By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune Nearly $3.4 million in CARES Act grant funding has been approved to help renovate a foster care facility in Mississippi. The funding will be utilized to provide more modern care and calming surroundings to the state’s...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune A $400 million interstate repair project in the Jackson metro area will require two rounds of 45-day full lane closures along I-20 by the Mississippi Department of Transportation. Extended closure of traffic along one...
By Amanda Robinson, Delta State University The Golden Anniversary Scholarship, an endowed scholarship established more than 40 years ago to support Delta State University students, has been repurposed to provide financial assistance to Delta State alumni...
By Meredith Biesinger, Magnolia Tribune For more than 200 years, generations of children in Columbus started school at a place that holds a distinction no other Mississippi school can claim. Franklin Academy, established in 1821, was the first free...
By Brett Martel, Associated Press When Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss watches the Houdini acts from last season that made him a college football sensation, there is a part of him that would rather avoid doing that again. The ability to escape...
By Jeremy Pittari, Magnolia Tribune An update on the issues that led to the Okolona Separate School District being taken over by the Mississippi Department of Education last year was provided to the State Board of Education on Thursday. The Board also...
