By: David Tisdale Cynthia Leitich Smith, a New York Times bestselling author, will be recognized as the 2024 Southern Miss Medallion Winner when The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) hosts the annual Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival and Ezra Jack...
by Alex Rozier The National Transportation Safety Board opened an investigation last week into two natural gas-fueled explosions in Jackson that happened last month, one of which killed an older woman. On Wednesday, Rep. Bennie Thompson released a statement asking for...
Biloxi Main Street has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Knight Foundation Fund, a Gulf Coast Community Foundation (GCCF) fund established by a generous contribution from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. This grant will help fund Phase II of the HowHop...
The latest Mississippi Blues Trail markers were unveiled today in Holly Springs. The markers, located in Blues Alley near 125 N Center Street, memorialize the life and work of R.L. Burnside and David “Junior” Kimbrough, blues performers who were...
After 38 years of service to the Jackson and Hinds County Community, the Eudora Welty Library located at 300 N. State Street is packing up and moving out. The Administrative Board of Trustees approved use of storage at the Jackson Medical Mall located on 350 W Woodrow...
Hosted by The Gulfport Art Center The Gulfport Arts Center is pleased to announce Milton Williams as our Artist of the Month for March. Milton has been a long time member of the Gulfport Arts Center and has been experimenting in acrylic art mediums and techniques...
