By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A new 14-week training program is being established at Meridian Community College to help staff a data center being built by Compass in the Central Mississippi region. It is estimated that the U.S. will need an...
By Mary Pollitz, MSU Office of Public Affairs Twenty years before Kirklyn Johnson stood in front of thousands of onlookers at his 2026 Mississippi State commencement ceremony to sing the National Anthem, his parents were told he might never speak a word....
By Harriet Laird, MSU Office of Public Affairs Prospective undergraduate students interested in joining Mississippi State’s Bulldog family for the 2027 summer or fall semester should power up their computers by Aug. 1 for Hail State @ 8 CT. MSU’s...
Aluminum Dynamics, a recycled aluminum manufacturer, plans to invest more than $200 million to build a recycled aluminum slab center in Lowndes County, creating 100 new jobs and expanding Mississippi’s growing advanced manufacturing sector. The new facility will...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune A few years ago at HubFest in Hattiesburg, my husband stopped at a booth selling beard oil. I expected a quick purchase and to continue strolling through downtown. Instead, we stumbled onto one of North...
By Frank Corder, Magnolia Tribune Two statewide elected officials seeking higher office next year were on the stump at the Neshoba County Fair on Thursday. Agriculture and Commerce Commissioner Andy Gipson (R) and Secretary of State Michael Watson (R),...
