Capital & River News
Let’s Eat, Mississippi: Doris Berry’s Farmers Market
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune When you’re grabbing a couple of tomatoes or a cucumber from the produce aisle at your neighborhood grocery store, you probably don’t consider where...
Mississippi Farmers Market to Host Annual Mississippi Peanut Boil
The Mississippi Farmers Market will host the annual Mississippi Peanut Boil on Saturday, September 14, from 8:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The Market will feature complimentary bags of boiled peanuts from...
Mississippi Food Network Celebrates 40 Years of Fighting Hunger with “Party Like It’s 1984” Moonlight Market
Mississippi Food Network (MFN) is proud to announce its 40th anniversary celebration, featuring the annual Moonlight Market fundraiser. This year's event, themed "Party Like It's 1984," will take...
UMMC pediatric cardiologist livestreams surgery for an international audience
By: Rachel Vanderford, UMMC Photos By: Joe Ellis/ UMMC Communications Dr. Makram Ebeid and a team at the University of Mississippi Medical Center recently performed two catheterized...
Belhaven University Announces New Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry
Belhaven University has launched a new Bachelor of Science in Applied Chemistry degree, further strengthening its commitment to Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)...
Expansion Frontier League team coming to Pearl to replace M-Braves
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune An expansion Frontier League baseball team is set to come to Trustmark Park in Pearl for the 2025 season. That was the announcement on Monday from state and...
Construction industry steps up for Mississippi’s grandest project: AWS
By: Lynne Jeter, Magnolia Tribune In January when Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced its $10 billion investment in Madison County to build two data center campuses by mid-2027, Mississippi...
City of Jackson has nearly a quarter of Mississippi’s abandoned properties
By: Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Within the state of Mississippi, one city has roughly 25 percent of the state’s total abandoned properties. That municipality is the city of Jackson. The Capital...
MSNG Welcomes New Adjutant General at the State Capitol
The Honorable Tate Reeves, Governor of Mississippi, and Commander-in-Chief of the Mississippi National Guard (MSNG) hosted an Assumption of Command ceremony at the State Capitol in Jackson, Friday,...
Mississippi Film Society Named Southern Circuit Regional Screening Partner for the Jackson Metro Area, will co-host six documentary film screenings in 2024-2025
South Arts recently announced the lineup of twenty-one Screening Partner organizations and thirteen films and filmmaking teams selected for the 2024-2025 Southern Circuit Tour of Independent...