By: Gary Pettus, UMMC Communications The University of Mississippi Medical Center is inviting college students who are considering a career in medicine to participate in the UMMC School of Medicine Pre-Med Day, beginning at 8:15 a.m. Friday, May 16. Breakfast will be...
Zandra McDonald delivered a message of hope and inspiration at the 85th commemoration of the 1940 Rhythm Night Club fire held Saturday, April 26, at the Rhythm Night Club (on site) Memorial Museum. “The Rhythm Night Club fire took so much from this community,...
The Madison and Rankin Counties’ District Attorney Office announced today that Jose “Rigo” Rigoberto Mejia-Cubias pled guilty to one count of sexual battery in Madison County Circuit Court. Three months after the commission of the crime, he was sentenced on...
By: Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Amtrak announced Thursday that agreements have been reached for the new twice-daily Amtrak intercity train service along the Mississippi Gulf Coast between New Orleans, Louisiana and Mobile, Alabama. Starting this...
By: Gary Pettus, UMMC Communications Photos By: Jay Ferchaud/UMMC Communications Willie Frances Greer, who believed in the fortifying power of apple cider vinegar, downed a tablespoon every day. “I told her she was going to outlive us all, her body was...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Oseola McCarty did not live a remarkable life. Born in Shubuta, Mississippi, on March 7, 1908, she moved to Hattiesburg as a child and lived with an aunt who had no children of her own. Oseola’s mother taught her to...
