Walmart is accepting applications for its 11th annual Open Call event, inviting small business owners and entrepreneurs across the U.S. to apply for the opportunity to pitch their products to be sold on Walmart or Sam’s Club shelves or on Walmart.com and...
By: Rachel Vanderford Photos By: Joe Ellis/ UMMC Communications The University of Mississippi Medical Center is leasing brand-new medical office space directly across from the future ambulatory surgical center on Colony Park Boulevard in Ridgeland. The surgical center...
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) is investing over $1.7 million through grants for the arts in more than 300 organizations, schools, and individual artists throughout the state for the fiscal year 2025. The grant awards include MAC’s arts integration...
The Nissan Foundation is awarding $1.2 million in grants to 44 nonprofits promoting cultural understanding that leads to acceptance and appreciation of our differences. This is the most the Foundation has awarded in a single grant cycle. Grant recipients are based in...
By: Annie Oeth Photos By: Joe Ellis/UMMC Photography Ashley and Tyler Meyers of Laurel have five reasons to celebrate. The couple welcomed quintuplets – two boys and three girls – at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The babies were born July 5 at Wiser...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune The city of Hattiesburg is known for many things. The University of Southern Mississippi. Stunning natural surroundings. Top class medical facilities. And hamburgers. Officials from Visit Hattiesburg have identified a variety of...
Oh yeah, Brenna was furious! No doubt about that. Absolutely amazing how the very air around her sizzled, and at the same time, made everyone nearby feel like they had just stepped into a sub-Arctic meat freezer. The words blazing from her firepit-mouth could strip a...
By Courtney Ingle, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi Freedom Trail is more than a series of markers across the state. The Mississippi Freedom Trail is a tour of the people, places, and events that molded the fight against oppression in the Civil Rights Movement in the...
In conjunction with Mississippi Farmers Market Week, which runs July 7-13, 2024, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced the certified farmers markets across the state of Mississippi. Mississippi Farmers Market Week was established by the...
By Nathan Duff Delta State University is proud to announce the launch of the Collaborative for Rural STEM Education (CRSE), a groundbreaking initiative designed to provide professional development and essential resources for STEM teachers in the Mississippi Delta. The...
The University of Mississippi has named John Higginbotham as the new vice chancellor of research and economic development. Higginbotham, who has more than 25 years’ experience in research, grant writing and university leadership, will start his new...
Representatives of Mississippi ground and air ambulance services and fire-rescue departments will link with a national EMS organization to honor four emergency medical caregivers from the state who died due to injury or illness incurred while helping patients. ...
By: Jim Beaugez, Magnolia Tribune Morgan Dudley has seen her share of stunners perform on the Grand Opera House stage during her five years at Meridian’s MSU Riley Center, but one 2022 show in particular rises above them all. Bob Dylan, touring in support of his Rough...
Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson announced the hire of administrative staff members with the Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC). Beginning July 1, 2024, Commissioner Gipson welcomed Major Steve Shows as Director...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune The full enforcement deadline for Real ID use is less than a year away. REAL ID is a secure form of identification that meets federal security standards for state issued licenses, driver license permits or identification cards....
By Kara Kimbrough Describing the unique features and sights of charming Grapevine, Texas in a few hundred words is an impossible task. Visiting the city on the outskirts of Dallas was an enjoyable, eye-opening experience that left me wanting to return. I knew little...
The Waveland community is abuzz with excitement as the groundbreaking ceremony for the highly anticipated $16 million dual-brand Marriott hotel took place on Tuesday, July 9th, near the intersection of Highway 90 and Old Spanish Trail. This unique hotel concept will...
Five Disaster Recovery Centers will close permanently at 6 p.m. on July 8th. These five centers are located at: Hancock County (Kiln) Tax Collector’s Office & Storm Preparedness Center (look for the FEMA and MEMA signage) 18335 Highway 603 Kiln, MS 39556...
The Mississippi Farmers Market Summer Senior Day takes place in celebration of Mississippi Farmers Market Week, July 7-13. This event is free to attend and is open to all ages. The Market, open 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Thursday, July 11, will feature local products for...
By Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune Jackson’s Beth Henley sprang to fame when her 1981 play Crimes of the Heart received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama even before its Broadway debut. She was thirty years old. At the time, no female playwright in the award’s 23-year...
