By: Rachel Vanderford, UMMC Communications Photos By: Melanie Thortis/UMMC Communications When a worried parent calls after their toddler swallows a handful of melatonin gummies, or an ER physician needs guidance managing a snakebite, the phone rings at...
Volunteers across Rankin and Madison Counties are gearing up for National Collection Week, taking place November 17th -24th, as part of Operation Christmas Child, a global outreach project of Samaritan’s Purse. During this week, more than 4,700 drop-off...
The Mississippi Paralysis Association, along with the Rotary Club of Jackson Medical Mall, is spreading holiday warmth this season with its Thanksgiving in a Box giveaway, offering boxes filled with non-perishable food items reminiscent of a traditional...
By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune The latest court filings over JXN Water’s accounting system detail what advocates for the city’s low-income say are hardships due to infrequent billing. The 47-page filing by low-income advocates in Jackson aims to halt...
Millsaps College has been awarded a $525,000 Gulf Scholars grant from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to establish a new minor that will prepare students to address sustainability challenges in the Gulf South. Beginning in Fall 2026,...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune When I was a child, there were three facts I knew about cacti. One was that the plural of cactus is cacti. The others were that they grew in the desert, and they were covered in thorns. For that reason, I had little...
