By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A bill that would allow students to engage in prayer or other religious activities while attending school has passed in the Mississippi House of Representatives. The bill, titled the “Mississippi Open to...
By Russ Latino, Magnolia Tribune Judge Robert Whitwell granted Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss motion for a preliminary injunction late Thursday from his bench in that Calhoun County Courthouse. Chambliss was challenging the NCAA’s...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are certain places in Mississippi that don’t just hold space — they hold seasons of life. Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport is one of those places. I used to take my sons there when they were little,...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in the appeal filed by former Governor Phil Bryant in his defamation lawsuit against Mississippi Today, a multi-million-dollar news outlet Bryant...
By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation late last week requiring local and state law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities. The bill, HB 538, forbids state and...
By Nathan Duff, Delta State University Delta State University is proud to announce that Edward McCadney, Procurement Contract Specialist, has been accepted into the 2026 cohort of the Bolivar County L.E.A.D. program. McCadney was selected based on...
In response to the widespread impact of Winter Storm Fern, which left more than 125,000 Mississippi homes without power, the Mississippi Public Service Commission will host a two-day summit focused on strengthening disaster preparedness and utility resilience across...
By: Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press House Republicans are rushing ahead on Wednesday on legislation that would impose strict new proof-of-citizenship requirements ahead of the midterm elections, a longshot Trump administration priority that faces...
By Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez This year’s Kick Back at NAPAC program will celebrate retired Black educators over the age of 80. The annual event, presented in recognition of Black History Month, will be held 5:30 p.m., Thursday,...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A bill working its way through the Mississippi Legislature could lead to the creation of a state health insurance exchange. Authored by State Rep. Henry Zuber (R), HB 605 does not immediately establish the...
By Rachel Vanderford, UMMC Communications Photos By: Jay Ferchaud, UMMC Communications When Tenika Spann arrived at the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Dentistry during Dental Mission Week, she wasn’t in pain — but she knew it...
By Russ Latino, Magnolia Tribune On Tuesday, The Wall Street Journal’s Editorial Board took aim at Lieutenant Governor Delbert Hosemann and Senate Republicans for killing a Trump-backed proposal to create Education Savings Accounts for...
Natchez, Mississippi will soon dedicate the city’s second Mississippi Department of Archives and History (MDAH) historical marker honoring Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima (1762–1829), an African nobleman who was enslaved in the Natchez area for about 40...
By Steven Palazzo, CPA Why Seniority Matters for Mississippi Influence. Relationships. Results. Mississippi has never had the luxury of excess. We are a proud state with deep roots and resilient communities. But by nearly every economic measure, we...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A program that would allow retired Mississippi state employees to return to work with a state agency for 80 percent of what the position pays is now headed to the House of Representatives. If signed by the governor, SB...
Water flowing out. Data flowing in. A water system activation at the Thad Cochran Test Stand (B-2) on Jan. 30 at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, helped capture critical data to support testing a new SLS (Space Launch System)...
By Bob Garver On the weekend of the biggest football game of the year, it was only natural that I saw a movie about basketball. Or rather “Roarball,” as the anthropomorphic animal characters call it – but it’s basketball. When he was just a kid (pun...
On Friday, February 20, the Mississippi Hospital Association, in partnership with the Mississippi Public Health Institute, will host a free Maternal & Infant Health Summit that will bring together hospital executives, clinical leaders, and public health...
By Danny Barrett, Jr., UMMC Communications Photos By: Joe Ellis/UMMC Communications Violence is part of life for many Mississippians from cradle to grave, according to a survey done in part by researchers at the University of Mississippi Medical Center,...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune A bill that would have allowed Mississippi high school student-athletes to accept Name, Image and Likeness, or NIL, money or benefits quietly died in the House of Representatives last week. Legislation filed by State...
