By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Tucked away in the corner of a shopping center on Highway 49 in Richland is a place where your taste buds will get a pleasant surprise. If you’ve never had a fried hand pie, then the folks at Tom’s Fried Pies are...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune In an effort to address the state’s obesity epidemic and subsequently address the health effects associated with it, the Mississippi Legislature is considering allowing GLP-1 medications such as Semaglutide to be...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Are you ready for hunting season? Need to stock up on ammo or perhaps grab a new shotgun? Or maybe you just want a new firearm for safety reasons. Here is your chance. Mississippi’s Second Amendment Sales Tax holiday...
By Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney The day after Hurricane Katrina, I was handing out hot dogs to evacuees in Vicksburg. I stopped what I was doing when Gov. Haley Barbour’s office called and told me to get on a Blackhawk helicopter and head south. Soon, I...
By: Richelle Putnam, Magnolia Tribune Wilton Brad Watson was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on July 24, 1955. His parents were Robert Earl Watson and Bonnie Clay, and he had two brothers: Clay, the oldest, and Craig, the youngest. Brad’s son, Jason,...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune President Donald Trump said Monday on Truth Social that his administration will work toward eliminating mail-in ballots and certain kinds of voting machines. “I am going to lead a movement to get rid of MAIL-IN...
The Mississippi Department of Education urges all education stakeholders to recognize Attendance Awareness Month in September. Schools, districts and local organizations are encouraged to promote the benefits of students maintaining regular attendance at school...
By: Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune If you’ve spent any time along our beautiful Mississippi Gulf Coast, you know certain places just seem to hold the soul of the shoreline. For me, the White House Hotel in Biloxi is one of those rare treasures....
By Kara Kimbrough Call me strange, but I don’t despair during the short period of time in which we experience a rare phenomenon: winter. Chilly temperatures and early nightfall provide permission to take our lives down a notch and spend cozy evenings...
Leaders from Mississippi State University, the U.S. Air Force, City of Biloxi, and Gov. Tate Reeves broke ground on the future home of the Mississippi Cyber and Technology Center on Tuesday [Aug. 19], marking a major milestone in the advancement of...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi is getting another multi-billion-dollar investment, this time from a Connecticut-based developer and operator of sustainable data centers. Governor Tate Reeves announced Tuesday that AVAIO Digital was...
By: Annie Oeth, UMMC Communications A new joint guideline from the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology calls for earlier diagnosis and treatment of hypertension to reduce risk of heart attack, stroke, kidney disease,...
By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi Democrats are gathered in Gulfport this week to discuss the party’s platform and to here from speakers that include Congressman Bennie Thompson and Rev. Dr. William Barber, II, chairman of the NAACP’s...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Multiple governors from Republican-led states have announced that they were sending their own National Guard troops to D.C. to support President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown in the nation’s capital. Mississippi...
Mississippi State and East Central Community College in Decatur are partnering to create a seamless transfer pathway for culinary arts students to pursue a bachelor’s degree in culinology at the university. MSU President Mark E. Keenum and ECCC President Brent...
State Farm ® and the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC) have teamed up for the second year to support local volunteer fire departments with funding to secure needed equipment to help keep their responders safe and protect their communities. Through this...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The U.S. Supreme Court has denied NetChoice’s emergency application to temporarily halt Mississippi’s law known as the “Walker Montgomery Protecting Children Online Act.” The law, which was unanimously passed by the...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi may become the next state in the nation to enact Food Restriction Waivers on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits. A dozen states have set plans in motion to install Food Restriction...
By: Annie Oeth, UMMC Communications Photos By: Melanie Thortis/UMMC Communications The University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing received a $2 million grant from the Bedford Falls Foundation – DAF to support undergraduate programs through the...
The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office has been alerted the Voter Participation Center, a private organization, plans to send voter registration mailers to Mississippi residents. The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office and county Circuit...
