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CoffeeTime: “JUST WALK AWAY FROM CRANKY”

CoffeeTime: “JUST WALK AWAY FROM CRANKY”

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 19, 2026 | CoffeeTime

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com   Your spouse feeling extremely ill and hurting, with no rapid relief anywhere in sight? Don’t expect him to act differently than exactly what he is feeling. Physical illness shows itself very plainly in our...
Wills for First Responders Free Legal Clinic – April 18, 2026

Wills for First Responders Free Legal Clinic – April 18, 2026

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 19, 2026 | Capital/River

Wills for Magnolia State First Responders is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization which brings together volunteer Attorneys and Paralegals to prepare Wills and Advanced Healthcare Directives for Mississippi’s First  Responders and their Spouses FREE of charge. SIGN-UP –...
Miss. Main Street Association and Miss. Hills National Heritage Area to Fund Roadmaps to Revitalization for Four Main Street Communities in Hills Region

Miss. Main Street Association and Miss. Hills National Heritage Area to Fund Roadmaps to Revitalization for Four Main Street Communities in Hills Region

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 18, 2026 | Hills

  The Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) and the Mississippi Hills National Heritage Area (MHNHA) have partnered to implement the Roadmaps to Revitalization initiative in four designated Main Street communities within the Hills region this year. Downtown...
Southern Miss Alumni Association Announces 2026 Homecoming Date

Southern Miss Alumni Association Announces 2026 Homecoming Date

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 18, 2026 | Coastal

Written By: Samantha McCain Alexander, APR     Following the release of the Southern Miss football schedule this past week, the Southern Miss Alumni Association has announced that the 2026 Homecoming game will be held Saturday, Oct. 24, when the Golden...
House invites Senate to conference over proposed Metro Jackson Water Authority

House invites Senate to conference over proposed Metro Jackson Water Authority

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 18, 2026 | Capital/River

By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune     The Mississippi House of Representatives on Tuesday morning declined to concur with a Senate version of a bill to create a Jackson Water Authority to assist in resolving the capital city’s water struggles. The bill now...
Mary Ann Mobley: Forever Mississippi’s hometown girl

Mary Ann Mobley: Forever Mississippi’s hometown girl

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 18, 2026 | Capital/River

By Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune     Mary Ann Mobley was Mississippi’s first Miss America, and 67 years later, we still cherish her as we consider her “ours.” From the outside, her life seemed like a fairytale—a small-town girl born in Biloxi who...
Stokes’ First Amendment lawsuit against Ole Miss Chancellor dismissed by federal judge

Stokes’ First Amendment lawsuit against Ole Miss Chancellor dismissed by federal judge

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 18, 2026 | Hills

By Russ Latino, Magnolia Tribune     A federal judge has dismissed former University of Mississippi employee Lauren Stokes’ First Amendment retaliation lawsuit against Chancellor Glenn Boyce, bringing an early end—at least for now—to one of the state’s most...
Lawmakers consider tax credits for those contributing to support rural hospitals

Lawmakers consider tax credits for those contributing to support rural hospitals

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 18, 2026 | Statewide

By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune     Help could be on the way for rural hospitals after the Mississippi Senate unanimously passed a strike-all amendment to a House bill Tuesday morning. The bill, HB 4032 originally authored by State Rep. Trey Lamar (R),...
Senate Finance Committee kills House NIL income tax exemption bill

Senate Finance Committee kills House NIL income tax exemption bill

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 18, 2026 | Sports, Uncategorized

By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune     The Mississippi Senate Finance Committee killed a House bill Monday that sought to exempt name, image and likeness, or NIL, compensation from the state’s income tax. “I don’t know about the rest of you on this committee...
Vintage Market Days® of Mississippi Brings Small Businesses and Community Energy to Pearl

Vintage Market Days® of Mississippi Brings Small Businesses and Community Energy to Pearl

