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Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
At the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, it’s possible to place too much emphasis on what should happen in the coming days, weeks, months.
Maintaining a perspective towards the future is a necessary part of a well-rounded mind that operates in the real-world realm of activity. How we view tomorrow is a significant indicator of spiritual and emotional health and of our ability to accomplish what God has called us each to do.
By Matt Friedeman - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Photo by Amanda D. Lee, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Five cities. Two counties. This first week of 2026 The Pine Belt News looks back at some of the top events from 2025, beginning with this story originally published February 27, 2025
Coney Island Café, a staple of downtown Hattiesburg’s culinary scene, will close its doors for the final time on Feb. 28. The restaurant cites rising food costs and other variables as the main contributors to the decision. The diner, with a history nearly as old as Hattiesburg itself, started with humble beginnings of the American Dream.
By Amanda D. Lee on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Delvin Francisco Rodriguez, a 39-year old Nicaraguan man being detained by immigration authorities, has died in a Natchez, Mississippi hospital.
In the months leading up to his death on Dec. 14, Rodriguez had been held in the Adams County Correctional Center, which is run by Core Civic Inc.
By Mukta Joshi - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Mississippi Today health reporter Allen Siegler and health editor Laura Santhanam give an update on the state’s plan to spend its initial pot of opioid lawsuit settlement money. Siegler’s in-depth reporting has chronicled some issues and raised serious questions about how the state and local governments are spending the money, which is supposed to help address the scourge of opioid addiction, which has cost at least 10,000 lives in Mississippi since 2000.
By Geoff Pender, Allen Siegler and Laura Santhanam - on
2 months 4 weeks ago
These Mississippians faced challenges, spoke out, made art and launched innovative projects in 2025. Our reporters wrote about their experiences – whether positive or negative – as part of our commitment to elevating the voices of everyday Mississippians, holding those in power accountable and shining a light on the state’s dark places.
By Mississippi Today Staff on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:
Unless Congress reverses course, Mississippians will pay much more for ACA marketplace insurance in 2026.
Mississippians have benefitted more from the enhanced subsidies provided for the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance policies than the people of almost any other state.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Sen. Nicole Boyd, R-Oxford, takes notes during a presentation by Mississippi Department of Child Services Commissioner Andrea Sanders, during a study group on women, children and family, held at the State Capitol, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
State lawmakers and leaders of Mississippi’s public colleges and universities are examining ways to increase the number of adults who complete some form of education after high school, land a job and earn a living wage.
The initial conversations, held Wednesday and Thursday during a joint meeting of the state House and Senate committees on universities and colleges, will likely continue during the 2026 legislative session.
Here are four key takeaways from the committee meetings.
By Candice Wilder - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Once Upon a Time at a Zoo not-so far-away, a STORYTIME event was being held for free - every Friday in January. The Zoo’s education team decided to announce the book lineup for each Friday in advance so that if young listeners see a favorite author or book in the schedule, they will be able to make plans to attend.
January 3rd Little Mouse's New Friend - Jo Parry
January 10th I Will CHOMP You - Jory John
January 17th Steve the Dung Beetle: On a Roll - Susan R. Stoltz
January 24th Edward the Emu - Sheena Knowles
By Lisa S. Conn on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Photo by Joaquin Chavez, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
The transfer portal is officially open and will continue through Jan. 16. This is the first year of the single, condensed 15-day period, with no separate spring window, aiming for more order in college football.
While that may seem far-fetched — because college football is as crazy as ever — Southern Miss is going to be very active in this portal window, giving fans an early glimpse of Blake Anderson’s first team.
By DIMA MIXON on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Could the outcome have been different?
A statewide group tasked with reviewing domestic violence homicides and other related deaths will begin to look at missed opportunities to offer resources and intervention to change future outcomes.
By Mina Corpuz - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Elijah Jones is a proud Hattiesburg native who enjoys writing. Email him at edjhubtown@aol.com.
