Mike Stobbe, Associated Press, Author at Magnolia Tribune

Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

News | Mike Stobbe, Associated Press •

June 16, 2026

The U.S. infant mortality rate fell to an all-time low, though it still trails other similar nations

Latest CDC data shows Mississippi had the highest infant mortality rate, at 9.65 deaths per 1,000 births, and New Hampshire had the lowest, at just under 3 per 1,000.

News | Mike Stobbe, Associated Press •

February 6, 2026

U.S. births dropped last year, suggesting the 2024 uptick was short-lived

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports just over 3.6 million births in 2025, about 24,000 fewer than in 2024.

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 | Jeremy Pittari •

September 25, 2026

Veterans Affairs cuts backlog, sets record for number of claims processed

News | Ali Swenson, Associated Press •

September 25, 2026

Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for now

News | Cass Rutledge •

September 25, 2026

A&W Custom Furniture expanding in Okolona, adding 20 jobs

Business

Business | Frank Corder •

September 24, 2026

England-based SubSea Craft expanding operations, locating U.S. facility on Mississippi Coast

Business | Cass Rutledge •

September 23, 2026

Raybern Foods expansion in Shannon bringing 70 new jobs to area

Business | Cass Rutledge •

September 18, 2026

Industrial Timber expanding its Ripley operations with $2.6 million investment

Culture

Culture | Susan Marquez •

September 25, 2026

Journey to Colonial Mississippi: An America 250 Celebration

Culture | Alistair Begg •

September 25, 2026

Promised provision

Culture | Alistair Begg •

September 24, 2026

The meaning of the Cross

Opinion

Opinion | Sid Salter •

September 23, 2026

Midterm elections in Mississippi shaping up as a familiar exercise in black-and-white

Opinion | Bill Cork •

September 22, 2026

The states winning investment are the states ready to deliver

Opinion | Lesley Davis •

September 21, 2026

The war on women’s spaces has reached the sorority house