By: Chris Burrows, Associated Press The Mississippi Rebels head into a second successive rematch in the College Football Playoff — this time facing the only team to beat them this season. Ole Miss (12-1) defeated Tulane 41-10 Saturday in the opening...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune I always know Christmas is officially here when I start thinking about Belhaven’s Singing Christmas Tree — not when the radio flips to nonstop holiday music, and definitely not when the stores start decorating...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Teacher shortages in Mississippi’s K-12 education system have increased over the previous year, the Mississippi Department of Education reported on Thursday. Officials have cited low teacher pay as contributing to the...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The U.S. Navy announced early Friday morning that Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, a division of HII, has been selected to design and build the future small surface combatant ship. Secretary of the Navy John Phelan...
The Mississippi Board of Animal Health (MBAH) has approved a certificate of veterinary inspection for Santa Claus of the North Pole, authorizing his famous reindeer to enter Mississippi on Christmas Eve, December 24, 2025, for a holiday delivery run. “I...
By: Kelley Williams, Chair Bigger Pie Forum Cliff Notes began as short plot summaries of classic novels and stories. Now they are cribs about complex topics and spin. Corps Speak is the US Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) clever spin that evades ...
By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi is among three states that have voluntarily agreed to provide their full voter registration lists to the U.S. Department of Justice. The others are Louisiana and Tennessee. The move comes after the Justice...
By Bob Garver Since this weekend’s highest-grossing as-yet-unreviewed theatrical film, 205-minute Indian actioner “Dhurandhar,” is playing on only 377 screens in the entire country, I thought I’d take this opportunity to review something a little more...
By: Eric Olson, Associated Press Unlike last year’s debut of the 12-team College Football Playoff, weather should not be a factor in any of the first-round games this weekend. Southeastern Conference teams Oklahoma, Mississippi and Texas A&M and one...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Lawmakers are set to return to the Capitol January 6th to convene the 2026 session of the Mississippi Legislature. Both Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R) and Speaker Jason White (R) have been working with members in the...
Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana Inc. is establishing operations in Vicksburg, bringing new investment and job opportunities to the River City. The project represents a $3.43 million corporate investment and will create 17 jobs as the company expands its footprint...
As part of the ongoing, nationwide America250 celebrations, Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson and the Mississippi State Fairgrounds released a video recapping the 2025 Great American Mississippi State Fair that was held in the capital city in...
By Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez Adams County is poised to install a new state historical marker on the grounds of the Adams County Courthouse that will honor its 10 Black legislators elected during Reconstruction. The marker is part of the...
By: Tally Duke/UMMC Communications Photos By: Melanie Thortis/UMMC Communications Century Club Charities, host of the Sanderson Farms Championship, has once again reached a milestone in giving—donating $1 million from...
Mississippi State University welcomed leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, or ARS, to campus on Tuesday [Dec. 16] to celebrate the retirement of Johnie Jenkins, an ARS Hall of Fame research plant geneticist whose 64-year...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Mississippi has a goal of more of its citizens being trained in an industry recognized credential or obtaining a college degree, an effort referred to as Ascent to 55%. Jennifer Rogers, Director of State Student...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are some places in Mississippi that feel less like restaurants and more like personal joy portals. For me, Crave in downtown Tupelo is exactly that—a sugar-dusted, pink-lined portal straight into happiness. I...
By Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune The unassuming and soft-spoken John Evans, proprietor of Jackson’s beloved Lemuria Book Store, credits his eleventh-grade English teacher at Murrah High School, Bea Donnelly, and American author Ernest Hemingway with...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Evan Turnage was born in Mississippi’s 2nd Congressional District in 1992. “This was the poorest district and the poorest state in the country,” Turnage said of the Mississippi Delta region. The next year, then-Hinds...
By: Brad Viator Electricity rates are going up nationwide, and data centers aren’t always to blame. But a common misconception by some unfamiliar with how power grids work, is that data centers strain public utilities and raise electricity rates for existing...
