Dr. Richard E. Holmes, Mississippi State University’s first African American student, died Oct. 16 at age 82. Upon learning of Dr. Holmes’s passing, MSU President Mark E. Keenum said: “My wife and my four children, all now MSU students, join me in mourning the...
by Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune ‘Tis the season for all things spooky. It’s easy to spot the decorated lawns and aisles of candy on store shelves. But hidden away most of the year in a storage room at Mississippi’s Old Capitol Museum in Jackson is an...
by Chris Burrows, Associated Press No. 9 Mississippi and No. 13 Missouri each field statistical leaders that began their careers at the opposing school before achieving greater individual success through the transfer portal. The reunion of four showcase...
The Mississippi Supreme Court permanently disbarred former Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba on Oct. 15, accepting his irrevocable resignation from the practice of law following his guilty plea in a federal public corruption case. In its order, the court ruled...
By: Dave Skretta, Associated Press There are probably few in the locker rooms of No. 13 Missouri and ninth-ranked Mississippi who are familiar with Wally Pipp, the New York Yankees slugger who famously lost his starting job to Lou Gehrig because of a...
by Nathan Duff, Delta State University Delta State University has received funding from The Boeing Company to create four annual scholarships for students in the university’s Commercial Aviation program.The new support will establish two...
