By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi Legislature established a new Purple Alert during this year’s session meant to aid families and law enforcement in locating a missing person who is known to have a mental or cognitive disability. Purple Alerts join a...
If you’re traveling internationally this summer, the Mississippi State Department of Health wants you to bring back souvenirs, not an infection. Follow these recommendations to keep you and your family safe: Check your destination. Visit Destinations |...
By: Bob Garver Watching “The Bikeriders,” the word “inauthentic” kept driving through my mind. For example, I wasn’t buying pretty-boy Austin Butler as a tough biker. There is a planet where Butler can come off as intimidating and that planet is called...
The Mississippi Public Service Commission, on June 13, 2024, approved a new area code to be assigned to the same area occupied by the 662 code. The new area code is 471. According to the North American Numbering Plan Administrator (NANPA), numbering resources for...
Madison and Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, Jr. announced that on June 24, 2024, Judge Dewey Arthur sentenced Denarious Evans, 24, to twenty-five years without the possibility of parole for the sale of fentanyl. On three separate occasions in August...
A Christian school’s relocation from Jackson to the Morrison Heights Mission Campus in Clinton opens new horizons, as Providence Christian Academy (formerly Kaleidoscope Heights) finds a more suitable space and fills a niche in the community’s education choices,...
On Tuesday, Walter C. Morrison IV, Mayor of Gluckstadt, Mississippi, honored Central Mississippi Realtors® (CMR) for the vital role they have played in protecting a marketplace for consumers to buy, own and sell real estate in Central Mississippi since their founding...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune There are few restaurants in Jackson with the longevity of Martin’s Downtown. Previously known as Martin’s Restaurant & Bar, Martin’s was founded in 1953 by Martin Lassiter. He opened his business on the corner of Silas Brown...
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and FEMA are relocating a Mobile Disaster Recovery Center from Hinds Community College in Raymond, Miss to a new location in Bolton, Miss. This center will open at 8 a.m. on June 27, 2024, to help survivors affected...
Losing is not for the faint-hearted. It takes its toll on your mind, your emotions, and your body, no doubt about it. It literally takes a champion at heart to lose, because you have to have a lot of courage to face the battering of your self-esteem. And your...
By: Jim Beaugez, Magnolia Tribune Before Blind Melon’s signature hit song, “No Rain,” became inescapable on MTV and alternative-rock radio in 1993, the most anyone knew about the band was singer Shannon Hoon’s childhood friendship with Axl Rose of Guns N’ Roses. But...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Delta State University’s proposed changes to its academic programs were approved by the Board of Trustees for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) during this month’s meeting. The cuts are being made as cost saving...
By Kara Kimbrough I’ve always loved the Mississippi Gulf Coast for its unending natural beauty stretching as far as the eye can see…among hundreds of other attributes, of course. But there’s a feature remains one of the primary reasons I visit as often as...
By: Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune **Glamping: noun: camping with some of the comforts and luxuries of home. LongLeaf Piney Resort is nestled among towering pine trees, scenic bike and hiking trails a few miles west of Hattiesburg at Mile 10 on the 44-mile paved...
The State Fire Marshal’s Office (SFMO) encourages firework safety this Independence Day. The SFMO performs pyrotechnic inspections for shows that are performed on state owned properties. Pyrotechnics companies must apply for a permit for shows. Once received, the...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune It’s just a blip on Highway 49. The little green sign in Rankin County that tells motorists they are passing Star, Mississippi is mostly missed by those driving by. The town is small, but it claims a few notable people who have made...
A member of the ICC family since 2010, Stevenson, who is the dean of Academic Instruction, previously served as American History instructor and chair of the Social Science Division. He earned the associate’s degree from ICC, bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune The creation of two new online degree paths were approved by the Board of Trustees for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning this week. Both degree programs were requested by the University of Southern Mississippi....
The Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and FEMA have opened a Disaster Recovery Center in Madison County to help survivors affected by the April 8-11, 2024, severe storms, tornadoes and flooding. Specialists from FEMA, the State of Mississippi and the U.S....
A testament to the company’s work to foster a supportive and inspiring environment for all employees, Nissan has been certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. for the second consecutive year. An impressive 80% of employees surveyed said Nissan is a great place...
