By: Annie Oeth, UMMC Communications Photos By: Joe Ellis/ UMMC Communications The next generation of registered nurses is being educated by the University of Mississippi Medical Center School of Nursing in newly renovated classrooms and labs at the South Oxford...
By: Douglas Carswell, President & CEO of the Mississippi Center for Public Policy Mississippi is shedding its image as an economic laggard. Over the past five years, the state’s economic output has grown more than it did over the previous fifteen years combined....
The Healthy Hub Initiative Fruits & Vegetables Distribution, funded by The MolinaCares Accord and led in partnership with Boss Lady Dr. Pam Chatman, Mississippi State University Extension – AIM for CHangE, Delta Directions, University of Mississippi’s CREW, and...
By: Parrish Alford, Magnolia Tribune Ole Miss fans could read the room. Or in this case the stadium — their stadium. Mighty Georgia, national champions twice in the previous three seasons, trotted onto the field at Vaught-Hemingway representing what many...
The Mississippi State Department Health (MSDH) has finished sampling and testing of the public water supply in the Village of Glendora and found no contamination of benzene following a Canadian National (CN) train derailment. On July 8, 2025, the MSDH Bureau of...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune According to filings on the Federal Registry, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has finalized flood hazard determinations for several communities in Mississippi while issuing a notice regarding changes to...
Chancellor Cynthia L. Brewer of Madison was honored on July 10 for her exemplary work and service as a role model for women in the legal profession. The Women in the Profession Section of the Mississippi Bar selected Judge Brewer as the...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune President Donald Trump (R) signed the reconciliation bill, otherwise known as the “one big, beautiful bill” into law on Friday, July 4th at a White House ceremony. Both Mississippi U.S. Senators and three of the state’s...
BY: Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune Sometimes the most unexpected journeys begin with something as simple as a Sunday drive. That’s exactly how it started for Jimmy and Jill Stricklen nearly a decade ago—and today, they’ve built what’s become one of...
By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune A proposed 208-mile natural gas pipeline stretching from Mississippi into Alabama is slowly winding its way through the approval process, according to paperwork the company filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory...
By Bob Garver After three “Jurassic Park” movies and three “Jurassic World” movies, it seems the time has come to kickstart the “Jurassic” franchise again with “Jurassic World: Rebirth.” I’ll give the franchise credit for recognizing that there was no...
By: Rachel Vanderford, UMMC Communications. After receiving a liver transplant at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in 2018, Kimberly Cooley of Duck Hill is back to living a full and active life—shooting sports photography in Grenada, cheering...
By: Roscoe Barnes III, Visit Natchez Markeith Thompson, 2025 graduate of Natchez High School, is the 2025 recipient of a $1,000 scholarship awarded by the Hugh Green Scholarship Foundation. Hugh Green, a retired NFL football player and the namesake of...
Send responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com The very thing that you dread and fear can keep you keep thinking about it. A lot, in fact. And that constant thinking can give way to obsessive anxiety. And then the obsessive anxiety and fear begin to take...
By: Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune Tucked beneath the longleaf pines on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi, there’s a place where childhood lives on—not just in memory, but in ink, paper, and imagination. The de Grummond...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Automotive News reported Monday that Nissan has informed suppliers that it will postpone the start of production of two electric crossovers at its plant in Canton by nearly a year to 2028. A memo from the company cites...
Mississippi State is one of 10 land-grant universities leading a nationwide effort to combat herbicide resistant weeds threatening U.S. soybean production. Supported by a $500,000 grant from the United Soybean Board, the Herbicide Resistance Monitoring Network, or...
By: Lynne Jeter, Magnolia Tribune Select Mississippi tech companies were center stage at a national defense innovation premier pitch event held earlier this year, marking the third consecutive appearance for the state’s tech firms and underscoring the...
The Salvation Army of Jackson is proud to announce its upcoming Energy Assistance Blitz, sponsored by Atmos Energy, taking place on Tuesday, July 30, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at The Salvation Army Center located at 570 Beasley Road, Jackson, MS 39206. This...
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune To decrease instances of people suffering from mental health crises being jailed, law enforcement officers across Mississippi have engaged in specialized training. The training, called the Crisis Intervention Team...
