Mayo Clinic Laboratories is establishing operations in Southaven with a corporate investment of more than $30 million that is expected to create 234 jobs in DeSoto County. From its new Southaven location, Mayo Clinic Laboratories will perform diagnostic testing...
By Nathan Duff, Delta State University The Steve Azar St. Cecilia Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to Delta State University to support scholarships and program-related expenses at the Delta Music Institute. The award continues the...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi’s Insurance Commissioner announced Monday that his office has enlisted the help of an AI phone assistant named Janie. However, the office will continue to have human staff man the state agency’s customer...
By Eddie Pells, Associated Press Leaders of the Southeastern Conference will meet Thursday to discuss whether to take the extraordinary step of kicking LSU out of the league in the wake of an ugly feud over whether players who spent time in the NFL...
By Cass Rutledge, Magnolia Tribune The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit against the City of Jackson stemming from allegations of lead contamination in the city’s water system. The lawsuit alleged that the City and...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune State Senator Briggs Hopson said Monday that he would not be running for statewide office in the 2027 election cycle. He will also not seek re-election to the Mississippi Senate District 23 seat that he has held for five...
The wide-ranging program for the 83rd National Folk Festival’s Mississippi Folklife Area & Stage was announced today at a press conference inside the House Chamber at the Old Capitol Museum. This is the event’s second year of a three-year residency, scheduled to...
By Nathan Gregory, MSU Extension Service Mississippians will soon be moving once again as the Magnolia Moves Activity Challenge returns this fall. The Mississippi State University Extension Service-led fitness challenge that encourages youth and adults...
By Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez Katherine De’Na Parker has had a camera in her hands for as long as she can remember. Born in New Orleans, she grew up in Slidell, Louisiana, and later Ellisville, Mississippi. “My first camera was...
By Susan Collins-Smith, MSU Extension Service A Mississippi State University Extension Service instructor has joined a statewide network dedicated to helping prevent diabetes and improving the health of Mississippians. Qula Madkin, MSU Extension...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune Seventy years ago, a 21-year-old Elvis Presley came home to Tupelo. He was no longer simply the shy boy from East Tupelo who sang in church and listened closely to the music he heard in his Mississippi hometown. By...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi revenues outpaced legislative estimates again in August, pushing the first two months of the current fiscal year to $71.7 million above estimates. August collections were $51,141,604, or 9.71% above the...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune The U.S. Department of Labor recently approved a waiver for the state of Mississippi to help meet the needs of the state’s workforce. Called the Workflex plan, Mississippi submitted a request for the waiver and...
By Delta State The Bologna Performing Arts Center (BPAC) at Delta State University will open its Fall 2026 Mainstage Series with award-winning country singer-songwriter Jamey Johnson on Thursday, September 10 at 7:30 p.m. Limited seats remain for...
By Eddie Smith, MSU Extension Service The first stop on this month’s tour of the Yazoo National Wildlife Refuge Butterfly Garden in Washington County takes a look at two impressive native perennials. The common boneset and joe-pye weed bring dramatic...
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Linda Ross-Aldy has always been a mover and shaker and continues to do important work, despite being retired. She grew up in “the Mayberry of Mississippi,” the small, sweet town of Oakland, which sits on I-55 between...
Teresa M. Walker, Associated Press Coach Pete Golding has had a simple reminder for No. 9 Mississippi on why the Rebels need to take No. 24 Louisville very seriously. “The last team that put us out of the playoffs got beat by the team we’re about to...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Tax Foundation recently released its State Tax Competitiveness Index. The report is aimed at enabling policymakers, taxpayers, and business leaders to gauge how their states’ tax systems compare across the U.S....
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune One of Mississippi’s three public service commissioners is pushing for a way for low-income residents to keep their water on by using Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, otherwise known as food...
By Bob Garver The big drawback to getting in an advance review of “Coyote vs. Acme” last week is that “Insidious: Out of the Further” is even less relevant this week. The horror film toppled from second place to fourth at the domestic box office,...
