By: Gabriela Shinskie Dr. Kelly Darnell, director of The University of Southern Mississippi’s Gulf Coast Research Laboratory (GCRL) and the Mississippi-Based RESTORE Act Center of Excellence, is leading a major project to support seagrass...
The Mississippi Film Office has unveiled its new brand identity as Film Mississippi and relaunched its website, filmmississippi.org, to reflect the new branding. Along with the name change, Film Mississippi worked with Jackson-based art and design studio Southern Cult...
As excitement builds for Mississippi State University Head Coach Jeff Lebby’s second season leading the Bulldogs, the university is reminding fans about safety precautions and other updates ahead of the Saturday [Sept. 6] matchup against the Big 12 conference for the...
By: Chris Burrows, Associated Press Expectation levels for Mississippi — sky high a year ago — appear to have dipped in 2025 and Rebels coach Lane Kiffin sounds conflicted about that. Only four starters return from a 10-3 team that finished No. 11 in...
By: Susan Marquez, Magnolia Tribune Tucked away in the corner of a shopping center on Highway 49 in Richland is a place where your taste buds will get a pleasant surprise. If you’ve never had a fried hand pie, then the folks at Tom’s Fried Pies are...
By: Richelle Putnam, Magnolia Tribune Wilton Brad Watson was born in Meridian, Mississippi, on July 24, 1955. His parents were Robert Earl Watson and Bonnie Clay, and he had two brothers: Clay, the oldest, and Craig, the youngest. Brad’s son, Jason,...
