Packaging solutions provider DRC Industries is expanding into Lowndes County with a $4 million investment that will create 50 jobs, state and local officials announced. The company will establish operations at an existing facility in Columbus, where it will...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There’s nothing quite like Oxford on Ole Miss move-in weekend. Before the sun is fully up, SUVs and pickup trucks are already lined up outside residence halls. Parents are pushing overloaded carts across campus,...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune According to Pew Research, 18 states have never elected a female as governor, with Mississippi among the lot. As of Tuesday, Lynn Fitch is looking to change that. “I still have something to give back to Mississippi,”...
MSU Office of Public Affairs Tony and Grammy Award-winning Broadway star Leslie Odom Jr. is sure to pack Mississippi State’s Bettersworth Auditorium for the first performance of the university’s 2026-27 Lyceum Series. Odom Jr., best known for his portrayal of...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A budget request for Fiscal Year 2028 that includes a 3% staff pay raise was approved by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board this week. The Board also heard public input on a revised version of the...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A desegregation order sitting over the Rankin County School District for six decades was lifted earlier this week in the U.S. District Court for North Mississippi. The school district had been under the order since...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Multiple sources have confirmed to Magnolia Tribune that the initial autopsy performed on Nolan Wells by the Mississippi State Medical Examiner as well as the toxicology report ordered by that office has been completed,...
After nearly two decades of helping visitors discover the fascinating world of Mississippi’s native reptiles, Elvis, a speckled kingsnake, is officially retiring from public programs and appearances at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science. While Elvis will...
By Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez Greg Iles and Ser Seshsh Ab Heter-C. M. Boxley, both of Natchez, are featured in the Mississippi Encyclopedia, and their entries are spotlighted on the publication’s homepage. Iles was a New York Times...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi Governor Tate Reeves was among 23 Republican governors across the country who signed on to a letter sent to President Donald Trump on Wednesday backing the SAVE America Act’s inclusion in the latest...
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune What started as a bartender competition in Oxford has morphed into a full-blown weekend of culinary competitions, tastings, and immersion into Mississippi’s dynamic culinary scene. Coordinated by the Yoknapatawpha Arts...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A new 14-week training program is being established at Meridian Community College to help staff a data center being built by Compass in the Central Mississippi region. It is estimated that the U.S. will need an...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi U.S. Senate candidate Scott Colom has announced that U.S. Senator Angela Alsobrooks, a Democrat from Maryland, will spend the day in Jackson campaigning with him on Saturday. Given Alsobrooks’ stated policy...
By Bob Garver Quite understandably, major studios didn’t want to schedule any new releases for the weekend between “The Odyssey” and “Spider-Man: Brand New Day.” I had to go down past fifth place at the domestic box office to find some also-rans that I hadn’t...
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune In the world of wine, a trained expert will receive the designation of sommelier. In the world of brewing beer, there is a similar designation – the Master Cicerone, and David Reese, brewmaster at Biloxi’s Fly Llama...
By Eddie Pells, Associated Press A reworked Senate bill designed to regulate college sports proposes to more than double the amount of money schools could share with players as part of a flurry of revisions designed to win the support of the Big Ten and...
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Little Judy was full to the brim with questions for her daddy. She was watching the city’s annual July 4th parade for the very first time, and the marching bands, the prancing horses, the enormous floats and the...
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame & Museum will celebrate the accomplishments of seven outstanding athletes, coaches and sports leaders during its 63rd Annual Induction Weekend presented by Huntington Bank on Friday, July 31, and Saturday, Aug. 1....
Last week, the Mississippi Agriculture and Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB) successfully recovered a tractor and skid steer stolen from a transport trucking company delivery trailer in Yazoo County. On July 19, the Yazoo City Police Department received a report...
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune The Wolfe name is synonymous with fine clay art in Mississippi. The Wolfe Studio, tucked away in a now-bustling area off Old Canton Road in Jackson, is still an oasis, filled with nature and creativity. The art...
