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USM’s Pierce Turns Page on Addiction, Personal Tragedy to Pursue Career Helping Others

USM’s Pierce Turns Page on Addiction, Personal Tragedy to Pursue Career Helping Others

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 28, 2024 | Coastal

By: David Tisdale, USM “I used to walk in the shade With those blues on parade But I’m not afraid, baby My rover’s crossed over.” – From Louis Armstrong’s 1930 song “On The Sunny Side of the Street” After looking over...
Trendy skin products can cause rashes in pre-teens

Trendy skin products can cause rashes in pre-teens

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 26, 2024 | Capital/River

By: Annie Oeth, UMMC Office of Communications and Marketing     The skin care advice of social media influencers and beauty bloggers may leave pre-teens and young teenagers with rashes and breakouts, University of Mississippi Medical Center experts say....
Stolen Ford Mustang Recovered from Ross Barnett Reservoir After 15 Years Underwater

Stolen Ford Mustang Recovered from Ross Barnett Reservoir After 15 Years Underwater

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 25, 2024 | Capital/River

  On Thursday, October 24, authorities recovered a black 2008 Ford Mustang from the Ross Barnett Reservoir, resolving a case dating back to 2009 when the vehicle was reported stolen. The Reservoir Police Department made the discovery around 1:00 p.m. near Lake...
NASA Stennis Achieves Milestone in Preparation for Future Artemis Testing

NASA Stennis Achieves Milestone in Preparation for Future Artemis Testing

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 25, 2024 | Coastal

NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, achieved a key milestone this week for testing a new SLS (Space Launch System) rocket stage to fly on future Artemis missions to the Moon and beyond. Over a two-week period beginning Oct. 10, crews completed...
Mississippi State Fairgrounds Announces Tickets to the 60th Annual Dixie National Rodeo On Sale to Public

Mississippi State Fairgrounds Announces Tickets to the 60th Annual Dixie National Rodeo On Sale to Public

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 25, 2024 | Capital/River

Tickets for the 60th Annual Dixie National Rodeo officially go on sale to the general public, today, October 24, at 10:00 a.m. The 2025 Dixie National Rodeo takes place Friday, February 7, through Sunday, February 9, and Wednesday, February 12, through Saturday,...
Let’s Eat, Mississippi: Mississippi Hills Farm to Fork Foodie Trail

Let’s Eat, Mississippi: Mississippi Hills Farm to Fork Foodie Trail

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 25, 2024 | Pines

By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune     The Federal government has designated places where historic, cultural, and natural resources combine to form a cohesive, nationally important landscape. Unlike a national park, National Heritage Areas (NHA) are large...
MDAC Hosts Freshly Picked Podcast Featuring Guests from Hinds and Rankin Counties

MDAC Hosts Freshly Picked Podcast Featuring Guests from Hinds and Rankin Counties

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 24, 2024 | Capital/River

  The Mississippi Department of Agriculture and Commerce (MDAC) will release its latest episode of the Freshly Picked podcast featuring special guests Guillermo Salinas of Food Network’s “Halloween Baking Championship” and owner of Just Vanilla...
MALTB Seeking Information for Criminal Investigation in Rankin County

MALTB Seeking Information for Criminal Investigation in Rankin County

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 24, 2024 | Capital/River

The Mississippi Agriculture & Livestock Theft Bureau (MALTB), along with the Richland and Florence Police Departments, is requesting information on the whereabouts of two suspects in an ongoing criminal investigation of Burglary-Commercial, Grand Larceny and Theft...
The Last Soul Company: Made in Mississippi, Stayed in Mississippi

The Last Soul Company: Made in Mississippi, Stayed in Mississippi

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 24, 2024 | Capital/River

By: Stephen Griffin, Magnolia Tribune   Shortly before West Northside Drive runs into Medgar Evers Blvd in Jackson, Mississippi, sits a collection of unassuming brick buildings with a Mississippi Blues Trail historical marker out front. Malaco Studios may not be...
CoffeeTime: “When work becomes a pile of cold ashes”

CoffeeTime: “When work becomes a pile of cold ashes”

