Online volunteer registration opens today for the 82nd National Folk Festival, a FREE, three-day event, launching in downtown Jackson, November 7-9, 2025. This year marks the first of the festival’s three-year residency in Jackson. With over 800 volunteers needed for...
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: Ruth Cummins Photos By: Joe Ellis and Jay Ferchaud/ UMMC Communications Xavier Person is a budding researcher, a promising medical student and a man with a plan. He’s earning a PhD at the same time he’s tackling his MD, one of five new students in the UMMC...
A new Master of Science in Construction Management degree program launching next month at Mississippi State will further prepare students for leadership roles in today’s construction industry. Recently approved by the Mississippi Board of Trustees of...
Thirty baseball players from Mississippi heard their names called in the 2025 Major League Baseball Draft, a remarkable showing that once again put the Magnolia State in the national spotlight for its athletic talent. The draft took place July 13-14 in Atlanta,...
Move over, Muscadine Ripple—to make room on the freezer shelf for two new Mississippi State-borne ice cream flavors. Blueberry and sweet potato plan to join MSU’s 11 other palette-pleasing ice cream flavors in 2026 at the MAFES Sales Store, also the home...
