By: Sophie Bates, Associated Press In the embrace of a cheerfully chittering spider monkey named Louie, an Army veteran who grappled for decades with post-traumatic stress disorder says he finally feels at peace. “Being out here has brought a lot of...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Photos from gulfcoast.org / coastalmississippi.com Oftentimes, beauty comes from the tragedy of destruction, and that holds true on the Mississippi Gulf Coast – the destruction of Hurricane Katrina, which made landfall...
By: Lynne Jeter, Magnolia Tribune A $25 million applied research defense contract won by a partnership between the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) and South Carolina-based Integer Technologies will make a difference with a clear and ever-growing...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune They say necessity is the mother of invention. Well, Chef Nicholas Gipson didn’t invent the mushroom, but he did find a way to grow the kind of mushrooms he wanted for the food he wanted to cook. Nicholas served as the...
By: Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune The Gulfport Arts Center is far more than a building—it’s a thriving reflection of the Gulf Coast’s artistic heartbeat and cultural spirit. Located in The Carnegie Library, the storied building has stood for more...
By: Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune Tucked beneath the longleaf pines on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi, there’s a place where childhood lives on—not just in memory, but in ink, paper, and imagination. The de Grummond...
