As the Solar Eclipse of 2024 looms, be warned that the face of the sun may not be the only thing that will fade. Other potential disappearing acts include bird songs, cumulus clouds and your eyesight. “If you choose to view the eclipse, please follow recommended...
By: Phil Hardwick, Magnolia Tribune On March 7, the Small Business Administration announced the 2024 Small Business Persons of the Year for each state. In Mississippi, that person is John Ruskey, owner of Quapaw Canoe Company in Clarksdale. Ruskey will be honored...
By Courtney Ingle, Magnolia Tribune The much-anticipated Great American Northern Eclipse will happen April 8th, and you’ll be able to see the show here in Mississippi at least partially as long as the clouds cooperate. The Magnolia State is not in the line of...
NASA achieved a major milestone April 3 for production of new RS-25 engines to help power its Artemis campaign to the Moon and beyond with completion of a critical engine certification test series at NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi. The...
Mississippi Public Broadcasting today announced Andrew Bicknell as its new chief technology officer/director of Engineering, overseeing the agency’s statewide network of eight towers and 12 microwave towers. Bicknell has worked in broadcasting and communications...
TempStaff, a prominent staffing agency serving Central and Southwest Mississippi, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of EMI Staffing, a well-respected staffing firm based in North Mississippi. This strategic merger marks a significant milestone for...
By Bob Garver “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” is really a tale of two movies. No, not a Godzilla movie and a King Kong movie, rather a movie that follows the human characters and a movie that follows what the movie calls “Titans.” The human portion is...
Mississippi Boychoir is hosting its 3rd annual UNA VOCE SATB Male Honor Choir Festival on April 5th & 6th, 2024. The Finale Concert will be a joint concert with Belhaven’s Treble Song Honor Choir Festival to be held at the Belhaven Center for the Arts, 835...
By Heather Harrison, Mississippi Free Press Outside Callaway Hall on Mississippi University for Women’s campus sits a new historic land marker honoring the institution’s three founding women: Sallie Reneau, Olivia Hastings and Annie Coleman Peyton. The university...
The Mississippi Children’s Museum announced an expansion of their educational and workforce development program today, one month after being named one of the top three children’s museums in the United States by USA Today. The LIFT is the museum’s...
The keys to a healthy future for Mississippi are healthy pregnancies, healthy births, and successful early childhood development. Our maternal and child health programs work to make that happen. Healthy children depend on healthy mothers and the right environment for...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Today In early March, United Rentals announced that they were entering into a definitive agreement to acquire Yak Access, Yak Mat and New South Access & Environmental Solutions out of Hattiesburg from Platinum Equity for approximately...
By: Magnolia Tribune On Friday, Jackson State University will honor 40 of its young alumni who are making remarkable strides as philanthropists and humanitarians in their respective fields and beyond. According to the university, the initiative signifies an era of...
Back in the ancient days of Fred Flintstone and no cell phones, when he was a young dad and a wet-behind-the-ears pastor, Andy had a habit. No, not a habit like we refer to today. But he unconsciously used a certain phrase – constantly. “I’m sick and tired of…” was...
By: Annie Oeth Photos By: Joe Ellis/ UMMC Communications Gordon Gartrell of Belhaven, nurse manager of Children’s of Mississippi’s Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, is one of 18 nurses in the country, and the only Mississippi nurse, receiving the Circle of...
Last year, the U.S. Treasury Department and the Mississippi Development Authority announced the approval of Mississippi’s state plan for up to $86 million in funding under the American Rescue Plan’s State Small Business Credit Initiative. Mississippi...
By: David Tisdale John Green, an acclaimed author whose work includes young adult fiction bestsellers, will be the concluding speaker in the spring 2024 University Forum lineup at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) for the program “In Conversation with...
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Circuit Judge Dewey Arthur sentenced Colby James Tackett to serve 15 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections for the crime of Aggravated DUI resulting in Death. On...
PriorityOne Bank proudly announces the addition of Jamie G. Houston IV to its Board of Directors. Jamie serves as the CEO of Aurora Sustainable Lands, a trailblazing company dedicated to decarbonization, active management, and the conservation of natural hardwoods....
Throughout April, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) will be sharing educational information through promotional channels to inform and encourage the public to utilize native plants. “The drought took a toll on many Mississippians’...