I'm not a big fan of fast food. Well, not since the days back in the 1970s when I topped out at nearly 500 pounds anyway. During my college days at the University of Southern Mississippi, I hadn't quite reached my peak weight; I still had some growing to do. And, boy, was I ever lucky, attending college on a campus surrounded by burger joints. There was Burgertown, Burger King and, of course, McDonald's, all right there on Hardy Street, within walking distance of campus. And did I ever take advantage of the convenience.
By Elijah Jones on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Mississippi has 1,534 listings in the National Register of Historic Places.
Fifteen sites in Mississippi were listed in the National Register for 2025, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History announced this week.
The 15 sites included in the National Register, with descriptions from MDAH, are:
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Trinidad Chambliss continues to write one of the most fascinating stories in college football history. If this wasn’t football, you’d call it a fairy tale. All that’s missing are magic beans and silver slippers.
Here Thursday night at the jam-packed Superdome, one of the world’s most famous sports venues, Chambliss willed the Ole Miss Rebels to a scintillating 39-34 Sugar Bowl victory over the proud Georgia Bulldogs. He did it with his strong right arm. He did it with his legs. He did it with courage and with uncommon flair.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Mississippi quarterback Trinidad Chambliss (6) celebrates after the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football playoff quarterfinal game against Georgia in New Orleans, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026.
NEW ORLEANS — Trinidad Chambliss continues to write one of the most fascinating stories in college football history. If this wasn’t football, you’d call it a fairy tale. All that’s missing are magic beans and silver slippers.
Here Thursday night at the jam-packed Superdome, one of the world’s most famous sports venues, Chambliss willed the Ole Miss Rebels to a scintillating 39-34 Sugar Bowl victory over the proud Georgia Bulldogs. He did it with his strong right arm. He did it with his legs. He did it with courage and with uncommon flair.
By Rick Cleveland on
2 months 4 weeks ago
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2 months 4 weeks ago
If I said, “Let’s take a “fast cruise,” you might think I meant four days out of Mobile, hardly time to make it to Cozumel and back. No, I would have been referencing the Navy’s practice of scheduling a ship for a mock underway period alongside the pier before a long deployment overseas.
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2 months 4 weeks ago
In January 2016, the 50th anniversary of the 1966 killing of Vernon Dahmer Sr., the Mississippi Legislature honored him and his family in the Senate chamber. Afterward then-Sen. John Horhn, who introduced the measure, posed with the family and others, including Hollis Watkins, a civil rights activist who stayed with the family in 1961 and worked on voting rights. Credit: Jerry Mitchell/Mississippi Today
Mafia hitman Gregory Scarpa Sr. pocketed millions from drug dealing, donned a seven-carat pinky ring and shot to death so many people that he stopped counting at 50.
Oh, and he helped the FBI solve who killed Mississippi NAACP leader Vernon Dahmer Sr.
Hollywood plans to release a movie next year on Scarpa’s role in the Dahmer case, “By Any Means,” starring Mark Wahlberg as the mobster.
By Jerry Mitchell - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Mississippi’s vaccination rate has thus far been keeping pace with or exceeding national averages. The U.S. is at risk of losing its measles elimination status if transmissions continue into next year.
As a new year begins, healthcare officials are advising residents to get vaccinated against preventable ailments including influenza and measles, especially in at-risk populations.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Notes and quotes from the Sugar Bowl:
The biggest news of Sugar Bowl Media Day Tuesday was splendid news for Ole Miss football fans.
All American running back Kewan Lacy pronounced himself “ready to go” for Thursday’s Sugar Bowl match with Georgia, and his coach, Pete Golding, confirmed Lacy’s status, saying, “I couldn’t agree with him more!”
“I am excited to watch (Lacy) got out and play and play really well,” Golding said.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
2 months 4 weeks ago
The similarities of these two Sugar Bowl head coaches are many. Georgia football coach Kirby Smart’s dad was a high school football coach. So is Ole Miss coach Pete Golding’s daddy.
Smart played defensive back, safety to be exact. So did Golding.
When both Smart and Golding finished their playing days, they hired on as graduate assistant coaches at their alma maters.
Following those apprenticeships both Smart and Golding cut their coaching teeth in the Division II Gulf South Conference, Kirby at Valdosta State and Pete at his alma mater, Delta State.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
