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Culture  |  Susan Marquez  • 
November 11, 2025

Discover Mississippi: Country’s only cactus plantation found in Edwards

For 40 years, John Thomas grew cacti, bromeliads, and more on his plantation.
Faith  |  Alistair Begg  • 
November 11, 2025

It’s good news for all

Just as God invites all to hear His gospel, so He invites all who are changed by this gospel to be the agents of change for others.
News  |  Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press ,  Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press  • 
November 10, 2025

Speaker Johnson says House will return to Washington for voting on shutdown deal

It is unclear when the Senate will hold final votes on the legislation. But Johnson said Monday the “nightmare is finally coming to an end.”

Opinion

Opinion  |  Sid Salter  • 
October 29, 2025

Shutdown impacts in Mississippi require an understanding of reliance on federal funds

Columnist Sid Salter writes that to paint Mississippi solely as a dependent state would be to ignore recent major strides in economic development and tax reform.
Opinion  |  Daniel Sparks  • 
October 24, 2025

Mississippi taking strides to reduce harm from smoking

State Senator Daniel Sparks writes that when lawmakers apply science and common sense, businesses step up and give consumers better options.
Opinion  |  Grant Callen  • 
October 23, 2025

If lawmakers are trying to defund public education, they aren’t very good at it

Grant Callen says the notion that Mississippi lawmakers are “defunding” public schools is pure political spin, flatly contradicted by a decade of rising budgets and record spending.
Opinion  |  Kimberly Ross  • 
October 22, 2025

Jay Jones’ abhorrent texts deserve righteous condemnation, so do Hitler fans on the far right

Both sides of the political aisle should never be free from criticism.

Business

Business  |  Daniel Tyson  • 
October 23, 2025

Entergy Mississippi breaks ground on $1.2 billion Vicksburg Advanced Power Station

Governor Tate Reeves said Entergy’s investment will help further solidify Mississippi as a leader in American energy production.
Business  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 7, 2025

Averitt Express announces $9.6 million expansion in Richland

The company said Tuesday that its expansion in Mississippi includes the construction of a 150,000-square-foot logistics facility and the creation of 27 jobs.
Business  |  Magnolia Tribune  • 
October 2, 2025

Smurfit Westrock expanding in Saltillo

The project represents a corporate investment of nearly $19.3 million.

Business  |  Lynne Jeter  • 
September 25, 2025

Jabil establishing $70 million facility in Marshall County

The facility in Mississippi will join Jabil’s elaborate network of more than 100 manufacturing sites spanning 30 countries across four continents.
News  |  Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press  • 
November 7, 2025

Supreme Court lets Trump block transgender and nonbinary people from choosing passport sex markers

The decision halts a lower-court order requiring the government to keep letting people choose male, female or X on their passport to line up with their gender identity.
Culture  |  Richelle Putnam  • 
November 7, 2025

Mississippi Legends: Chris Ethridge – The quiet architect of country rock

Born in 1947 in Meridian, Ethridge baptized himself in the magical Mississippi waters and seeded his spirit in the Southern song.