By: Rachel Vanderford Photos By: Melanie Thortis/ UMMC Photography Her passion for treating patients with traumatic injuries led Dr. Juvonda Hodge to pursue a career in burn surgery. “No one leaves this life without scars of some kind; burn patients are...
Two award-winning feature films presented by the filmmakers will kick off Bay St. Louis’s first independent film festival Saturday, April 27 at the historic 100 Men Hall. Robert Altman’s Mississippi-filmed comedy COOKIE’S FORTUNE will feature screenwriter Anne Rapp...
The Jackson Hinds Library System is set to receive a $3.7 million dollar grant for the Eudora Welty Library Recovery Project. In March of 2023, the City of Jackson’s Office of Planning & Development and Library Board prepared a HUD Congressional Directed Spending...
The Mississippi Main Street Association (MMSA) has received funding from the USDA Rural Community Development Initiative (RCDI) to implement the Mississippi Real Estate Redevelopment Game Plan project in 18 Designated Main Street communities. MMSA will provide...
The Mississippi State Board of Education (SBR) has approved plans for Western Line Collegiate Academy in the Western Line School District and New Albany Middle School in the New Albany School District to become Schools of Innovation for the 2024-25 school year. The...
The risk of a serious, even fatal motor vehicle crash rises significantly in the first several days after moving our clocks forward an hour to start Daylight Savings Time. American Medical Response (AMR) urges motorists to keep the increased risk in mind and drive...
By: Frank Corder Hancock Whitney Corporation has named current Chief Operating Officer Shane Loper as Hancock Whitney Bank President. Loper succeeds retiring president Joe Exnicios. Loper began his career with the company as a computer programmer. During his tenure at...
The Mississippi Arts Commission (MAC) is pleased to announce that Malisha Taylor, a Sophomore at Pascagoula High School, is the 2024 Mississippi Poetry Out Loud® (POL) champion. Tommy Nichol, a Junior at Oxford High School, is the first runner-up, and Sanika Janorkar,...
By Bob Garver I wasn’t the biggest fan of the first installment of director Denis Villeneuve’s take on the Frank Herbert sci-fi classic “Dune” back in 2021. The sounds and visuals were great, and I understood why it won so many technical Oscars that year,...
Daylight savings time on Sunday morning is a good reminder to test smoke alarms and talk to your family about what to do if there is a fire. “So far, there have been 29 fire deaths in 2024,” said State Fire Marshal and Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney. “In 17 of...
With the potential for heavy rain on Friday, drivers should be alert for localized flash flooding. When rising water surrounds your vehicle, you must act quickly and calmly to survive. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has estimated 400 Americans...
Students at The Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science (MSMS) have been provided a unique pathway to fulfill their college dreams through a tuition scholarship partnership between the school and The University of Southern Mississippi (USM). Officials from both...
The Oxford Film Festival (March 21-24, 2024) has announced the schedule and opening night film for the 21st edition of the popular film festival, including an exciting selection of 120 narrative and documentary features and shorts, experimental films, and music...
How do you navigate in this scary world? The way I see it, for most of us it is a matter of one of three possibilities. You either walk by sight – looking at what is in front of you and making a decision from what you see; by instinct – which I call pure gut...
Commissioner of Insurance and State Fire Marshal Mike Chaney announces several staff changes within the Mississippi Insurance Department (MID). Chad Bridges will serve as Director of the Financial and Market Regulation Division. Bridges joined MID in 2004. He is a...
Cities across the state have qualified for a three-year recertification through Welcome Home Mississippi. The WHM program was legislatively mandated in 1994 and is administered by the Mississippi Development Authority. The purpose of the program is to promote...
Governor Tate Reeves announced Tuesday that he was appointing Lisa Beech McGloflin as County Court Judge for Pearl River County. This appointment fills a vacancy created by the promotion of the Honorable Richelle Lumpkin, who was appointed Fifteenth Circuit Court...
Itawamba Community College’s School of STEM will benefit from a $15,000 contribution from the Tennessee Valley Authority. “Because of TVA’s generosity, ICC’s students, who are majoring in STEM-related areas, can experience a weather balloon experiment and a mobile...
Gulf Coast Community Foundation (GCCF) and its first affiliate, the Stone County Community Endowment Committee (SCCEC), have announced the new Stone County Community Endowment Fund. The formal announcement happened at the Rise & Shine Breakfast and Raffle Kickoff...
Two Hinds Community College students received free tuition toward career certificates through a Hinds-sponsored Production Technologist registered apprenticeship with Johns Manville in Richland. Ryshun Watts of Ridgeland and John Toney of Mendenhall completed the...
