By: Roscoe Barnes III, Ph.D., Visit Natchez When it comes to the arts, David Hammett has long felt compelled to find creative ways to express himself, a passion that began in childhood. Growing up in Louisiana, he would grab a pencil and lie on the pale...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Senate President Pro Tempore Dean Kirby (R) has announced that he will not be seeking re-election to the Mississippi Senate in 2027. Kirby, who turns 80 this year, has served in the state Senate since 1992. He...
By: Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune Like a lonely outcast or the final scene in a tragic movie, the towering, decaying columns of Mississippi’s once grand Windsor mansion cast their shadows across a deserted landscape populated by huge Live Oaks,...
Each year, Omicron Delta Kappa, one of the nation’s oldest and most selective leadership honor societies, recognizes only six undergraduate students nationwide as National Leaders of the Year. This year, two of those national recipients, or one-third of all...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune It’s probably unlikely that when Solly’s Hot Tamales began in 1939, the original owner dreamed his tamales would still be popular 87 years later. Yet, today, the tamale stand is as popular as ever, selling tamales not...
By: Tally Connelly, UMMC Communications Photos By: Melanie Thortis/UMMC Communications The Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Children’s of Mississippi has been awarded the Pediatric Nurse Excellence Diamond Award, the highest distinction presented by the...
