Recently we were in a lot of different churches, where we were introduced to a bunch of people and made a lot of new friends. Met a lot of smiling, friendly folks – but also a few who probably wouldn’t remove their frown if they were standing in front of Jesus, face...
The Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks’ (MDWFP) Museum of Natural Science (MMNS) will host the “Permian Monsters: Life Before the Dinosaurs” exhibit from May 27, 2023 through December 31, 2023. Visitors will step back nearly 300...
BY LEXI DOUGLAS The National Association of Secretaries of State has named Bobby Hudson III, a University of Mississippi senior public policy leadership major, as a recipient of the John Lewis Youth Leadership Award. Originated in 2021, the annual award pays tribute...
Each Sunday in June, members of the Lafayette-Oxford-University family can gather on the Grove for a night of music and culture as the annual Summer Sunset Series returns to the University of Mississippi. The free concert series will kick off at 6 p.m. June 4, and...
By Bob Garver Back in 1989, the animated version of “The Little Mermaid” ushered in what came to be known as the “Disney Renaissance,” an era of creative and commercial prosperity where the company reclaimed its position as the king of animated family entertainment....
by Vickie King, Mississippi Today May 27, 2023 Activity abounds inside Elim’s Art Concepts and Decorative Designs, as owner Harold Hart and his brother Rodney work to complete a project for a local college. The business is chock full of frames, artwork and all...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today May 28, 2023 Study after study details how expanding Medicaid will create jobs, grow the state economy and provide a boost to Mississippi’s beleaguered hospitals. The issue of expanding Medicaid will be hotly debated in this year’s...
by Rick Cleveland, Mississippi Today May 28, 2023 Different league, same result. Scott Berry’s Southern Miss Golden Eagles have won another championship. Southern Miss defeated the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns 6-2 Sunday at Montgomery Sunday in the championship game of the...
By Kara Kimbrough “Nibbling on sponge cake, watching the sun bake,” has to be one of the most hummable summertime lyrics. Penned by Mississippi native Jimmy Buffet, the line from the song “Margaritaville” is the perfect hot weather ballad except for one...
by Mina Corpuz, Mississippi Today May 24, 2023 Three former Jackson police officers are facing murder charges in the death of a man who died in their custody last year. Avery Willis, Kenya McCarty and James Land were indicted last week on charges of second degree...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today May 25, 2023 Federal officials repeatedly reminded an emotional room of Jacksonians that they have yet to pick a flood control plan for the capital city. Still, nearly all the comments at Wednesday’s public meetings centered on...
by Julia James, Mississippi Today May 24, 2023 Fewer Mississippi children participate in special education services for young children than the national average, according to a new report. The report found that participation increases with state median income. The...
by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today May 23, 2023 Maternity health clinic owner and public health expert Getty Israel is still on a mission: to open Mississippi’s first freestanding, midwife-run birth center. Should she be successful, Mississippi...
by Kate Royals, Mississippi Today May 25, 2023 The Jackson metro area’s only inpatient hospice facility closed its doors at the end of April. The nonprofit Hospice Ministries in Ridgeland offered 30 to 40 inpatient beds available for people who needed hospice services...
by Bobby Harrison, Mississippi Today May 24, 2023 Mississippi’s already lackluster employment numbers would be impacted more than most states if Congress does not raise the debt limit to pay the nation’s bills. If there is a long-term lapse in the nation’s ability to...
The School of Media and Communication in The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) College of Arts and Sciences has earned continued accreditation with a unanimous vote from the reaccreditation committee of the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and...
Several Itawamba Community College staff members received awards from the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi, which were presented during this week’s conference in Oxford. They include: Itawamba Community College – Grand Award for “2022 ICC...
by Alex Rozier, Mississippi Today May 23, 2023 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is moving forward in finding a solution for flood control in Jackson and will hold two public meetings in the city on Wednesday to present new details and listen to residents. The Corps...
by Devna Bose, Mississippi Today May 23, 2023 The Mississippi Hospital Association shrinks again as several hospitals dropped out of the state trade organization this week. Ochsner Health System and North Mississippi Medical Center recently left the association. Merit...
Holmes Community College hosted Mississippi’s first statewide memorial service for fallen EMTs, paramedics and other Emergency Medical Services professionals on May 25. The event, held in the McGowan Workforce Training Center on the Ridgeland Campus, recognized 132...
