Skip to content
News
Business
Culture
Opinion
Issues
About
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
Sponsorship
Y’all Archive
Search
Donate
News
Opinion
Business
Culture
About Us
Who We Are
Our Approach
Staff & Contributors
Magnolia Tribune
This article was produced by Magnolia Tribune staff.
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 8, 2008
Appointee? Mabus was rural voice for Obama
The Clarion-Ledger Editorial, 12/7/8 Barack Obama drew rock star crowds in the nation’s largest cities, but some of his surrogate presidential campaign speakers like former Mississippi Gov. Ray Mabus drew less glamourous assignments. After a fiery career as a crusading state auditor, Mabus served as Mississippi’s governor from 1988 to 1992. He served as President…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 8, 2008
Legislators to open 2009 in old Capitol
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/7/8 At noon on Tuesday, Jan. 6, the Mississippi Legislature will convene the 2009 session just as the state Constitution mandates. But for that day, the Legislature will not be meeting in the Capitol building deemed the seat of government for most of the past 100-plus years. The Legislature, instead,…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 8, 2008
Children’s abuse deaths put DHS role in spotlight
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/7/8 In the wake of the gruesome starvation death of a Scott County 4-year-old and an investigation into possibly another, attention has turned to the state agency charged with protecting children. A hearing at the Capitol is scheduled Dec. 15 to determine the status of the state’s Department of Health and Human Services.…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 8, 2008
Gas card use fuels controversy
The Clarion-Ledger, 12/7/8 Problems in the city of Jackson’s fuel monitoring program are so widespread that they range from low-level employees all the way up to the mayor’s office, according to documents obtained by The Clarion-Ledger. From July to October, an audit of the Fuelman discount gas program revealed that 945 of the 1,088 employees…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 8, 2008
Sen. Wicker ready to work with new administration
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 12/6/8 Mississippi Republican Sen. Roger Wicker likely won’t agree with all of Barack Obama’s decisions, but he said Friday he will vote for at least two of the president-elect’s Cabinet picks. At the Community Development Foundation’s First Friday meeting, Wicker said Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., who made an unsuccessful…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 8, 2008
Airport tunnel re-emerges as preferred choice
The Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal, 11/6/8 Once thought to be improbable, building a tunnel has re-emerged as the top option for a heavily traveled road near Tupelo Regional Airport. Earlier this year, airport officials said West Jackson Street Extended needed to be moved because it was in the way of a proposed runway extension project.…
Culture
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 8, 2008
Heart of the matter: Tebow should repeat Heisman feat
Heart of the matter: Tebow should repeat Heisman feat ATLANTA — If the Heisman Trophy is only about who can put up the biggest numbers, then those of you with votes should cast them for one of those splendid Big 12 quarterbacks who light up the scoreboard with dazzling frequency. They are a joy to…
Culture
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 7, 2008
A Vote for Change the N.C.A.A. Should Heed
A Vote for Change the N.C.A.A. Should Heed President-elect Barack Obama struck a nerve when he called for an eight-team college football playoff to decide the national champion. The proposal drew varied reactions. “I actually laughed out loud,” Grant Teaff, the executive director of the American Football Coaches Association, said during a telephone interview when…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 7, 2008
Nick Saban: “I want our players not to hang their head”
http://blog.al.com/bamabeat/2008/12/nick_saban_i_want_our_players.html Really, Alabama did what it wanted to do. It ran the ball. It limited Florida’s running game and it held the lead going into the fourth quarter. But seemingly every time his team needed it, Gators quarterback Tim Tebow made a play and his team scored the game’s final two touchdowns to claim a…
Culture
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 7, 2008
BCS? Heck, SEC’s got your national title game right here
http://www.sportsline.com/collegefootball/story/11156510/rss ATLANTA — It’s going to be warmer, but it’s going to be a letdown. That much has been determined of BCS Bowl XI 33 days from now in an anonymous suburb in South Florida. They will call it the national championship game, but they will be wrong. College football left that designation behind in…
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 7, 2008
“Cold Cash” Jefferson gets cold cocked by LA Voters
Indicted Louisiana congressman loses re-election bid Republican challenger Anh “Joseph” Cao, an attorney and community organizer, defeated Jefferson in the 2nd Congressional district race. He will become the first Vietnamese-American elected to Congress. With 100 percent of precincts reporting, Cao had almost 50 percent of the vote to Jefferson’s 47 percent. The 2nd Congressional district,…
Posts pagination
Prev
1
…
3,241
3,242
3,243
3,244
3,245
…
4,324
Next
News
|
Magnolia Tribune
•
December 7, 2008
Suit Against Adams & Reese Came in Like a Lion, Out Like a Louse
Suit Against Adams & Reese Came in Like a Lion, Out Like a Louse Jamie Perdigao’s lawsuit against his former law firm, Adams and Reese, alleging racketeering, became the required reading of the steamy New Orleans spring after he filed it in the Eastern District of Louisiana federal court in May. It was filled with…
News
News
|
Frank Corder
•
May 6, 2026
Speaker White names House Select Committees to tackle property taxes, school consolidation, redistricting, more
News
|
Daniel Tyson
•
May 6, 2026
Job training life-affirming for inmates in MAGCOR programs
News
|
Jeremy Pittari
•
May 6, 2026
State agencies team up to promote maternal mental health care
Business
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
April 23, 2026
Mississippi companies invited to participate in 2026 Southeastern U.S.–Canadian Provinces Conference
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
April 22, 2026
Corderill investing $100 million at Meridian data center campus
Business
|
Frank Corder
•
April 17, 2026
Walmart announces plan to remodel 19 Mississippi stores
Culture
Culture
|
Susan Marquez
•
May 7, 2026
Noah “Soggy” Sweat’s “The Whiskey Speech” to be presented at Two Mississippi Museums
Culture
|
Alistair Begg
•
May 7, 2026
Purchased for God
Culture
|
Susan Marquez
•
May 6, 2026
Canton Flea Market returns for 62nd year
Opinion
Opinion
|
Christy Hovanetz
•
May 6, 2026
Mississippi is raising the bar, and that’s a really good thing for kids
Opinion
|
Russ Latino
•
May 5, 2026
Mississippi faces pressure to redistrict before congressional midterms, but also real world constraints
Opinion
|
Susan Crabtree
•
May 1, 2026
U.S. Secret Service Chief says Hilton site was ‘set up perfectly,’ critics disagree
All the latest delivered to your inbox!
Facebook
This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Email
(Required)
By joining our newsletter, you are confirming that you agree with the
Privacy Policy
Cat Title
|
Author
•
Date
Title Placeholder
