State Fair officials have announced security measures, preparations and new details ahead of the Great American Mississippi State Fair taking place October 2-13, 2025. Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce Andy Gipson was joined by law enforcement officials...
By Jim Beaugez, Magnolia Tribune In late August, Grenada, Mississippi-bred songwriter and country artist Charlie Worsham traveled from Nashville to New York, donned his guitar and stepped onstage as a guest musician with Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues...
By Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Ritchie Montgomery was born just 16 miles north of Natchez in Fayette, Mississippi, but he was destined to go to Hollywood. “I left this area as a 25-year-old full of hopes and dreams.” He spent the next thirty years in...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Congressman Mike Ezell won his first term in 2022, defeating then-incumbent 4th District Congressman Steven Palazzo in a GOP Primary runoff election. Two years later, Ezell bested two Republican challengers, one of...
By: Danny Barrett Jr./ UMMC Communications Photos By: Jay Ferchaud/ UMMC Communications Vicki Govan’s spent decades teaching school in Jackson, but the best health-related education she ever had probably came from her parents. “Both of my parents were in the...
By Magnolia Mornings, Magnolia Tribune State Auditor Shad White announced Friday that Special Agents from his office have arrested Brooksville Mayor Earlie Henley and former Brooksville City Clerk Shaquita Malone for allegedly embezzling funds from the...
