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Juneteenth Festival adds flavor to Farish Street
“This is our street,” said Peggy Seaton. “This is my people’s land. We got to take it back. It’s time!” Seaton, like many others who attended last weekend’s Juneteenth celebration on Farish Street,...
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Historic trail celebrates success of country music in Mississippi
This story is our weekly ‘Sip of Culture, a partnership between Mississippi Today and The ‘Sip Magazine. For more stories like this, visit The ‘Sip’s website. Nashville might get credit for being...
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Morgan Freeman adds his voice to improving education
This story is our weekly ‘Sip of Culture, a partnership between Mississippi Today and The ‘Sip Magazine. For more stories like this, visit The ‘Sip’s website. Melanie Thortis / © The...
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Little Big Store in Raymond is a big step back in time
This story is our weekly ‘Sip of Culture, a partnership between Mississippi Today and The ‘Sip Magazine. For more stories like this, visit The ‘Sip’s website. RAYMOND — On the first day of August...
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Barbecue basted in the blues at The Shed
This story is our weekly ‘Sip of Culture, a partnership between Mississippi Today and The ‘Sip Magazine. For more stories like this or to subscribe to The ‘Sip, visit The ‘Sip’s website....
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Starkville school merger: What went right?
Michael CrookRichard Grant Richard Grant’s Dispatches From Pluto: Lost and Found in the Mississippi Delta has been the best-selling book in Mississippi for the past eight months. Grant, who grew up in...
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Thacker Mountain strikes a chord at Neshoba County Fair
Humorist Harrison Scott Key’s first Neshoba County Fair experience had all the makings of the “wait’ll-you-hear-this” essays that landed him a successful book and wide accolades for his live...
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Blazing a museum-to-market trail in Jackson
This story is our weekly ‘Sip of Culture, a partnership between Mississippi Today and The ‘Sip Magazine. For more stories like this or to subscribe to The ‘Sip, visit The ‘Sip’s website. Tucked...
View ArticleWith $359,000 grant, museum and Tougaloo College take artistic view of civil...
The Mississippi Museum of Art and Tougaloo College are teaming up for a new Art and Civil Rights Initiative. This move comes as a precursor to the opening of the Mississippi Civil Rights Museum in...
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Sports writing is about more than the score; ask Mississippi’s winning authors
Melanie ThortisRick Cleveland Today we celebrate the Magnolia State’s rich tradition of literary excellence at the Mississippi Book Festival at the Mississippi State Capitol. Seems a good time to...
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The sound and the fury of sports as only Faulkner could convey
William Faulkner: Mississippi’s most acclaimed novelist also wrote for Sports Illustrated. Your faithful correspondent rose early Saturday morning to write about celebrated Mississippi authors who...
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Cleveland School District enrollment dips with consolidation
Kelsey Davis, Mississippi TodayStudents load a Cleveland School District bus last week outside of the new Cleveland Central High School. CLEVELAND — The Cleveland School District has seen a dip in...
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School District mulls whether to accept international exchange student
A Mississippi school district may say “no thank you” to welcoming an international exchange student into its high school this year, but it’s unclear whether they can legally do so. After a negative...
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Hooked on boogie: Two exhibits cater to fans of blues legend John Lee Hooker
“I’m the first person that really got the boogie goin’. Everybody now is boogie-this and boogie-that — but I am the original. And the word comes from Boogie Chillen. When Boogie Chillen first came out,...
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No longer the excitable sergeant, Matt Luke is Rebels’ general
Ole Miss athleticsMatt Luke speaks Monday at his first Ole Miss game week press conference as head coach. It is the biggest, most difficult step in sports – a leap, really, from being an assistant...
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In the tech world, opportunities are infinite; in Mississippi, access is not
Kelsey Davis, Mississippi TodayPanelists at the University of Mississippi Technology Summit discuss the state’s future in the industry on Wednesday. OXFORD — During a discussion Wednesday about recent...
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Mississippi state flag case rockets to the national stage
Rogelio V. Solis, APSons of Confederate Veterans and other groups parade on the grounds of the state Capitol in Jackson, Miss., Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2016, in support of keeping the Confederate battle...
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Tiny town is now a mecca for adventurous eaters
FLORA — In the year that The Flora Butcher has anchored a corner of Main and Carter, maybe as much information as meat has crossed its counter. Owner/chef/butcher David Raines opened The Flora Butcher...
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Legislator wants to cap K-12 chief’s salary
Mississippi LegislatureRep. Becky Currie, R-Brookhaven, will file a bill that would cap the State Superintendent of Education’s salary. A legislator says she will file a bill to cap the salary of...
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50 years ago, Fulton teens made history
IAHS 1968 annualThe 1967 Itawamba AHS Indians broke the color line in Mississippi high school football. Mike Justice didn’t know he was helping to make Mississippi history at Itawamba Agricultural...
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