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Movie Review: “The Housemaid”

Movie Review: “The Housemaid”

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 9, 2026 | Movie Reviews, Uncategorized

By Bob Garver     “The Housemaid” has unofficially sold itself based on how crazy it gets in its second half. This is slightly less annoying than when movies sell themselves based on their twist endings – at least here, the twist gets a chance to breathe,...
xAI Chooses Southaven for Massive AI Data Center, Creating Hundreds of Jobs

xAI Chooses Southaven for Massive AI Data Center, Creating Hundreds of Jobs

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 8, 2026 | Delta

xAI, the American artificial intelligence company founded by Elon Musk, is bringing a transformative data center project to Southaven, marking the largest economic development investment in Mississippi’s history. The project represents a corporate investment exceeding...
CoffeeTime: “LISTEN TO A MOUTHY FRIEND”

CoffeeTime: “LISTEN TO A MOUTHY FRIEND”

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 8, 2026 | CoffeeTime

Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com     Maybe it truly has been horrible all this time, maybe God did pick you out of all humanity to suffer badly your entire life. Maybe, just maybe, you were selected to show the world how a life of pure misery...
Senior Navy, Marine Corps leaders visit Ingalls in Pascagoula

Senior Navy, Marine Corps leaders visit Ingalls in Pascagoula

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 8, 2026 | Coastal

By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune     Ingalls Shipbuilding welcomed Secretary of the Navy John Phelan, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Daryl Caudle, and Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. Eric Smith on Wednesday to the HII Pascagoula facility. The senior...
College Football Playoff picks: Ole Miss is last hope for SEC to reach first title game in 3 years

College Football Playoff picks: Ole Miss is last hope for SEC to reach first title game in 3 years

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 8, 2026 | Sports

By: Eric Olson, Associated Press     No pressure, Mississippi, but the Southeastern Conference hasn’t gone three years without a football national championship since the turn of the century. The sixth-seeded Rebels are the SEC’s last hope in the College...
Mississippi House proposes ambitious package of school choice reforms

Mississippi House proposes ambitious package of school choice reforms

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 8, 2026 | Statewide

By: Russ Latino, Magnolia Tribune     The kitchen sink. It’s arguably the only thing missing from the Mississippi House of Representatives long awaited school choice proposal. Among the proposals contained in the omnibus bill, HB2, are: An Education Savings...
Mississippi Writers Guild: Looking at the past, anticipating the future

Mississippi Writers Guild: Looking at the past, anticipating the future

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 8, 2026 | Statewide

By: Richelle Putnam, Magnolia Tribune       In Mississippi, where storytelling spreads like kudzu, the Mississippi Writers Guild (MWG) has become the water helping writers to grow and flourish. Since its founding in 2005, the Guild has consistently...
Trial of Ted DiBiase, Jr. gets underway in Mississippi

Trial of Ted DiBiase, Jr. gets underway in Mississippi

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 7, 2026 | Capital/River

By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune     Former professional wrestler Ted DiBiase, Jr. will stand trial in Mississippi for his alleged role in the state’s largest public welfare embezzlement scheme using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, or TANF, funds...
No. 6 seed Ole Miss, No. 10 Miami set up College Football Playoff game like no other

No. 6 seed Ole Miss, No. 10 Miami set up College Football Playoff game like no other

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 7, 2026 | Sports

By: John Marshall, Associated Press     Miami barged into the College Football Playoff like a hurricane, a stifling defense and steady quarterback rekindling the magic of 2001. Mississippi has been excelling since its coach left for another program, an...
Senate committee wastes no time in passing bill aimed at shoring up PERS

Senate committee wastes no time in passing bill aimed at shoring up PERS

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 7, 2026 | Statewide

By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune     The Mississippi Senate Appropriations Committee took less than five minutes Tuesday afternoon to approve transferring hundreds of millions of dollars in state funds to shore up the Public Employees’ Retirement System,...
Senate Education Committee moves teacher pay raise, public-to-public transfer bills forward

Senate Education Committee moves teacher pay raise, public-to-public transfer bills forward

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 7, 2026 | Statewide

By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune     On the first day of Mississippi’s 2026 legislative session, the Senate Education Committee kicked things off by sending three bills to the floor, each intended to strengthen the state’s K-12 public school system...
Wicker commends capture of “illegitimate Venezuelan dictator” as Thompson calls U.S. action an “illegal attack”

Wicker commends capture of “illegitimate Venezuelan dictator” as Thompson calls U.S. action an “illegal attack”

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 7, 2026 | Statewide

By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune     American military forces captured Venezuela’s leader Nicolas Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores in an early Saturday morning raid. The two now faces arraignment Monday in a New York federal court on “narco-terrorism”...
GLP-1 drugs among an array of tools to manage weight goals

GLP-1 drugs among an array of tools to manage weight goals

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 6, 2026 | Capital/River

By: Danny L. Barrett Jr./UMMC Communications        Drugs initially approved for diabetes are now an accepted part of fighting obesity and could soon become cheaper for eligible patients. Still, experts stress the multifaceted meds are but one piece of a...
Things to do in the Magnolia State this January 2026

Things to do in the Magnolia State this January 2026

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 6, 2026 | Statewide

By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune     It’s a new year, and with that comes all the promise and hope of great things to come. If you’ve made resolutions, hopefully one of them is to explore what our state has to offer. Exciting things are happening in our...
Mississippi awaits more information on child care funding freeze

Mississippi awaits more information on child care funding freeze

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 6, 2026 | Statewide

By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune     A freeze to federal child care subsidies has been announced by the Trump Administration which could affect families across Mississippi. Yet, the impact remains unknown at this point. The move was made last week after...
Why Won’t the Corps Remove the Mississippi’s Bottleneck?

Why Won’t the Corps Remove the Mississippi’s Bottleneck?

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 6, 2026 | Statewide

By: Kelley Williams, Chair Bigger Pie Forum     The US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) is in charge of flood control on the lower Mississippi River (1928 Flood Control Act).  Congress gave it that job to prevent another disastrous 1927 flood.  The Corps has...
Mississippi lawmakers to gavel in for 2026 session. What you need to know

Mississippi lawmakers to gavel in for 2026 session. What you need to know

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 5, 2026 | Statewide

By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune     Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R) and Speaker Jason White (R) are set to gavel in the Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives, respectively, Tuesday at noon at the state Capitol. The annual legislative session...
MDE seeks returning, new sponsors for 2026 Summer Food Service Program across state

MDE seeks returning, new sponsors for 2026 Summer Food Service Program across state

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 5, 2026 | Statewide

  The Mississippi Department of Education (MDE) Office of Child Nutrition is seeking sponsors to operate the 2026 Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) in counties across Mississippi. Returning and potential new sponsors are encouraged to attend a virtual training...
Delta State University students and faculty featured in national botany publication

Delta State University students and faculty featured in national botany publication

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 5, 2026 | Delta

  Delta State University (DSU) celebrates the achievements of its environmental science students and faculty, who coauthored a prominent article in the Fall 2025 issue of the Plant Science Bulletin. This accomplishment highlights the exceptional opportunities for...
Sibling duo Between Friends brings alt-pop to concert sponsored by MSU Music Maker Productions

Sibling duo Between Friends brings alt-pop to concert sponsored by MSU Music Maker Productions

by Mississippi Monitor | Jan 5, 2026 | Pines

  It’s not surprising that musician siblings Savannah and Brandon Hudson have more than 2.3 million monthly listeners on Spotify as the alt-pop duo Between Friends. In February, however, fans can put down their earbuds and headphones and get ready to hear these...
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