By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The Mississippi Tourism Advertising Fund received $15.1 million in revenues in the 2025 fiscal year, an increase of $440,000 over the prior year. Of that, the Mississippi Development Authority expended nearly $13.5...
By: Ashby Foote Hold my ampere and read this! The next three years are going to be electrifying! Why? Turn on the financial news today and all you hear is AI (artificial intelligence) this and AI that. AI must be the next BIG THING! Some think it will be...
By: Kara Kimbrough I can’t enter 2026 without sharing the best food and travel finds that made 2025 one to remember. Besides discovering some true gems on supermarket shelves that I’ll use in ’26, The past year also filled with delicious restaurant...
By Bob Garver Back in 2019, brothers Benny and Josh Safdie delivered one of the best films of the year, and possibly the decade, with “Uncut Gems.” The film was, as I wrote in a review earlier this year, “a 135-minute anxiety attack.” And I mean that in...
By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Five local governments in Mississippi have been awarded $44 million in roadway funding under the Safe Streets and Roads for All grant program. The projects are funded through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...
If you are anything like me and a lot of other people in this country, you are sick. Sick and tired of so much around you. Things like, not being able to walk safely to your car in a public parking lot, traffic tie-ups that can keep you trapped on the...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune As a new year begins, healthcare officials are advising residents to get vaccinated against preventable ailments including influenza and measles, especially in at-risk populations. So far this flu season,...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Governor Tate Reeves announced Wednesday that he has signed an Executive Order granting clemency to Maurice Taylor, who he said was illegally sentenced to 20 years in prison, with five years suspended. Reeves’ order...
By: Rachel Vanderford/ UMMC Communications Photos By: Jay Ferchaud/ UMMC Communications The University of Mississippi Medical Center is building a strong foundation for improved maternal and fetal health by investing in foundational care that supports...
The 61st Dixie National Livestock Show and Rodeo will return to Jackson in the new year with an all-American emphasis in honor of the nation’s 250th anniversary. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson invites the public to attend the multiple...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Kermit the Frog will be riding high in the Rose Parade on January 1 in a float sponsored by Visit Mississippi with the theme “Where Creativity Blooms.” Visit Mississippi said the float will be a vibrant...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune If you’re visiting Tupelo and want to understand the city beyond its well-known landmarks, the Oren Dunn City Museum is a wonderful place to begin. Located inside Ballard Park and free to the public, this museum...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune More than $200 million in federal funding has been awarded to the state of Mississippi to help address rural healthcare deficiencies, Governor Tate Reeves announced Monday. Reeves’ office applied for the funding in...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The qualifying deadline for party primary and independent candidates for the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in the 2026 midterms was Friday. Incumbents are running in each of the four congressional...
By Bob Garver All the way back in 2009, director James Cameron introduced the world to the planet Pandora and the Na’vi race in “Avatar.” The film soon set the record for all-time highest grossing movie at both the domestic and international box offices...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Changes are coming to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, that are expected to affect Mississippi financially if the current error rate stays in place. To prevent that from happening, the...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Firehawk Aerospace, a defense technology company specializing in advanced energetics and propulsion, announced Friday that they have reached an agreement to acquire a DCMA-rated integration facility in Crawford,...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Lawmakers in Mississippi are not the only ones considering ways to expand education freedom and provide more parental flexibility. There is a growing national trend away from the traditional zip-code based school...
Attorney General Lynn Fitch announced multistate settlements with automobile manufacturers Hyundai and Kia for their sale of millions of vehicles nationwide that lacked industry-standard, anti-theft technology, and with Mercedes-Benz USA and Daimler AG for...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Amtrak says more than 46,000 customers have ridden its Mardi Gras Service trains on the twice-daily round trips across Coastal Mississippi between New Orleans and Mobile since its official start on August 18. ”We are...
