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Mississippi Audubon at 20: Sure, there’s birdwatching, but conservation is...
Hal MitchellMitch Robinson and Kristina Mitchell watch closely over a Prothonotary Warbler at Strawberry Plains. Sarah Pacyna was monitoring whale sharks in Belize when she became concerned with...
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Town of Livingston proves, ‘If you build it, culture will come’
Just a few years ago, the area where highways 463 and 22 meet in Madison County was a fairly non-descript place with woods, pastureland and a typical country landscape. Developer David Landrum saw...
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Now showing at JSU: Hal Mumme’s Air Raid
Tyler Greever, WJTV,Hal Mumme watches his Air Raid offense perform in Jackson State spring game. Hal Mumme, bespectacled and with his long, grayish blond locks blowing every which way in the wind,...
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Pre-K makes ‘modest progress’ in enrollment, spending
Mississippi met the majority of new quality pre-K standards last year, according an annual report on the state of preschool in the United States released this week. The National Institute for Early...
View ArticleA bridge near you is likely closed; locate it, show us
Bridge closings may soon overtake potholes as the most confounding infrastructure issue confronting Mississippi drivers. This week alone, more than 100 city and county bridges judged deficient by...
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Tuition to rise about 4 percent; universities point to ‘scarce’ state funding
Tuition could creep up again for students at Mississippi’s public universities entering the 2019 academic year. The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning unanimously...
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Heart Society’s musical message of female empowerment is loud enough to ‘Wake...
After selling the majority of their possessions and crowdfunding a 32-foot travel trailer seven months after marrying in October 2014, Teneia Sanders-Eichelberger and Benjamin Eichelberger dedicated...
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Most unconventional Senate contender pushes on despite doubts about his...
Howard Sherman campaignHoward Sherman, candidate in Democratic Senate primary MERIDIAN — The main drag of the state’s seventh-largest city is lined with “Sela Ward Parkway” signs to honor the...
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‘Vish is Vish’: Oxford ‘Best Chef’ is five-time James Beard Award semifinalist
Aallyah Wright, Mississippi TodayChef Vishwesh Bhatt stops to talk to patrons outside Snackbar in Oxford. OXFORD — On just about any big-event weekend at the University of Mississippi, the college town...
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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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Delta State keeps on winning, but Mississippi College is getting salty, too
Hays CollinsThis has been a familiar scene at Delta State the past two seasons. Zach Shannon, 43, is greeted after another home run. CLEVELAND – Delta State closed out another banner regular baseball...
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‘Brain drain’ event looks beyond data, explores why Mississippians leave
Kelsey Davis, Mississippi TodayUniversity of Mississippi student Savannah Smith, far left, interviews panelists at the Overby Center on campus. OXFORD — In four years, from 2011 to 2015, Mississippi...
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Two counties sue state, claim governor can’t close bridges
R.L. Nave, Mississippi TodayA closed bride in Amite County. There are more than 500 bridges closed around Mississippi. Two Mississippi counties are suing Gov. Phil Bryant and several agencies over...
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Mississippi still the hungriest state
For the eighth straight year, Mississippi has been identified as the most food insecure state in the country, according to a report released this week by Feeding America, a nationwide network of food...
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Tupelo’s Paul Thorn returns to his roots
PaulThorn.comFormer boxer Paul Thorn, the son of a Pentecostal preacher, has gone back to his roots with his latest album. Thirty years ago last month, Tupelo songwriter/singer Paul Thorn climbed...
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Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton drops out of Senate race
City of TupeloTupelo Mayor Jason Shelton The already dramatic U.S. Senate special election again shifted Tuesday as Democratic candidate and Tupelo Mayor Jason Shelton announced he is dropping out of...
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Education task force named to examine state testing
A wide group of teachers, legislators and other education officials were named Wednesday to a new task force to study student testing, the Mississippi Department of Education announced. Kayleigh...
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Trump Administration cools on Mississippi Medicaid work requirements
For months, Mississippi’s application for a program that would require certain Medicaid recipients to work has been considered a lock by supporters and opponents of the program. Larrison Campbell,...
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In praise of box scores on news print …
So an old friend and I were sitting on his back porch Friday morning, drinking coffee and lamenting the fact that you can no longer pick up the morning newspaper and read last night’s baseball box...
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Famed chef adds bourbon to ‘Move on Up Mississippi’ recipe
John Currence had his first taste of bourbon as a youngster, in a goodnight kiss on his parents’ lips. Currence, now a James Beard Foundation Award-winning chef, Oxford restaurateur and author,...
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