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All aboard: Amtrak announces start of ‘Mardi Gras Service’ running between New Orleans and Mobile

All aboard: Amtrak announces start of ‘Mardi Gras Service’ running between New Orleans and Mobile

by Mississippi Monitor | Apr 29, 2025 | Coastal

By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune     Amtrak announced Thursday that agreements have been reached for the new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service along the Mississippi Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama. Starting this...
UMMC CEREMONY CELEBRATES ANATOMICAL DONORS

UMMC CEREMONY CELEBRATES ANATOMICAL DONORS

by Mississippi Monitor | Apr 28, 2025 | Capital/River

By: Gary Pettus, UMMC Communications Photos By: Jay Ferchaud/UMMC Communications     Willie Frances Greer, who believed in the fortifying power of apple cider vinegar, downed a tablespoon every day. “I told her she was going to outlive us all, her body was...
Mississippi Legends: Oseola McCarty, an unlikely philanthropist

Mississippi Legends: Oseola McCarty, an unlikely philanthropist

by Mississippi Monitor | Apr 28, 2025 | Coastal

By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune     Oseola McCarty did not live a remarkable life. Born in Shubuta, Mississippi, on March 7, 1908, she moved to Hattiesburg as a child and lived with an aunt who had no children of her own. Oseola’s mother taught her to...
Local Veteran Nonprofit 5th Squad Announces Tickets Available for upcoming Veteran’s Night Screening – Brothers After War

Local Veteran Nonprofit 5th Squad Announces Tickets Available for upcoming Veteran’s Night Screening – Brothers After War

by Mississippi Monitor | Apr 27, 2025 | Capital/River

  5th Squad is proud to announce a special screening of Brothers After War, a powerful documentary produced by Gary Sinise and captured by Merritt Productions. The exclusive screening event will take place on April 29 at 7:00 PM at the Malco Grandview in Madison,...
Freedom celebration for Prince Ibrahima and Isabella set  for May 10 at Historic Jefferson College

Freedom celebration for Prince Ibrahima and Isabella set for May 10 at Historic Jefferson College

by Mississippi Monitor | Apr 26, 2025 | Capital/River

A special event celebrating the 197th Freedom Anniversary of Prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima and his wife, Isabella, will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, May 10, at Historic Jefferson College at 16 Old North St. It is free to the public. Titled, “Freedom: Retold,” the...
Jackson council opposes JXN Water rate increase, tables pay raise proposal

Jackson council opposes JXN Water rate increase, tables pay raise proposal

by Mississippi Monitor | Apr 25, 2025 | Capital/River

By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune     Jackson City Council members learned this week that their protest of a $9 a month water rate increase sought by JXN Water was merely symbolic. Whether Jacksonians pay more for water is up to the “full power and...
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