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Coffee and Creams Bakery holds ribbon cutting

Coffee and Creams Bakery held a ribbon cutting ceremony on Tuesda

Willing Hearts and Hands shows compassion for the community

“Volunteers are the only human beings on the face of the earth wh

Judge Smith looks back on the last year after the shooting

The news of the arrest of an alleged shooter came as a relief to

Leaving a Clump is a Start

My first strong memory of our childhood lawn was vowing to “not have any grass to mow when I grow up.” And I don’t.

Tribune Person of the Week: Joey Traywick 04-01-2021

Lights! Camera! Action!

Every public university requested a tuition increase except for Jackson State University, which will not increase tuition in the fall.

IHL approves tuition increase at 7 of 8 Mississippi universities
By Molly Minta - Mississippi Today, 264 Reads
A year after all but one of Mississippi’s public universities declined to increase tuition due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s business as usual: Tuition is once again going up this fall for most students at public universities.
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COVID-19 continues downward trend in Mississippi, but new variants loom large
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 1,492 Reads
The number of new COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths in Mississippi has continued the sharp decline seen since their peak in January. This is thanks to the rapid expansion of vaccination efforts across the state, though health officials continue to warn that this progress is threatened by the emergence of new variants.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : April 14, 2021
By Press Release - MSDH, 109 Reads
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : April 19, 2021
By Press Release - MSDH, 23 Reads
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

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Mississippi tells providers to halt use of Johnson & Johnson vaccine over rare blood clot
By Will Stribling - Mississippi Today, 162 Reads
COVID-19 vaccination efforts in the United States were slowed by an unexpected hurdle on Tuesday after federal health agencies recommended a pause in the use of Johnson & Joh
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Tanner Allen celebrates his bases-clearing triple that gave State the lead for good in Sunday’s 7-5 victory over Ole Miss. (MSU Athletics)

‘Dogs back in ‘catbird’s seat’ with thrilling 7-5 Sunday win
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today, 26 Reads
Fewer than 24 hours after being drubbed 9-0 by arch-rival Ole Miss, Mississippi State Sunday climbed back into what Mississippi native and broadcasting legend Red Barber famously called “the catbird’s seat.”
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U.S. Supreme Court denies Fitch motion to halt education lawsuit over Jim Crow-era language
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 239 Reads
The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to act on Attorney General Lynn Fitch’s motion to pause a lawsuit filed on behalf of African American parents saying the state violated federal law by spending less on majority-Black schools than majority-white ones.
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National report ranks Mississippi low in voter access
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, 24 Reads
Unlike many other state legislatures, the Mississippi Legislature did not pass bills during the 2021 session that would make it more difficult to vote.
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SALTER: Amazon in Alabama: Organized labor’s racial narrative soundly rejected yet again
By Sid Salter - Mississippi State University, 519 Reads
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

Organized labor’s organizing efforts in the South in recent years have focused on equating union membership with social justice. Over the last decade, that narrative has been soundly rejected in union votes and in most cases by workers with significant percentages of Black workers.
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