Recently, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) highlighted record-breaking consumer engagement over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend as strong evidence that confidence in the U.S. economy, which is anchored by small businesses, is returning under...
By: Richelle Putnam, Magnolia Tribune Every holiday season, something magical unfolds in Meridian. Merrehope, the city’s stately antebellum mansion, transforms itself into a storyland of twinkling lights and exquisite, sometimes quirky, decorations. Now...
By Bob Garver 2016 was a great year for animation. Disney gave the world a new musical masterwork in “Moana.” Pixar had its biggest hit up to that point in “Finding Dory.” Even underdog Laika came out with cult classic “Kubo and the Two Strings.” But the...
By: Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez Home with Heroes will host the annual Wreaths Across America ceremony at 11 a.m. Saturday, December 13, at the Natchez National Cemetery. The annual event is part of a nation-wide program in which millions of...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A list of projects that will be submitted to the Mississippi Legislature was finalized by the state’s Opioid Settlement Council this week. Final approval of any projects will be made by lawmakers during the upcoming...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Here we come a-wassailing Among the leaves so green; Here we come a-wand’ring So fair to be seen. Love and joy come to you, And to you, your wassail too; And God bless you and send you a Happy New Year And God send you...
By: Roscoe Barnes III, Visit Natchez The 2026 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Parade will honor the Natchez Deacons for Defense and Justice, with community leader Jackie Posey serving as grand marshal, announced Parade Chairperson Jacqueline Marsaw. The parade,...
A powerful symbol of the nation’s past, present, and future arrived in Mississippi this past week as the traveling U.S. flag from America Waves Flag Sojourn 250 made its ceremonial stop in Jackson, Mississippi. Community members and state leaders gathered to...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Voters returned to the polls Tuesday, December 2, to fill vacated seats in two Mississippi state Senate districts. The non-partisan contests in Senate District 24 and Senate District 26 featured fields with multiple...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) has acquired Fountainhead, the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed property in Jackson’s Fondren neighborhood, following approval by the Jackson Planning and Zoning Board and City Council....
By: Magnolia Tribune Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss was named the best college football player in Mississippi this season on Tuesday, December 2, earning him the 2025 C Spire Conerly Trophy presented by the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame &...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune High school sophomore Riley Pickich appeared before the Gulfport School Board on Monday to ask their permission to start a chapter of Club America at Gulfport High School. Pickich told the board that despite following all of...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune BWC Terminals is moving forward with a major investment on the Mississippi Gulf Coast as the company establishes a new bulk liquid storage and logistics facility in Pascagoula. The project brings nearly $316 million in...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Two centers at the University of Mississippi have begun work to help the general public, emergency responders and the military be better informed as they respond to potential threats to the state and nation. Ole Miss...
By: Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are Christmas displays… and then there’s the Lewis Lights in Purvis—one of those rare Mississippi traditions that feels less like an event and more like stepping straight into someone’s family story. For...
By: Tally Duke/UMMC Communications Photos By: Jay Ferchaud/UMMC Communications The holiday spirit shines bright at Children’s of Mississippi, thanks to the generous supporters who bring joy through donated items each year. Join in the cheer...
The Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) announces Lila Carter Winfield of Ridgeland, Miss. as the marketing and outreach specialist for the statewide downtown revitalization organization. In this role, Winfield will coordinate the statewide...
Six-year-old Christopher Best of Flora loves everything about space. Diagnosed with the congenital condition known as Pierre Robin sequence, his Make-A-Wish request was simple—he wanted to experience anything and everything to do with rockets. This fall, that wish...
By: Parrish Alford, Magnolia Tribune For Ole Miss, it’s time to move on from the Kiffin spectacle. It was always going to end this way because that’s who Kiffin is — a man searching for the next big thing. The most successful season in modern Ole Miss...
By Bob Garver Previously, in “Wicked” Aspiring witches, green-skinned outcast Elphaba (Cynthia Erivo) and pink-and-popular Glinda (Ariana Grande), started off as enemies at school, but then became friends. They decided to go their separate ways after...
