs in DeSoto County. From its new Southaven location, Mayo Clinic Laboratories will perform diagnostic testing...
By Nathan Duff, Delta State University The Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to Delta State University to support scholarships and program-related expenses at the Delta Music Institute. The award continues the...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi’s Insurance Commissioner announced Monday that his office has enlisted the help of an AI phone assistant named Janie. However, the office will continue to have human staff man the state agency’s customer...
By Eddie Pells, Associated Press Leaders of the Southeastern Conference will meet Thursday to discuss whether to take the extraordinary step of kicking LSU out of the league in the wake of an ugly feud over whether players who spent time in the NFL...
By Cass Rutledge, Magnolia Tribune The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against the City of Jackson stemming from allegations of lead contamination in the city’s water system. The lawsuit alleged that the City and...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune State Senator Briggs Hopson said Monday that he would not be running for statewide office in the 2027 election cycle. He will also not seek re-election to the Mississippi Senate District 23 seat that he has held for five...
The wide-ranging program for the 83rd National Folk Festival’s Mississippi Folklife Area & Stage was announced today at a press conference inside the House Chamber at the Old Capitol Museum. This is the event’s second year of a three-year residency, scheduled to...
By Nathan Gregory, MSU Extension Service Mississippians will soon be moving once again as the Magnolia Moves Activity Challenge returns this fall. The Mississippi State University Extension Service-led fitness challenge that encourages youth and adults...
