By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Starting in July, Mississippi’s high school students will have another option to meet their foreign language curriculum graduation requirement – sign language. Authored by State Senator Angela Hill (R), SB 2339 was signed into law...
After months of harmonious planning, the Be in Good Health Symposium and Gospel Choir Competition is happening Saturday, April 27 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Jackson Convention Complex. The first-of-its-kind event, sponsored by the Mississippi State Department of...
By: Magnolia Tribune Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula will host its inaugural Boy Scout Merit Badge Day on Saturday, providing invited scouts to choose from eight areas of interest and earn two badges. Over 100 scouts and scout leaders from the Pine Burr Area...
Ray Keith of Clarksdale loved making life better for others, and now, long after his death, at age 94, he still is. A retired postal service worker and a long-time member of the National Guard, he enjoyed making things work again, when he wasn’t making them soar. “He...
Do they bother you? Do walls and fences cause claustrophobia in you? How about locked doors and gates? Do they bring about a fierce need to find the key and escape? The obvious answer for most of us is, “Well, it depends. Am I trapped inside those barriers, or...
The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum will host its Night on the Town event from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, 2024. General admission is $40 for presale and $50 at the door. Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum Foundation Member...
By: Sarah Ulmer, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi House and Senate conferees assigned to work on the Medicaid expansion bill, HB 1725, met for a public conference meeting on Tuesday. The intent was to open a dialogue between the chambers aimed at reaching an agreement to...
By Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi Enterprise for Technology, or MSET, and the Aerospace and Defense Alliance of Mississippi, known as ADAM, are partnering with Ole Miss to present the second annual Mississippi Aerospace and Defense Symposium, April 30-May 2. The...
By: Jim Beaugez, Magnolia Tribune The Saenger Theater in Hattiesburg, the centerpiece of the Hub City’s downtown renaissance, has written its own comeback story as a live-performance venue after nearly a century in the business. But just six years ago, the former...
By Kara Kimbrough Saying anything negative about local supermarkets goes against my beliefs. The 12+ years I worked for a supermarket chain still rank near the top of best work experiences of all time (flying around in the private jet didn’t hurt) and gave me a...
By: Danny Barrett Jr. Photos By: Melanie Thortis/ UMMC Communications Their experiences say it all when it comes to job satisfaction for Children’s of Mississippi nurses Elaine Hobson and Nikki Cowan. “Historically, we’ve had a culture revolving around quality care...
The Center for Pregnancy Choices, Metro Area is holding its 7th Annual LifeWalk on May 4, 2024, at Trustmark Park Stadium. Registration begins at 8am and the Walk will begin at 9am. This family friendly event is the CPC Metro’s largest fundraising event each year,...
Renowned singer-songwriter Tommy Rice is set to captivate audiences once again with the release of his latest singles, “All My Love I Give To You” and “Little Girl on the Corner.” These emotionally charged tracks showcase Rice’s unique...
Belhaven University announced its participation in AWS Academy, a program built by experts at Amazon Web Services (AWS) that will provide the University with cloud computing curriculum. This move comes at an opportune time, with AWS initiating a $10 billion project in...
Imagine Learning, the largest provider of digital curriculum solutions in the U.S, announced today that Northwest Middle School of Rankin County School District earned the title of 2024 Imagine Learning Mississippi Math Cup Champion. Students competed against schools...
By District 56 Representative Clay Mansell On Friday, April 12, we completed the fifteenth week of the 2024 legislative session. Wednesday was the deadline for the House to discuss general Senate bills. Any Senate bills that did not make it off the calendar and before...
ExxonMobil Baton Rouge Senior Economic Advisor, Barbara Beckmann, committed a $5 million estate gift to her alma mater, University of Mississippi, on Giving Day 2024. The University now plans to call for the Department of Engineering to bear her name in honor of the...
The Holmes Community College Ridgeland Campus recognized its students’ achievements and honors during the 2024 Honors Day Program held April 17 in the Pat McGowan Workforce Training Center on the Ridgeland Campus. Representatives from each academic and...
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has named 31 schools as 2024-26 Military Star Schools. This designation recognizes schools that have made a significant commitment to supporting military families and children of service members. Military Star Schools must...
Last Saturday, April 13, 42 artists from around Mississippi gathered for the En Plein Air Paintin Competition at Flowood Nature Park to compete for a chance to win cash prizes and publication in Mississippi Outdoors Magazine. Artists spread across the park, creating...
