By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune The city of Natchez has a way of capturing your heart and pulling you back again and again. Maybe it’s the view from the bluffs, where the Mississippi stretches out like a silver ribbon, or the way downtown’s brick...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune The search firm hired by the Board of Trustees for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning to find the next president of Jackson State University, AGB Search, presented an overview of how the process will play...
By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Despite strong opposition, the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) has granted a Gloster business permission to increase its air emissions, reversing its April decision. During a highly emotional...
By Danny Barrett, Jr./ UMMC Communications The first long-term study in Mississippi of potential links between preeclampsia in pregnant women and serious health issues for their babies later in life begins in earnest in 2026. Researchers at the University of...
How do the lessons of The Great Gatsby unfold if you’re serving a life sentence while reading it? How does a memoir of war land with someone confined to a cinderblock classroom in a rural Mississippi prison? Hidden Mirrors, a new podcast hosted by...
By Rachel Vanderford, UMMC Communications Photos By: Joe Ellis/UMMC Communications In August, Zeveunna Hackett and Jumon Walker of Yazoo City welcomed their second baby boy, Zavien. Zavien’s older brother, Jumon Walker Jr. was delivered at UMMC last...