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 17, 2026 | Capital/River

A small business is bringing energy, economic impact, and community connection to the Pearl community. Vintage Market Days® of Mississippi, owned and operated by past Rankin County residents Chris and Jana Fuss, returns to Pearl April 17 – 19, 2026, at the Clyde...
Delta State University names Bengloff Executive Director of the Bologna Performing Arts Center

Delta State University names Bengloff Executive Director of the Bologna Performing Arts Center

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 17, 2026 | Delta

By Nathan Duff, Delta State University     Delta State University has named Matty Bengloff as the new Executive Director of the Bologna Performing Arts Center. Bengloff will oversee the center’s operations, programming and community partnerships as the...
Friendship Oak: Where five centuries of Mississippi stories meet

Friendship Oak: Where five centuries of Mississippi stories meet

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 17, 2026 | Coastal

By Meredith Biesinger,  Magnolia Tribune     Have you ever stood beneath something older than America? On the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Park in Long Beach, you can do exactly that. Rising from the front lawn overlooking the Gulf...
Longtime federal judge E. Grady Jolly dies at 88

Longtime federal judge E. Grady Jolly dies at 88

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 17, 2026 | Statewide

By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune     Former U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge E. Grady Jolly has died at the age of 88. Jolly was appointed to the federal bench in 1982 by former President Ronald Reagan. He succeeded the late Judge James Coleman....
House sends community college, university funding proposals to the Senate

House sends community college, university funding proposals to the Senate

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 17, 2026 | Statewide

By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune     Strike-all amendments were made to two Senate appropriations bills to reflect the House of Representative’s stance on state support for public community colleges and universities. During discussion of the bills,...
Mississippi Egg Marketing Board Announces 2026 Easter Coloring Contest

Mississippi Egg Marketing Board Announces 2026 Easter Coloring Contest

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 17, 2026 | Statewide

      The Mississippi Egg Marketing Board reserves the right to post any entry and use it for promotional purposes. All entries become the property of the Mississippi Egg Marketing Board and will not be returned. Entry forms are available for download...
UMMC delivers life-saving transplant during system outage

UMMC delivers life-saving transplant during system outage

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 17, 2026 | Capital/River

By Rachel Vanderford, UMMC Communications Photos By: Joe Ellis, UMMC Communications     Late one evening, Wade Watts received the call he had been waiting for: a donor liver was available. He and his wife, Sara, had to be at the hospital the next morning....
Southern Miss Recognized as Top Producer of Gilman Scholars by U.S. Department of State

Southern Miss Recognized as Top Producer of Gilman Scholars by U.S. Department of State

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 17, 2026 | Coastal

  The U.S. Department of State has recognized The University of Southern Mississippi as a Top Producing Institution for Gilman Scholars, highlighting the university’s national leadership in supporting students as competitive applicants and recipients of...
The University of Southern Mississippi Celebrates Ribbon Cutting for the Paul H. “Bud” Holmes Criminal Justice Building

The University of Southern Mississippi Celebrates Ribbon Cutting for the Paul H. “Bud” Holmes Criminal Justice Building

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 16, 2026 | Coastal

By: Foundation Staff, University of Southern Mississippi     The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) celebrated the formal opening of the Paul H. “Bud” Holmes Criminal Justice Building, a newly renovated home for the School of Criminal...
Mississippi Artist Katelyn Harbaugh Featured in Rooftop Art Event at Sheraton Flowood

Mississippi Artist Katelyn Harbaugh Featured in Rooftop Art Event at Sheraton Flowood

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 16, 2026 | Capital/River

  Mississippi artist Katelyn Harbaugh will be featured in Culinary & Canvas on April 4th from 6-8 PM, a special rooftop art event series hosted by Pacesetter Gallery at the Sheraton Flowood The Refuge Hotel & Conference Center, highlighting talented...
Eller declares victory in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District GOP Primary

Eller declares victory in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District GOP Primary

by Mississippi Monitor | Mar 16, 2026 | Statewide

By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune     Congressional candidate Ron Eller declared victory in the 2nd District Republican Primary on Friday, three days after voters went to the polls to choose party nominees in the midterm elections. Eller, a retired U.S. Army...
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