The Thacker Mountain Radio Hour, the weekly Oxford, MS-based music and literature program, celebrated 25 years on the air in 2022. Now, in 2024, the one-hour broadcast that features author readings and musical performances before a live audience, begins its 27th...
by Molly Minta Marcus Thompson, the newly appointed president of Jackson State University, has finalized six key administrative hires as his tenure reaches the two-month mark. That includes Alla Jeanae Frank, a former assistant commissioner of operations at the...
Last week I wrote about “Mean Girls” and the problem of having seen a version of the movie before, which made it too familiar and predictable. I meant it in a very literal sense – there was a 2004 movie called “Mean Girls,” written by Tina Fey, with basically the same...
Take a good look. It’s always there, part of a healthy, whole hand. Hold up your hand and you’ll see it. The one digit that is pointing the opposite of the other four fingers, every time. Oh yeah, you can force it to go along with all the others, but you do have to...
The Mississippi Children’s Museum (MCM) is honored to be nominated as one of the Best Children’s Museums by USA Today for the 2024 Reader’s Choice Travel Awards. Winners are chosen based on the number of votes received during the voting period (Jan....
Students across Mississippi are invited to get outdoors and participate in the 2024 Bob Tyler Fish Hatchery Youth Art Contest. Each student must submit a portfolio including entry form and artwork to the Visitor Education Center (VEC) by May 10, 2024. The contest is...
BY SHAUNICY MUHAMMAD Jackson leaders still have not decided on a vendor to handle trash-collection in Mississippi’s capital city just over two months before the City’s current emergency trash-collection agreement is set to end on March 31. Mayor Chokwe A. Lumumba said...
Governor Tate Reeves today signed legislation to finalize the second largest economic development project in Mississippi history. Additionally, the economic development project represents the largest payroll commitment of any major project in state history. “I...
By Kara Kimbrough One thing you can always count on when frigid temperatures envelope Mississippi – grocery store shelves are swept bare in mere hours and everyone begins sharing photos of whatever it is they’re cooking. In the case of most of my acquaintances last...
Governor Tate Reeves today announced the appointment of Judge Richelle Lumpkin as 15th Circuit Court District Judge for Place 3. This appointment fills a vacancy created by the untimely death of the Honorable Buddy McDonald IV. “I am proud to appoint Judge...
Mississippi Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Andy Gipson will participate in a blessing ceremony for the first Safe Haven Baby Box to be placed at a Mississippi hospital today, Wednesday, January 24, at 1:00 p.m. at the Simpson General Hospital in Mendenhall....
Nominations are being accepted through Apr. 1 for Itawamba Community College’s 2024 Alumnus of the Year, Athletic Hall of Fame, ICC Distinguished Service Award and Young Alumnus of the Year. Those selected will be honored during homecoming activities this fall at the...
By Frank Corder Sports have the ability to unite even the most entrenched red states and blue states, and perhaps no other organization raises the ire of athletic enthusiasts across the political spectrum more than the NCAA. Ten states – including Mississippi – along...
By: Annie Oeth Derrick James marched and played in band camp this past summer, and Kennedi Jackson dances. The two Mississippi teenagers – 16 and 13 respectively – are enjoying their favorite activities without the sickle cell disease pain crises that they endured...
During Spay and Neuter Awareness Month in February, Gulf Coast Community Foundation (GCCF) will launch FIXED For Life, a program to help residents in George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone counties spay and neuter their pets at no cost. Residents...
By: Jeremy Pittari Mississippi continues to make historic strides in its K-12 education system. This week, the Mississippi Department of Education announced that the dropout rate fell to 8.5 percent during the previous school year while the high school graduation rate...
by Vickie King A hint of fall touched the leaves in trees surrounding the swampy area traversed by Beaver Creek Road on Choctaw land in Neshoba County. Mitzi Reed cruised along in her Jeep, keeping an eye out for invasive plants and wildlife. Reed is also on the...
By Phil Hardwick An economic developer would probably tell you that the ideal business is one that is headquartered in the local community, sells a high-value product or service worldwide and then deposits receipts in a locally-owned bank. A community developer might...
If you’ve already deviated from your health resolutions for 2024, the Institute for the Advancement of Minority Health invites you to attend their FREE Health and Wellness Fair. The event will be held at Word and Worship Church from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday,...
By Frank Corder James “Jimmy” Herzog has been appointed as the Lieutenant Colonel and Director of the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation (MBI), per Department of Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell. Herzog has three decades of experience in law enforcement. Since...
