By: Richelle Putnam, Magnolia Tribune “I never thought I would be a writer, even though I was an avid reader,” Dr. Eliot Parker admits. That assessment changed the day Speck, a literary journal of Mary Washington University, published one of his short...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune If you’re visiting Tupelo and want to understand the city beyond its well-known landmarks, the Oren Dunn City Museum is a wonderful place to begin. Located inside Ballard Park and free to the public, this museum...
Mississippi State University welcomed leaders from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service, or ARS, to campus on Tuesday [Dec. 16] to celebrate the retirement of Johnie Jenkins, an ARS Hall of Fame research plant geneticist whose 64-year...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are some places in Mississippi that feel less like restaurants and more like personal joy portals. For me, Crave in downtown Tupelo is exactly that—a sugar-dusted, pink-lined portal straight into happiness. I...
By: Mark Sherman, Associated Press The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the appeal of a Black death row inmate from Mississippi whose case was handled by a prosecutor with a history of dismissing Black jurors for discriminatory reasons. A federal...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are a lot of places to enjoy the holidays in Mississippi, but Oxford has always been my place. I don’t mean that casually—I mean “load up the boys, grab a Sonic drink for the road, and head toward the Square...
