Mike Stobbe, Associated Press, Author at Magnolia Tribune

Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Healthcare | Mike Stobbe, Associated Press •

July 24, 2025

The US fertility rate reached a new low in 2024, CDC data shows

The birth rate has been sliding in America for close to two decades as more women are waiting longer to have children or never taking that step at all.

DC | Mike Stobbe, Associated Press , Kasturi Pananjady, Associated Press •

April 8, 2025

Why water fluoridation is under fire in the US

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he wants communities to stop fluoridating water. Some places are already pulling back on fluoridation, including communities in Mississippi.

News

News | Frank Corder •

December 23, 2025

Coast Guard returning full operations to its Pascagoula station

News | Jeremy Pittari •

December 23, 2025

Mississippi Dept. of Education launches AI pilot program in 15 school districts

News | Fatima Hussein, Associated Press •

December 23, 2025

Medicaid paid more than $207 million for dead people. A new law could help fix that

Business

Business | Frank Corder •

December 19, 2025

Firehawk Aerospace expands U.S. rocket manufacturing by acquiring Mississippi facility

Business | Frank Corder •

December 18, 2025

Steel industry supplier P.C. Campana moving manufacturing line to Vicksburg

Business | Frank Corder •

December 15, 2025

Amick Farms announces $74.5 million expansion in Jones County

Culture

Culture | Susan Marquez •

December 26, 2025

A cure for the post-holiday blues

Culture | Alistair Begg •

December 26, 2025

Dead-end streets

Culture | Meredith Biesinger •

December 25, 2025

Where Christmas comes to life: Mississippi’s growing role in holiday movies

Opinion

Opinion | Sid Salter •

December 24, 2025

Slain director Rob Reiner made a complex but necessary film in Mississippi in the 1990s

Opinion | Donna Akers •

December 23, 2025

The joy of learning has been lost. It’s time to bring it back

Opinion | Kimberly Ross •

December 22, 2025

Don’t say anything at all: Rob Reiner, Donald Trump, textbook narcissism and double standards