By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Former Hattiesburg mayor Johnny DuPree has thrown his hat in the ring for the newly created State Senate District 45. DuPree, a Democrat, said in a social media post over the weekend that he is running to once again...
Hundreds of people turned out for the annual Miss-Lou Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 26, to honor fallen U.S. military men and women. Beginning in Vidalia, they marched across the Natchez-Vidalia Bridge and stopped briefly at the Natchez Visitor Center at...
By: Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune State Senator David Jordan (D) bid farewell to his colleagues on Wednesday after serving 33 years in the Mississippi Senate representing Leflore, Panola, and Tallahatchie counties in District 24. “I hate to leave, but my wife...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Allegations of vote buying and illegal campaign activity arose over the weekend in the race for Gulfport’s next mayor. Now, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch has notified Sonya Williams Barnes, the Democrat mayoral...
By: Jim Beaugez, Magnolia Tribune When country music songwriter and impresario Craig Wiseman first went to Nashville in the early 1980s, he already had a contract in hand. But it wasn’t the one he eventually signed. On a week off from the road with his...
By: Frank Corder & Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Lawmakers will be returning to the Capitol on Wednesday to handle spending bills, setting a new fiscal year budget ahead of the June 30 deadline. The need for a special session to finalize the state...
