“Customer Service” – the belief that every person walking in through the door of the store needs to be treated as vital to the financial life blood of that business. When did it become “Customer To Be Tolerated Or Ignored?” Why have customers seemingly...
Rep. Bennie G. Thompson will host the Regional Agricultural Roundtable this upcoming Friday. This roundtable is a session where task force members have the opportunity to listen to stakeholders and constituents from Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Alabama, and...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today July 3, 2023 As this is written, the Atlanta Braves, who have several Mississippi markings, have the best record in baseball. The Braves are insanely hot at present, having won 23 of their last 26 games to improve their record to...
By Newton Mathews Stepping foot into the strangest town in Mississippi, you might think you’ve ventured into another world. A visit here unveils an unconventional side of Mississippi, an extraordinary blend of Southern hospitality and eccentricity that will captivate...
By Sarah Ulmer U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate temporarily blocked a portion of Senate Bill 2343. The new Mississippi law, which was set to go into effect July 1st, outlines jurisdictional responsibilities for the Capitol Police in Jackson including allowing the...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today June 30, 2023 The U.S. Supreme Court, more than six months after receiving the case, ruled on Friday it will not hear a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of a Mississippi provision that places a lifetime voting ban on many...
By Kara Kimbrough It’s hard to believe, but half of 2023 has slipped away. The halfway point is a good time to reflect on the food and travel-related items are on my favorites list. So, without further ado… Here’s what I’m loving: 1. Blue Bell Sherbet – I’m not sure...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today July 2, 2023 Gov. Tate Reeves proudly proclaims in a campaign advertisement that “more of our people are working in Mississippi than ever before.” That statement running on local television stations would be true for most states,...
By Bob Garver It has been 15 years since famed archeologist/adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) was onscreen in “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” and even longer since he was onscreen in a decent movie. Fans were worried if that creative flop...
by Molly Minta, Mississippi Today June 30, 2023 The governing board of Mississippi’s public university system announced that Alcorn State University’s interim president is leaving next month to focus on his family. The change, which the Institutions of...
by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today July 2, 2023 Tyree Irving, the chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party since 2020, resigned as dozens of the state party’s executive committee members appeared poised to remove him from his seat in a July 6 emergency...
Our country. Home sweet home. The United States of America since 1776. To us citizens, it is the best country in the world. At least, to the citizens who still believe in the values of our great, great, great grandparents’ ancestors who started this country years...
By Sarah Ulmer According to Atmos Energy, a “search engine phishing” scheme has been revealed. When customers search for “Atmos” online, the online cybercriminals are using search engine optimization (SEO) techniques to place fake websites as the top search result....
Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced that the Mississippi Department of Agriculture of Commerce (MDAC) will host three outreach listening sessions to obtain feedback from the public and key stakeholders on middle-of-the-supply-chain...
by Geoff Pender, Mississippi Today June 29, 2023 U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves has dismissed a gun possession case against a man convicted of a felony, citing a Supreme Court precedent he criticized last year and ruling convicted felons have a Second Amendment...
by Adam Ganucheau, Mississippi Today June 27, 2023 After Mississippi Today published an emailed tirade by state Democratic Party Chairman Tyree Irving that some fear could jeopardize $250,000 in funding for the state party, one of the top Democratic statewide...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today June 28, 2023 The mother of a man allegedly tortured and shot in the mouth by a Rankin County sheriff’s deputy earlier this year and another mother of a man beaten, tased and killed by deputies in 2021 said the recent firing of...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today June 27, 2023 Hospital CEOs are leaving at increasingly higher rates in Mississippi since the pandemic. The state’s hospital CEO turnover rate was 17% in 2021, according to the most recently available data from the American College of...
In 1959, the iconic Barbie doll went on display at the American Toy Fair in New York City. Since this time, over a billion Barbies have been sold. I grew up with Barbies and even had a nice collection, in my early 20’s, of collector Barbie dolls. When Mattel started...
The boat ramps at Lake Bogue Homa have been reopened. The spillway repairs have been completed and the outlet valve has been closed returning the lake to normal levels. Lake Bogue Homa is an 882-acre lake located in Jones County. A state lake permit and a Mississippi...
