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...
By Douglas Carswell America faces an axis of aggression. China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are not only actively undermining US interests. They increasingly seem to be working together. How should America respond? According to a new report published by Mississippi...
Chancellor Joseph Kilgore of Philadelphia, former Mississippi Bar President Blake Teller of Vicksburg and attorney Michael Carr of Cleveland have been appointed to the Access to Justice Commission. Hinds Chancery Judge Tiffany Grove of Raymond and attorneys Julian...
By: Courtney Ingle, Magnolia Tribune Just outside of the home of Steve and Kay Ellis in Columbus, Mississippi, The Barn is a beautiful display of what happens when you combine community, music, and a passion for helping others. What started as a simple pavilion in the...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune After two years of searching, the Mississippi Department of Education has a new State Superintendent in Dr. Lance Evans. The selection of Dr. Evans was announced in December 2023 as part of a national search to fill the position...
By: Bob Garver “A Quiet Place: Day One” made a grave miscalculation with its advertising. Scenes were filmed with the intention of putting them in the trailers, but not the movie. This way, when people saw the movie, they wouldn’t be able to properly anticipate the...
AARP has announced 4 organizations throughout Mississippi will receive 2024 Community Challenge grants – part of AARP’s largest Investment in communities to date with $3.8 million awarded among 343 organizations nationwide. Grantees will implement quick-action...
Nine women dressed in robes of distinction celebrated as they crossed the auditorium stage on the Rankin Campus in recognition of receiving their High School Equivalency credential. Fifteen women in all from the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility achieved their...
Ever been looked squarely in the eyes and bluntly told you are a bitter, angry person? Probably not. After all, who in their right mind wants to be within twelve feet of a bear and throw heavy stones at that huge, furious mass of muscle and bone? Nobody wants to face...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi’s back-to-school sales tax holiday has moved up two weeks this year as many schools across the Magnolia State start classes even earlier. The 2024 sales tax holiday takes place between 12:01 a.m. on Friday, July 12th and...
Delta Music Institute Director and Chair of Entertainment Industry Studies Richard Tremmel has been selected by his peers to join the Recording Academy as part of the new member class of 2024. Tremmel received nominations from colleague Barry Bays, DMI...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune William Alexander Percy, born in 1885 in Greenville, Mississippi, was a Harvard Law School graduate, poet, and owner of Trail Lake Planting Company. His estate has donated the original handwritten manuscript of Percy’s 1941...
Today, the Mississippi Congressional Delegation released a video reading portions of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration of Independence was signed and released on the 4th of July, 1776, as an act against the British government for continuing to...
Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann is proposing several policy measures in the 2025 Legislative Session to tackle Mississippi’s high chronic absenteeism rate in public schools across the state. Chronic absenteeism is defined as missing more than 18 days of the school year,...
By: Rachel Vanderford Photos By: Joe Ellis/ UMMC Communications In 2023, we experienced the hottest year on record, and now, halfway through 2024, there’s a strong possibility of another record-breaking year. Last month marked the 12th consecutive month of...
By: Kara Kimbrough I’m not sure how – or when – it happened, but 2024 is more than halfway done. Before more time elapses, here are the items that have made cooking, eating and traveling a little more memorable in the first six months. 1. The first one is...
Madison and Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, Jr. announced that on June 24, 2024, Dawton Gage Whatley, 19 of Walls, Mississippi, pled guilty to second degree murder in the death of Lemetrius Hollins. On February 5, 2024, officers with the Madison...
