Governor Tate Reeves has partnered with the Mississippi Department of Mental Health (DMH) and declared November 10-16, 2024, as Mississippi Veterans’ Suicide Awareness Week, a time dedicated to recognizing and addressing the mental health challenges...
In a significant boost to Bolivar County’s economy, the Rosedale Distilling Company broke ground today on what will become the largest distillery in Mississippi’s history. The project, which is expected to invest nearly $23.15 million over the next decade, will...
Mississippi Public Service Commissioners announced today the initiation of an investigation and the scheduling of a public show-cause hearing concerning the utility services provided by the Holly Springs Utility District. This decision follows months of...
The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) has released ACT results of all public high school juniors who took the test during the spring 2024 statewide administration. Mississippi is one of 16 states that administers the ACT for free to high school juniors. The...
The Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office has commenced a restoration project on the Mississippi Gulf Coast aimed at revitalizing the infrastructure of the 30 acre state-owned area known locally as the Broadwater Marina (south of Highway 90). Funded...
By: Bob Garver The last time audiences saw superpowered alien symbiote Venom (Tom Hardy) and his human “host” Eddie Brock (also Hardy) on the big screen, it wasn’t in a “Venom” movie, it was in a mid-credits sequence in 2021’s “Spider-Man: No Way Home.”...
November 7th’s Christmas-themed episode of the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce’s (MDAC) Freshly Picked podcast features special guests Wendy Ellis of Red Bird Farms in Attala County and Michael May of Lazy Acres Farm in Newton...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune A change in leadership is coming at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula. Huntington Ingalls, the nation’s largest military shipbuilder, announced Wednesday morning that its Board of Directors has elected Ingalls...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Enrollment numbers released by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning earlier this week show that across all institutions student enrollment increased by more than 2,700 students from Fall 2023 (77,074) to...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune With members in 78 of the state’s 82 counties, a coalition of healthcare providers have formed the Mississippi Healthcare Collaborative. Announced Monday, the Collaborative’s focus is on providing sustainable solutions...
By: Russ Latino, Magnolia Tribune Hinds County District Attorney Jody Owens, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba, and Jackson Councilman Aaron Banks are expected to be arraigned in federal court on Thursday for their alleged roll in a bribery scandal that...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune The oldest multicultural festival of nontraditional arts in the nation is coming to Jackson in 2025. The National Folk Festival founded in 1934 by the National Council of the Traditional Arts (NCTA). Blaine Waide,...
Send any responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com Remember from your childhood all those stories about that man or woman “who lives right over there?” That person you knew from experience – yours or others – to avoid at all costs. Those stories varied...
By: Kara Kimbrough I’ve said it before but it bears repeating: casseroles get no respect. For some reason, the dishes that gained popularity in the 1970’s have fallen out of favor. I’m not sure if it’s due to the amount of sodium-filled cream of mushroom (or...
Hinds Community College will have a ribbon-cutting and building dedication ceremony for the Regional Maritime Training Center on Highway 27 near the Vicksburg-Warren Campus. The ceremony will be at 10:30 a.m. TODAY. The center will be dedicated to the memory of...
Hinds Community College Head Football Coach Larry Williams has announced he is stepping down at the end of the semester. Williams has coached two stints at Hinds, from 2003 to 2009 and from 2013 to the present. He was the defensive coordinator prior to being...
Tecumseh Products Company, a leading manufacturer of refrigeration and air conditioning products, is making a significant investment in its Verona, Mississippi facility. The $3.4 million project will support 135 jobs in the region and will enhance the...
The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum’s annual Harvest Festival begins tomorrow, Tuesday, November 5, and runs through Saturday, November 9, 2024. This event will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. each day. Admission is $8 per person for ages 3 and up. The...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Two new charter schools have been approved to set up operation within the state of Mississippi. Approval was provided during a meeting held on Monday by the Mississippi Charter School Authorizer Board. Grant Callen, founder...
November is National Diabetes Month, and the Mississippi State Department of Health is spreading awareness by organizing a two-day event highlighting the importance of prevention, early detection and management of the disease that is the eighth leading cause of death...
