The Mississippi Symphony Orchestra wraps its 80th anniversary season Bravo Series with a climactic concert starting with audience favorite Scott Cuellar at the piano on Rachmaninoff’s demanding Piano Concerto No. 3 and wrapping with Sibelius’ triumphant Symphony No....
By Representative Clay Mansell The Mississippi House reconvened at 2:00 PM on Monday, marking the start of the tenth week of the 2025 legislative session. Several key bills were passed, addressing a range of policy areas. The House observed a moment of silence...
NASA’s Stennis Space Center employee Melissa Wagner of Pass Christian, Mississippi, received an Honoree Award from the agency’s Space Flight Awareness Program on March 10 for outstanding support of human spaceflight. Wagner is a NASA contract specialist in the...
NASA’s Stennis Space Center employee Samone Wilson of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, received an Honoree Award from the agency’s Space Flight Awareness Program on March 10 for outstanding support of human spaceflight. Wilson is a NASA public affairs specialist in...
In recognition of National Ag Day, the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce will host a press conference and blueberry orchard planting on the north side of the Mississippi State Capitol grounds in downtown Jackson tomorrow, Tuesday, March 18, beginning...
If your home was damaged in the March 14-15 storms, now is the time to take action. File a claim and let your insurance company know the extent of the damage. If you need assistance with an insurance question or claim, call the Mississippi Insurance Department at...
By: Magnolia Tribune . A devastating storm system tore through Mississippi on Saturday, March 15, leaving destruction and tragedy in its wake. The storms, which included multiple tornadoes, caused significant damage across several counties, claimed lives, and...
Delta Blues Museum is launching a new fundraising event series to honor musicians influenced by the Blues, demonstrating the power of Blues music and how it lives on in other genres. Just in time for the 2025 Juke Joint Festival, Delta Blues Museum’s first...
By: Annie Oeth, UMMC Communications Two University of Mississippi Medical Center programs are ranked in the top quarter for National Institutes of Health funding by the Blue Ridge Institute for Medical Research (BRIMR). The UMMC School of Nursing is ranked...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi Outdoor Stewardship Trust Fund (MOSTF) Board of Trustees have awarded a new round of competitive grants totaling more than $13.4 million for 28 conservation and outdoor recreation projects around the...
By Bob Garver “Mickey 17” is the kind of movie where you just have to trust the filmmaker to take you on a ride. Fortunately, it’s a filmmaker who has proven trustworthy with such rides in the past. Six years ago, writer/director Bong Joon-ho released...
The Mississippi Board of Animal Health (MBAH) has been notified by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory that poultry from a commercial broiler breeder chicken flock in Noxubee County, Mississippi has tested positive...
By: Annie Oeth, UMMC Communications Run the Rainbow for Children’s, the marathon, half marathon, 10K and 5K benefiting Children’s of Mississippi, is moving to Sunday because of the risk of severe storms Saturday morning. The start times for the USA Track &...
By: Annie Oeth, UMMC Communications Photos By: Melanie Thortis and Lindsay McMurtray/ UMMC Communications Families came from Bogue Chitto, Fulton, Meridian, Laurel and other cities around the state to the Kathy and Joe Sanderson Tower last week with one goal in...
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Where does a person go after death? We need to understand one thing from the beginning. When you draw your last halting shallow breath on this earth, from that point on, you are winging it on your own, with no...
By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Legislation to ensure a safe workspace for Child Protective Service (CPS) workers has been on the Senate calendar for action but has yet to be taken up. Senators said Tuesday they do not know when the measure be up for...
Seventeen of the nineteen Jones College students that competed in the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) State competition in Biloxi, Mississippi, came home winners. They all placed first or second in their competitive events, qualifying them for...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune After years of discussion, lawmakers are creating the Mississippi Department of Tourism, separating it out from the Mississippi Development Authority, the state’s economic development agency. Tourism in Mississippi...
By Kara Kimbrough Disclaimer: I haven’t watched Meghan Markle’s Netflix cooking show, “With Love, Meghan.” I admired Princess Diana and have similar feelings for Prince William, as well as his wife, Princess Kate. Stodgy King Charles and Meghan’s husband,...
The Nomad’s Journey is a striking new art exhibition that explores the deeply human experience of migration, displacement, and resilience. Through a moving collection of paintings, artist Lucia Duque invites viewers to reflect on the universal longing for belonging...
