By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune A federal judge ruled Monday that JXN Water can raise its rates 12% after a year-long battle with the City of Jackson, saying the Court was at a “crossroads where judicial oversight must meet the stark, unyielding math...
Special to The Mississippi Monitor In Coahoma County, music has always been more than entertainment. It is an expression of faith, endurance, and identity, woven into the daily life of the community. Nowhere is this more evident than in the...
Students at Millsaps College know David Yates as the kind of professor whose passion for the ancient world is impossible to miss, whether he’s unpacking Greek historians in the classroom or drawing students into conversations that connect the past to the...
A Mississippi State aerospace engineering and mathematics junior is the university’s 2026 national finalist for the Harry S. Truman Scholarship. Evan Garrison, a Louis A. Hurst Jr. Presidential Scholar from Webb City, Missouri, is among the U.S. finalists for...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune There are some places in Mississippi that feel like they’ve been waiting on you. Not in a spooky way — more like in a soft, romantic, “how have I never been here before?” kind of way. Tucked into the...
By Daniel Tyson, Magnolia Tribune Stephen Spencer Pittman, the 19-year-old accused of setting fire to the Beth Israel Congregation in Jackson, pleaded not guilty to two new charges last week. The new federal charges are for destroying religious...
