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Dr. Travis Coakley of William Carey University received the “2025 Outstanding Contributor of the Year Award” Dec. 12 during a meeting of the Mississippi Bandmasters Association. The award was presented by MBA’s Phi Beta Mu fraternity, which honors excellence, preserves legacy, promotes fellowship and supports music education.
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The University of Southern Mississippi awarded undergraduate, graduate and specialist degrees to approximately 1,300 students during its fall 2025 commencement ceremonies held Dec. 11-12 on the Hattiesburg campus.
USM graduates from the local area include:
Hattiesburg
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Jessica Hannah, 45, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at her home in Kilmichael.
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Jessica Hannah, 45, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 9 at her home in Kilmichael.
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Conville is Professor Emeritus of Communication Studies and Service-Learning at The University of Southern Mississippi and a long-time resident of Hattiesburg where he Is a member of University Baptist Church. Reach him at rlconville@yahoo.com.
Homelessness is most certainly a dangerous physical condition, but it is also a dangerous political condition. Those who are politically homeless have no place to invest their political allegiance. And we humans seem to want to deposit our political capital where it will earn us a good return—liberty and justice for all (and not for just a few).
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William Carey University’s Fifth-Year Interim Report to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has been accepted with “no additional report required.”
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The H. P. Jacobs Administration Tower on the Jackson State University campus in Jackson, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Another lawsuit has emerged in the aftermath of presidential hires at Jackson State University.
Jerome Tinker, who serves in a leadership position in JSU’s Alumni Affairs office, is suing former president Marcus Thompon and the university in federal court for being turned down for the position of office director.
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The H. P. Jacobs Administration Tower on the Jackson State University campus in Jackson, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Another lawsuit has emerged in the aftermath of presidential hires at Jackson State University.
Jerome Tinker, who serves in a leadership position in JSU’s Alumni Affairs office, is suing former president Marcus Thompon and the university in federal court for being turned down for the position of office director.
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The H. P. Jacobs Administration Tower on the Jackson State University campus in Jackson, Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2025. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Another lawsuit has emerged in the aftermath of presidential hires at Jackson State University.
Jerome Tinker, who serves in a leadership position in JSU’s Alumni Affairs office, is suing former president Marcus Thompon and the university in federal court for being turned down for the position of office director.
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Failing districts not participating in the professional development services are advised to do so.
Investment in coaching support has been instrumental in Mississippi’s education gains, and the Mississippi Department of Education will be asking for more funding to expand the program.
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Failing districts not participating in the professional development services are advised to do so.
Investment in coaching support has been instrumental in Mississippi’s education gains, and the Mississippi Department of Education will be asking for more funding to expand the program.
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Failing districts not participating in the professional development services are advised to do so.
Investment in coaching support has been instrumental in Mississippi’s education gains, and the Mississippi Department of Education will be asking for more funding to expand the program.
By Jeremy Pittari - Magnolia Tribune on
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Failing districts not participating in the professional development services are advised to do so.
Investment in coaching support has been instrumental in Mississippi’s education gains, and the Mississippi Department of Education will be asking for more funding to expand the program.
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Jackson's rental registration manager Victoria Love, in discussion during a meeting of the Jackson Housing Task Force, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Victoria Love, the city of Jackson’s rental registration manager, scrunched her eyebrows together into a deep line, mimicking the confused expression she said Mayor John Horhn made the first time she introduced herself to him in 2024. He was a state senator at the time.
“I’m giving him my card, and he just pauses and looks at me and is like, ‘Rental registration? What is it that you do besides getting the rentals to register?’” Love said.
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Jackson's rental registration manager Victoria Love, in discussion during a meeting of the Jackson Housing Task Force, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Victoria Love, the city of Jackson’s rental registration manager, scrunched her eyebrows together into a deep line, mimicking the confused expression she said Mayor John Horhn made the first time she introduced herself to him in 2024. He was a state senator at the time.
“I’m giving him my card, and he just pauses and looks at me and is like, ‘Rental registration? What is it that you do besides getting the rentals to register?’” Love said.
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Jackson's rental registration manager Victoria Love, in discussion during a meeting of the Jackson Housing Task Force, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Victoria Love, the city of Jackson’s rental registration manager, scrunched her eyebrows together into a deep line, mimicking the confused expression she said Mayor John Horhn made the first time she introduced herself to him in 2024. He was a state senator at the time.
“I’m giving him my card, and he just pauses and looks at me and is like, ‘Rental registration? What is it that you do besides getting the rentals to register?’” Love said.
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Nickeda Shelton at the Northeast Mississippi Community College campus in Booneville, Miss., on Nov. 20, 2025. Credit: Allen Siegler / Mississippi Today
Walking through a parking lot at Northeast Mississippi Community College on a November afternoon, Nickeda Shelton was eager to get to her job as one of the school’s student counselors.
She loves working at the Booneville campus, enough so that she drives around 60 miles round trip every day from her home in Tupelo. It was an exciting change after roughly two decades of work in a K-12 setting.
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Nickeda Shelton at the Northeast Mississippi Community College campus in Booneville, Miss., on Nov. 20, 2025. Credit: Allen Siegler / Mississippi Today
Walking through a parking lot at Northeast Mississippi Community College on a November afternoon, Nickeda Shelton was eager to get to her job as one of the school’s student counselors.
She loves working at the Booneville campus, enough so that she drives around 60 miles round trip every day from her home in Tupelo. It was an exciting change after roughly two decades of work in a K-12 setting.
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Nickeda Shelton at the Northeast Mississippi Community College campus in Booneville, Miss., on Nov. 20, 2025. Credit: Allen Siegler / Mississippi Today
Walking through a parking lot at Northeast Mississippi Community College on a November afternoon, Nickeda Shelton was eager to get to her job as one of the school’s student counselors.
She loves working at the Booneville campus, enough so that she drives around 60 miles round trip every day from her home in Tupelo. It was an exciting change after roughly two decades of work in a K-12 setting.
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Mississippi prisoners were likely left without adequate dental care for months as the state’s private prison health care contractor failed to meet staffing requirements and the Department of Corrections failed to document the problem, according to a new legislative watchdog report.
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