By Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez Greg Iles and Ser Seshsh Ab Heter-C. M. Boxley, both of Natchez, are featured in the Mississippi Encyclopedia, and their entries are spotlighted on the publication’s homepage. Iles was a New York Times...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves was among 23 Republican governors across the country who signed on to a letter sent to President Donald Trump on Wednesday backing the SAVE America Act’s inclusion in the latest...
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune What started as a bartender competition in Oxford has morphed into a full-blown weekend of culinary competitions, tastings, and immersion into Mississippi’s dynamic culinary scene. Coordinated by the Yoknapatawpha Arts...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A new 14-week training program is being established at Meridian Community College to help staff a data center being built by Compass in the Central Mississippi region. It is estimated that the U.S. will need an...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom has announced that U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat from Maryland, will spend the day in Jackson campaigning with him on Saturday. Given Alsobrooks’ stated policy...
By Bob Garver Quite understandably, major studios didn’t want to schedule any new releases for the weekend between “The Odyssey” and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” I had to go down past fifth place at the domestic box office to find some also-rans that I hadn’t...
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune In the world of wine, a trained expert will receive the designation of sommelier. In the world of brewing beer, there is a similar designation – the Master Cicerone, and David Reese, brewmaster at Biloxi’s Fly Llama...
By Eddie Pells, Associated Press A reworked Senate bill designed to regulate college sports proposes to more than double the amount of money schools could share with players as part of a flurry of revisions designed to win the support of the Big Ten and...
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Little Judy was full to the brim with questions for her daddy. She was watching the city’s annual July 4th parade for the very first time, and the marching bands, the prancing horses, the enormous floats and the...
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum will celebrate the accomplishments of seven outstanding athletes, coaches and sports leaders during its 63rd Annual Induction Weekend presented by Huntington Bank on Friday, July 31, and Saturday, Aug. 1....
Last week, the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) successfully recovered a tractor and skid steer stolen from a transport trucking company delivery trailer in Yazoo County. On July 19, the Yazoo City Police Department received a report...
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune The Wolfe name is synonymous with fine clay art in Mississippi. The Wolfe Studio, tucked away in a now-bustling area off Old Canton Road in Jackson, is still an oasis, filled with nature and creativity. The art...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A staffing shortage in the Mississippi Department of Transportation is leading to some roads in the northern district of the state to go without grass maintenance while in the southern district a closed road due to...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune While most other Mississippi statewide elected officials are eyeing higher office in 2027, State Treasurer David McRae has chosen to seek re-election to a third term. “People are very happy that I’m staying as...
By Mary Pollitz, MSU Office of Public Affairs Twenty years before Kirklyn Johnson stood in front of thousands of onlookers at his 2026 Mississippi State commencement ceremony to sing the National Anthem, his parents were told he might never speak a word....
By Magnolia Morning, Magnolia Tribune Jackson State Athletics said rising junior Maddy Beeching fired a final-round 1-under (71) to finish second following a four-hole playoff at the Mississippi Women’s State Amateur at Patrick Farms on Thursday...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi’s State Board of Education was informed last week on the most recent Kindergarten Readiness Assessment results as well as received an update on efforts to put the state’s math and adolescent literacy...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Governor Tate Reeves announced Monday that he is appointing Celeste Embrey Wilson of Southaven to the Mississippi Supreme Court, Northern District 3, Place 1. The appointment comes after the confirmation of the Justice...
Hogs for the Cause has announced that Children’s of Mississippi, the pediatric arm of the University of Mississippi Medical Center, has officially opened the Hogs for the Cause Wing, a newly renovated inpatient unit designed to enhance care for children...
German cookie and snack manufacturer Griesson – de Beukelaer will establish operations in Madison County, investing more than $70.37 million in a project expected to create 30 new jobs. The investment marks the company’s first operation in Mississippi and...
