The Mississippi Agriculture and Forestry Museum invites the public to attend the annual Pumpkin Adventure on October 2-5, 9-12 and 16-19. The event will be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on weekdays and from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Saturdays. “The annual Pumpkin...
By: Lynne Jeter, Magnolia Tribune Around Christmas-time 1993, Ray Harrigill’s father-in-law-to-be, “Doc” Sethi, recruited him to run 26 Pizza Inns in Arkansas, Tennessee, and Alabama for Jackie’s International. The offer came when Harrigill had one...
By: Marilyn Tinnin The year was 1981 when young Tricia Walker, Jackson resident at the time, resigned as Youth Director at a local Methodist Church, packed up most of her worldly possessions in a U-Haul, and struck out for Nashville. With stars in her...
The U.S Air Force notified Mississippi’s Congressional Delegation that Key Field in Meridian is officially in the running to be the future home of the new KC-46 aircraft. The nation-wide candidate field has been narrowed to seven, in what is called a “down-selection.”...
Governor Tate Reeves today announced the appointment of Jason D. Herring of Saltillo as District Attorney for the First Circuit Court District, which covers Alcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Prentiss and Tishomingo Counties. This appointment fills a vacancy...
Former Mississippi Supreme Court Chief Justice Edwin Lloyd Pittman died on September 25 at his home in Ridgeland. He was 89. Memorial services will be conducted at a later date. In his 40 years of public service, Pittman was elected to positions in all three branches...
