Capital & River News
UMMC celebrates the graduating class of 2025
By: Rachel Vanderford, UMMC Communications Photos By: Joe Ellis, Jay Ferchaud and Melanie Thortis/ UMMC Communications The University of Mississippi Medical Center held its 69th annual...
MS Pickle Fest Two Weeks Away
The countdown is ON! Mississippi Pickle Fest returns to the Mississippi Agriculture & Forestry Museum on June 7-8, and the big dill weekend is just two weeks away. With tickets selling...
Mississippi-made Pine-Sol redefined “clean”
By: Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune Harold A. Cole, a chemist by profession, lived in the middle of a pine forest not far from the city limits of Jackson. While the Great Depression...
Revell Ace Hardware Celebrates 75 Years of Service, Community, and Quality
Revell Ace Hardware, a cornerstone of Mississippi’s retail landscape, proudly celebrates its 75th Anniversary in 2025. Since its founding in 1950, this family-owned business has grown from a...
Project SEARCH a safe place to thrive for graduates
By: Danny Barrett Jr., UMMC Communications Photos By: Joe Ellis/ UMMC Communications A group of Rankin County young adults with developmental disabilities found work, paid taxes and...
Goldman Sachs honors inaugural Mississippi small business graduating class
By: Lynne Jeter, Magnolia Tribune On Friday, 23 Mississippi entrepreneurs represented the inaugural class to graduate from the Goldman Sachs signature business-education program,...
Miss-Lou Memorial Day Parade set for Monday, May 26
The annual Miss-Lou Memorial Day Parade, one of the longest-running Memorial Day traditions in the United States, will be held Monday, May 26, 2025, with Army veterans Ben Tucker and Jeff...
Former airline pilot earns Aviation Technology degree at Hinds CC
Marcus Truss of Jackson had a career as an airline pilot, living in various parts of the country. Four years ago he landed in Mississippi and teaches the drone program at Hinds Community College. On...
Engaged couple graduates from nursing program together at Hinds CC
Bryson Shupe of Pearl and Kaley Weems of Brandon met each other at Hinds Community College’s Nursing Allied Center while they were taking classes for the Associate Degree in Nursing. They...
Hinds CC graduates second class of Line Workers
Twelve more students graduated from Hinds Community College’s Electrical Line Workers program on May 8, including two students in their 30s and the first woman graduate. The class, a...