By Kara Kimbrough Visitors from around the world flock to Natchez during all seasons, for every reason imaginable. It’s true, the city’s beautiful antebellum homes are a major tourism draw, but Natchez is much more than the sum total of its pilgrimages....
By Mika Hartman The word “audible” automatically makes us think American football; I can hear Peyton Manning yelling “Omaha” as I am typing. Actually, calling an “audible” can be applied to most everything we do. Some people are great with the quick pivoting and some...
By: Rachel Vanderford Photos By: Joe Ellis/ UMMC Communications After years of living with a debilitating disease, Brian McDade of Clinton is finally making sense of a mysterious illness that has afflicted him his entire life. With the help of the newly-established...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Tucked into the extreme northeast corner of the state, Tishomingo State Park is a nature wonderland with camping, swimming, boating, hiking, and disc golf. It is the largest of Mississippi’s 25 state parks, spanning 1530 acres....
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) will be accepting a new round of applications for its Wild Hog Control Program (WHCP) beginning May 1, 2024. The application period will...
Cardiovascular disease is a leading cause of death in the Gulf Coast and Premo Sabbatini, Vice President of Planning and Development at Ingalls Shipbuilding, is working hand-in-hand with the American Heart Association, a global force for healthier lives for all, to...
By Abbey A. Donaldson NASA Administrator Bill Nelson on Monday named John Bailey as director of the agency’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, effective immediately. Bailey had been serving as acting director since January. “John will build on his...
The Mississippi Department of Education today announced the 2024 Mississippi Administrator of the Year (MAOY) is Anita Wansley, principal at Northeast Elementary School in the Lauderdale County School District (LCSD), and the 2024 Mississippi Teacher of the Year...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting will host a special screening event for “WZZQ the Movie,” on Friday, May 17, beginning at 6 p.m. The event, held at the MPB auditorium at 3825 Ridgewood Road, will also feature a reception and Q&A with filmmaker Ann...
Charles Shows is the newest Mississippi State Hospital (MSH) police officer to graduate from the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officers’ Training Academy (MLEOTA). He graduated with Class #273 on March 21, 2024. But Shows is no stranger to MSH, he has worked in...
Special to The Mississippi Monitor Less than one percent of Americans currently serve in the military, enabling the rest to enjoy freedoms often taken for granted. The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Center for Military Veterans, Service Members, and Families...
Governor Tate Reeves, Attorney General Lynn Fitch, and Public Safety Commissioner Sean Tindell will co-host the Second Annual Mississippi Public Safety Summit on May 20-22, 2024, at The Refuge in Flowood, Mississippi. “The Mississippi Public Safety Summit is a...
The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) Gulf Coast Civic Chorale invites audiences to experience Joy! an invigorating concert celebration with performances at two venues on the Gulf Coast. Led by Dr. Jonathan C. Kilgore, Assistant Professor of music and Associate...
The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today announced that Robbie Barnes, President, and CEO of PriorityOne Bank was re-elected to serve as Chairman of the ICBA’s Consumer Financial Services Subcommittee. ICBA is the nation’s voice for community banks...
Special to The Mississippi Monitor William Carey University has made a home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for almost fifty years. It all began in 1976, when Carey purchased the former Gulf Coast Military Academy property in Gulfport. Known as “Carey on the Coast,” the...
By Bob Garver After last week’s heavy, serious, ultraviolent “Civil War,” I needed a movie like the lighter, sillier, also ultraviolent “Abigail.” Is this film as intelligent and thought-provoking as last week’s offering – a film that still rules the...
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...
