Online volunteer registration opens today for the 82nd National Folk Festival, a FREE, three-day event, launching in downtown Jackson, November 7-9, 2025. This year marks the first of the festival’s...

By: Ruth Cummins Photos By: Joe Ellis and Jay Ferchaud/ UMMC Communications   Xavier Person is a budding researcher, a promising medical student and a man with a plan. He’s earning a PhD at the...

Organizers of the 82nd National Folk Festival have announced six additional performers who will take the stage in downtown Jackson this November 7–9....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

  The Mississippi Mass Choir, alongside the Burks family, will celebrate the extraordinary life, legacy, and ministry of our beloved Mosie “Mama” Burks with services in Jackson, Mississippi,...

By: Roscoe Barnes, III, Visit Natchez     A $150,000 grant awarded in 2024 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation has made a difference in the appearance, stability, and...