The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum is proud to announce the finalists for the 2026 Howell and Gillom Trophies, presented annually to the state’s top men’s and women’s college basketball players. The awards are presented by Pearl River Resort and...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) received a $5,000 gift from the Leflore County Board of Supervisors to assist with critical repairs to its WMAO radio tower serving the Mississippi Delta. The tower sustained significant damage during Ice...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There’s something about a good small-town shop in Mississippi that you can’t manufacture. You can’t fake the feeling or stage the charm, and you can’t rush what unfolds with time. In downtown Fulton, Porch Swing...
By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Landing on the desk of Governor Tate Reeves (R) soon is the Jackson Water Authority Act, a legislative measure creating a nine-member board to oversee the capital city’s water and sewer system. With no debate, the House...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Developers and city leaders recently broke ground on a $105 million Gulfport Town Center development on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The 4.34-acre site at the intersection of 25th Avenue and West Beach Boulevard in...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R) took to social media Monday to mark the passage of SB 2018, a measure that reimburses active members of the Mississippi National Guard for the cost of premiums for TRICARE Reserve Select...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Efforts proposed by the Mississippi House to temporarily allow liquor stores, restaurants and casinos to bypass the state’s backlogged Alcoholic Beverage Control have died in conference. Package stores and other...
By: Annie Oeth, UMMC Communications Photos By: Joe Ellis, UMMC Communications It’s About Time: The Campaign for the Cancer Center and Research Institute, a $125 million philanthropic drive to help build a state-of-the-art cancer center at the University of...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune While the House concurred on the Senate’s version of two bills that made changes to the state’s medical cannabis program, Governor Tate Reeves (R) did not, vetoing both bills on Thursday. One of the bills, HB 1152,...
by Julie Bauer, Northwest Mississippi Community College Seventeen Northwest Mississippi Community College students have been inducted into the 2025-26 Hall of Fame, the highest honor a student can achieve at the college. The selection of students named...
By Ashby Foote For fifty years Pentagon planners, whose job it is to analyze risk and threats around the globe, have concluded year after year that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz is the worst possible scenario to confront – but it never...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Lawmakers agreed on a conference report Sunday that changes the service requirement from 35 years to 30 years under the new Tier 5 in Mississippi’s state employee retirement system. Tier 5 was passed during the 2025...
Former Ole Miss athletics director, coach, and student-athlete John Warner Alford Jr. passed away on Friday. He dedicated over 30 years to the university. Ole Miss said of Alford: “A student-athlete, coach, and administrator, Alford has been recognized for his...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The governor has approved legislation that creates a Sales Tax Diversion Study Committee with the purpose of examining, evaluating, and developing recommendations regarding the proper allocation of sales tax revenue...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune After both chambers proposed significantly higher teacher pay raises this session, lawmakers in the Mississippi House and Senate have reportedly reached an agreement on a $2,000 across the board K-12 public school...
Gulf Coast Community Foundation’s GivHer Circle will host its third annual wine-tasting event, “Unwind, Uncork & Connect,” on April 22 at Coastal Kitchen in Long Beach beginning at 5 p.m. With the theme It’s a Shore Thing, the...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune With less than two weeks left in the regular legislative session, the Mississippi Wireless Communication Commission (MWCC) asked a joint committee for additional funding to maintain and update the state’s wireless...
The University of Southern Mississippi School of Music is proud to announce that its vocal a cappella group, Spirit of Southern (SOS), recently won the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA) South Quarterfinal in Biloxi, advancing to the...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Governor Tate Reeves (R) vetoed SB 2632 on Monday, sending a strongly worded veto message back to lawmakers, claiming material changes to the legislation were made after it had already been presented to his office. He...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune State Rep. Rickey Thompson (D) has introduced a resolution in the Mississippi House of Representatives to “urge the State of Mississippi” to adopt a Temporary Workers’ Bill of Rights. Thompson’s resolution, HR 152, says...
