By Marilyn Tinnin, Magnolia Tribune Jackson’s Beth Henley sprang to fame when her 1981 play Crimes of the Heart received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama even before its Broadway debut. She was thirty years old. At the time, no female playwright in the award’s 23-year...
Nine women dressed in robes of distinction celebrated as they crossed the auditorium stage on the Rankin Campus in recognition of receiving their High School Equivalency credential. Fifteen women in all from the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility achieved their...
By: Rachel Vanderford Photos By: Joe Ellis/ UMMC Communications In 2023, we experienced the hottest year on record, and now, halfway through 2024, there’s a strong possibility of another record-breaking year. Last month marked the 12th consecutive month of...
Madison and Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, Jr. announced that on June 24, 2024, Dawton Gage Whatley, 19 of Walls, Mississippi, pled guilty to second degree murder in the death of Lemetrius Hollins. On February 5, 2024, officers with the Madison...
By: Laura Lee Leathers Have you ever put together a time capsule? If so, what were some of the items you placed inside? Did you include a selfie picture, a newspaper or your favorite magazine, a coin, your favorite recipe, an award, and a letter to a loved one? The...
Madison and Rankin County District Attorney Bubba Bramlett, Jr. announced that on June 24, 2024, Judge Dewey Arthur sentenced Denarious Evans, 24, to twenty-five years without the possibility of parole for the sale of fentanyl. On three separate occasions in August...