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 24, 2024 | CoffeeTime

Send any responses to: andybowman839@gmail.com   Ever created your own mess, and then had to try for a couple of days to find a way out of it? Ending up stressed out, and physically exhausted. Exhaustion then causes you to be mentally hazy, so you don’t think...
Saturday In-Person Absentee Voting Begins; Upcoming Elections Deadlines

Saturday In-Person Absentee Voting Begins; Upcoming Elections Deadlines

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 23, 2024 | Statewide

Circuit clerk offices will be open from 8:00 a.m. to noon for in-person absentee voting this Saturday, October 26, 2024. The last day to vote in-person absentee is Saturday, November 2, 2024, on which circuit clerk offices will be open from 8:00 a.m. to noon. All...
NASA Stennis Takes Key Step in Expanding its Range Operations Work

NASA Stennis Takes Key Step in Expanding its Range Operations Work

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 23, 2024 | Coastal

  NASA’s Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, has entered into an agreement with Skydweller Aero Inc. for the company to operate its solar-powered autonomous aircraft in the site’s restricted airspace, a key step towards achieving a strategic...
Chainsaw Sculpture Created from Tree at LeFleur’s Bluff Playground

Chainsaw Sculpture Created from Tree at LeFleur’s Bluff Playground

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 23, 2024 | Capital/River

Award-winning chainsaw artist Dayton Scoggins used his incredible wood carving skills this week to transform a dead tree into a one-of-a-kind otter sculpture at the LeFleur’s Bluff Playground!”Spotter the Otter” is the beloved mascot for the...
It’s Time for Fall/Winter Vaccinations to Fight Respiratory Viruses

It’s Time for Fall/Winter Vaccinations to Fight Respiratory Viruses

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 23, 2024 | Statewide

We are approaching what is historically the respiratory virus season. The Mississippi State Department of Health encourages everyone to get appropriate updated vaccinations to avoid severe outcomes such as hospitalization and death. The rates of respiratory viruses...
Kara’s Sights and Bites: New Orleans trip highlighted by trip down memory lane to Galatoire’s

Kara’s Sights and Bites: New Orleans trip highlighted by trip down memory lane to Galatoire’s

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 23, 2024 | Kara's Bites & Sights

By: Kara Kimbrough      It started out as a 24-hour trip solely to tour the National World War II Museum in New Orleans. While the museum was undoubtedly the highlight of a whirlwind visit to the Big Easy (more about the must-see museum in next week’s column) I can’t...
UMMC surgeon delivers life-changing care for breast cancer survivors with advanced reconstruction

UMMC surgeon delivers life-changing care for breast cancer survivors with advanced reconstruction

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 22, 2024 | Capital/River

By: Rachel Vanderford/ UMMC Office of Communications and Marketing Photos By: Melanie Thortis/ UMMC Communications     Receiving a breast cancer diagnosis is devastating, but starting the much-anticipated reconstruction journey only to face severe...
Saturday In-Person Absentee Voting Begins; Upcoming Elections Deadlines

2024 November General Election Absentee Report (October 21)

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 22, 2024 | Statewide

  As of Monday, October 21, 2024, the Statewide Election Management System (SEMS) reported a total of 86,525 absentee ballots requested, 84,636 absentee ballots sent, and 67,802 absentee ballots received in the state of Mississippi for the 2024 November General...
MSDH Promoting Awareness for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

MSDH Promoting Awareness for National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 22, 2024 | Statewide

  This week, October 20-26, is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and the Mississippi State Department of Health is spreading awareness about the dangers of the toxic metal and imploring parents to get their children and homes tested. Between 2017 and 2021,...
Discover Mississippi: Splinter Creek Art Installation

Discover Mississippi: Splinter Creek Art Installation

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 22, 2024 | Hills

By: Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune     When Eason and Ellen Leake purchased the land that is now Splinter Creek in the 1990s, they saw it as a smart timber investment. The more time they spent exploring the property, the more they fell in love with the...
Hinds CC to celebrate retired president’s 95th birthday

Hinds CC to celebrate retired president’s 95th birthday

by Mississippi Monitor | Oct 21, 2024 | Capital/River

  Hinds Community College President Emeritus Dr. Clyde Muse’s 95th birthday on Christmas Day will be celebrated with a special event on Dec. 13 at Eagle Ridge Conference Center. The receiving line will begin in the Eagle Ridge Conference Center lobby at 9...
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