New Summit School steps up to help a student in need.
Reagan Spence, a junior at New Summit School in Jackson, was born with a Spina Bifida diagnosis. At 22 weeks gestation, Reagan’s family chose to...
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What children should say to someone in a wheelchair
The curiosity of someone who looks different is there for small children. The first time they see someone in a wheelchair may make for an...
A swashbuckling memoir of perseverance and redemption.
George Malvaney is best known for his leadership in the Mississippi response to the Deepwater Horizon (BP) oil spill in 2010. Marlvaney’s memoir titled Cups...
Buy grumpy, don’t be grumpy
Grumpy Man is a small business success story out of Purvis, Mississippi. For the past six years, founder, Nathan Sanford, has been creating whole food...
Mississippi Delta’s Best Kept University Secret
U. S. News & World Report named Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) as one of America’s best in the southern region. Located in Itta Bena,...
School Lunch Hero Day: Don’t call them “lunch ladies”
Between preparing healthy meals for Mississippi’s students, adhering to strict nutrition standards, navigating student food allergies, and offering service with a smile, school nutrition professionals...
Children’s Mental Health in Mississippi
One in five children between the ages of 3-17 in Mississippi is struggling with a behavioral, emotional or mental health challenge. The good news is...
World Wish Day 2019
Make-A-Wish Mississippi grants a wish every 4 days, thanks to the collective force of donors, volunteers and doctors who make the impossible possible. April 29th...
45th World Championship Ole-Time Piano Contest
If you like ragtime, traditional jazz, blues, honky-tonk, boogie-woogie and novelty songs from the early 20th Century, you’ll have the time of your life in...
How do you like your steak cooked?
We all agree we like a good steak, but how you want it is up for debate. Mississippi is full of small-town steakhouses delivering up...