By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate has pushed back the trial date yet again for alleged Beth Israel arsonist Stephen Spencer Pittman. In an order issued Wednesday, Wingate granted Pittman’s defense additional time to...
By Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune For steak connoisseurs, this Mississippi treasure is worth knowing. Just thirty minutes south of Hattiesburg, near Highway 49 in Wiggins, Mississippi, Black Jack Ranch is changing what people expect from a...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune The special legislative session called by Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves (R) on Wednesday gaveled in as lawmakers got to work on the state’s youth court system. The agenda for the special session, which is controlled...
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Absolutely nobody I’ve ever known loves to go to see the doctor. In fact, we usually put up with pain until it becomes pretty unbearable, and only then do we begrudgingly drag ourself to visit that dreaded human...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Governor Tate Reeves (R) announced Tuesday that he is calling a special session on Wednesday, July 15, at 3 p.m. so lawmakers can reauthorize the state’s youth courts. “The special session is necessitated by the June 30...
By Ashley Craig, Magnolia Tribune Petty Officer 1st Class Andre Sampson, a native of Gulfport, Mississippi, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to USS Harry S. Truman, a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier operating out of Norfolk, Virginia. Sampson graduated from...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Michael Watson announced his campaign for Lieutenant Governor in April, setting out on an 11-city tour across Mississippi to spread his message. In an interview with Magnolia Tribune this week, Watson, a two-term...
The City of Crystal Springs is proud to announce its participation in the Mississippi Arboreta Trail (MAT), a statewide initiative designed to recognize and promote public arboreta that celebrate Mississippi’s trees, native plants, environmental...
If you’re a parent preparing for back-to-school, your children can get their birth certificates, school entry/registration forms and immunizations during a special Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) one-stop shop. During the two-week event,...
Aluminum Dynamics, a recycled aluminum manufacturer, plans to invest more than $200 million to build a recycled aluminum slab center in Lowndes County, creating 100 new jobs and expanding Mississippi’s growing advanced manufacturing sector. The new facility will...
The Mississippi Farmers Market is expanding access to fresh, locally grown produce and agricultural products this summer with another weekday market day on Wednesday, July 15. Shoppers can visit the Market from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. this Wednesday in addition...
By: Only In Mississippi The Stamps family bought a grocery store and meat market on Dalton Street in Jackson in 1970. They ran it as a grocery for a decade. Then one Sunday afternoon, patriarch Algernon Stamps Sr. wanted a hamburger, walked to the store, and...
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) will make available state Education Enhancement Funds (EEF) to all public-school districts on July 15 for teachers to purchase instructional supplies for their classes throughout the school year. For the first time,...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Bus operators associated with the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local-1208, which represents over 60 of the cities’ public transit system employees, have gone on strike as of July 13 at 4 a.m. JTRAN is operated under...
by Marilyn Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi is filled with historic homes, each with its own stories, secrets, and memories tucked within weathered walls and beneath wide Southern porches. Some stand quietly as reminders of the past....
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi’s full congressional delegation supported the 21st Century ROAD (Renewing Opportunity in the American Dream) to Housing Act on its final passage in late June. The legislation is the first comprehensive...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune The first certificate of need exemption under the newly created Small Community Hospital Pilot Program has been granted to a hospital in the City of Magnolia. The CON exemption for Beacham Hospital will allow the...
By Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez Mayor Dan Gibson presented a proclamation Monday officially recognizing July 13 as Julyteenth, the day freedom for enslaved people came to Natchez with the arrival of the Union Army on July 13, 1863. “This...
Pacesetter Gallery invites the public to their 5th Annual Birthday Party on July 24, 2026, from 1:30 p.m. – 6 p.m. to celebrate five years in business. The gallery featuring all Mississippi-made art and unique gifts was awarded the Tourism Attraction of...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Earlier this week, President Donald Trump (R) hosted an event at the White House to officially launch the nation’s new, custodial-style traditional IRA for minors, referred to as Trump Accounts. Ever opposed to Trump,...
