Capital & River News
UMMC EXPERTS URGE CAUTION WHEN VIEWING THE SOLAR ECLIPSE
As the Solar Eclipse of 2024 looms, be warned that the face of the sun may not be the only thing that will fade. Other potential disappearing acts include bird songs, cumulus clouds and your...
MPB Announces New Chief Technology Officer
Mississippi Public Broadcasting today announced Andrew Bicknell as its new chief technology officer/director of Engineering, overseeing the agency’s statewide network of eight towers and 12...
Mississippi Boychoir Announces Honor Choir Festival Concert
Mississippi Boychoir is hosting its 3rd annual UNA VOCE SATB Male Honor Choir Festival on April 5th & 6th, 2024. The Finale Concert will be a joint concert with Belhaven’s Treble Song Honor...
MISSISSIPPI CHILDREN’S MUSEUM ANNOUNCES PROGRAM EXPANSION; CELEBRATES BEING NAMED ONE OF THE TOP THREE CHILDREN’S MUSEUMS IN THE COUNTRY
The Mississippi Children's Museum announced an expansion of their educational and workforce development program today, one month after being named one of the top three children's museums in the...
JSU to honor Top 40 under 40 young alumni
By: Magnolia Tribune On Friday, Jackson State University will honor 40 of its young alumni who are making remarkable strides as philanthropists and humanitarians in their respective fields and...
PICU nurse manager Gordon Gartrell an AACN Circle of Excellence Award winner
By: Annie Oeth Photos By: Joe Ellis/ UMMC Communications Gordon Gartrell of Belhaven, nurse manager of Children's of Mississippi's Pediatric Intensive Care Unit, is one of 18 nurses in the country,...
Juvenile Drunk Driver Receives Lengthy Prison Sentence for Death of M.A.D.D. Advocate
Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Bubba Bramlett announced that Circuit Judge Dewey Arthur sentenced Colby James Tackett to serve 15 years in the custody of the Mississippi Department...
Hinds Health Sciences Complex making progress in Rankin County
The Mississippi Monitor The new Hinds Community College Health Complex is now under construction just north of the Muse Center. The new facility will be the home of the new nursing school for the...
Braves announce departure from Pearl after 20 years
By: The Mississippi Monitor The MS Braves have announced that this, their twentieth year in Pearl at Trustmark Park, will be their last season in Mississippi, and that the Atlanta Braves will...
Pam Farris retires after an illustrious 30-year career with UMMC
By: Rachel Vanderford Photos By: Melanie Thortis/ UMMC Communications Dr. Pam Farris is the nurse manager of the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit. Pam Farris’s name is synonymous with the Bone Marrow...
