Governor Tate Reeves recently announced that the city of Jackson is one of four jurisdictions in America to receive an award through the Trump administration’s nearly $300 million Model Cities Initiative to combat crime and restore law and order. As a...
by Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez When Jeff Mansell embarked on a research journey in 2024 to learn more about the U.S. Colored Troops, he wanted to determine their connection to Natchez when they were enslaved. “We had hoped that in their...
Southern Garden Centers (SGC) today announced that Hutto’s Home and Garden Center, a Jackson institution and family-owned business since 1968, has joined the Southern Garden Centers family of independent garden centers as its founding location....
by Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune The full Mississippi federal delegation welcomed the signing of the Vicksburg National Military Park Boundary Modification Act into law last week at a groundbreaking ceremony. The legislation permits the State of...
by Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune The wide-ranging program for the 83rd National Folk Festival is returning to Downtown Jackson November 13 through 15 for the second year of its three-year residency. The free festival shines a spotlight on Mississippi...
by Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez The Natchez Historical Society and Dr. Robert Prospere have agreed to contribute a combined $2,850 toward a state historical marker commemorating Fort Valeur, a wooden stockade associated with the 1729 Natchez...
