Remember the old TV cartoon “Popeye The Sailor Man?” He had a favorite saying: “I yam what I yam and dat’s all I yam.” And poor old Olive Oyl could never get him to see himself any other way. A popular song put out in the last few years made me remember Popeye and how...
Southern Pine’s Cooperative Youth Leaders recently spent three days in Jackson for Electric Cooperatives of Mississippi’s Cooperative Youth Leadership Workshop. High school juniors Michael Matte, Jackie Sills, Perry Fletcher, Avery Daughdrill, and Savanna...
By Kara Kimbrough Seconds away from pulling a frozen pizza from the supermarket freezer case last week, I glanced at the nutritional info. Learning that a couple of slices, or roughly one-fourth of the pizza, contained close to 800 grams of sodium sent my blood...
The 2024 Advanced Placement (AP) Cohort Report has been released showing that 6,804 Mississippi public school 2023 graduates took AP exams at some point during high school resulting in 36.5% qualifying scores of three or higher. The 2023 figures show an increase of...
Three years ago, neither Itawamba Community College nor the Tupelo Public School District could have imagined the magnitude of success of its Middle College partnership. The accelerated journey to simultaneously achieving diplomas from both institutions has grown...
By Annie Oeth The 2024 Mississippi Miracles Radiothon starts on leap year day, a fitting date because the annual fundraiser is all about leaping. During Mississippi Miracles Radiothon, set for Feb. 29-March 1, there are leaps in donations and celebratory leaps when...
Goodwill Industries of Mississippi is pleased to announce the appointment of Zach Jenkins as the organization’s new Vice President of Operations. In this role, Jenkins will lead strategic initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and further the...
By Nathan Duff FOREIGNER will visit the Mississippi Delta as part of their farewell tour on Tuesday, March 5. This sold-out performance kicks off at 7:30 p.m. at the Bologna Performing Arts Center, featuring an evening of the iconic band’s classic hits. With 10...
The Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum will award the annual Howell and Gillom Trophies presented by the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and Pearl River Resort on Monday, March 11, 2024 at the Pearl River Resort. Mississippi Sports Hall of Famer and...
Story by Lt. Col. Deidre D. Smith and Mr. Daniel Szarek The Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) hosted a joint press conference with the governor’s office regarding the helicopter crash February 23 in Prentiss County, Mississippi. Maj. Gen. Janson D. Boyles, the...
A free family law clinic is scheduled for March 1, 9 a.m. to noon on the Third Floor of the Hinds County Chancery Court, 316 South President Street in Jackson. Low-income residents of Hinds County who qualify for free legal assistance can receive help with...
African Americans are among the highest menthol cigarette smokers in Mississippi. And, African American males have the highest rate of heart disease, according to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Office of Vital Records. Smoking cigarettes, in any...
One week after proposing a second new name in as many months, Mississippi University for Women has backtracked once again. President Nora Miller released a statement Wednesday that the university was taking a “strategic pause” to examine its renaming...
By Bob Garver It was a good idea for “Bob Marley: One Love” to open on Valentine’s Day. Not just because there hadn’t been a decent box office performer in weeks (and even “Mean Girls and “The Beekeeper” were only mild hits) and the market was ripe for a takeover. Not...
By: David Tisdale Cynthia Leitich Smith, a New York Times bestselling author, will be recognized as the 2024 Southern Miss Medallion Winner when The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) hosts the annual Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival and Ezra Jack...
Does it seem to you that God is always saying “No” or “Don’t do that” or “Thou shalt not?” If you think that, you are not alone. Many people feel the same way. Seems as if all He wants to do is stop them from enjoying life. And it also seems to them that if they do...
by Alex Rozier The National Transportation Safety Board opened an investigation last week into two natural gas-fueled explosions in Jackson that happened last month, one of which killed an older woman. On Wednesday, Rep. Bennie Thompson released a statement asking for...
Biloxi Main Street has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Knight Foundation Fund, a Gulf Coast Community Foundation (GCCF) fund established by a generous contribution from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. This grant will help fund Phase II of the HowHop...
The latest Mississippi Blues Trail markers were unveiled today in Holly Springs. The markers, located in Blues Alley near 125 N Center Street, memorialize the life and work of R.L. Burnside and David “Junior” Kimbrough, blues performers who were...
After 38 years of service to the Jackson and Hinds County Community, the Eudora Welty Library located at 300 N. State Street is packing up and moving out. The Administrative Board of Trustees approved use of storage at the Jackson Medical Mall located on 350 W Woodrow...
