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St. Stanislaus star Max Baria, with ball, grabs a rebound over Booneville's Elijah Dukes during the Boys Class 3A semifinal game, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Max Baria, a 17-year-old high school senior from Bay St. Louis, is a good-looking, soft-spoken, highly intelligent young man, who emerged this basketball season as one of the best high school players in Mississippi.
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St. Stanislaus star Max Baria, with ball, grabs a rebound over Booneville's Elijah Dukes during the Boys Class 3A semifinal game, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Max Baria, a 17-year-old high school senior from Bay St. Louis, is a good-looking, soft-spoken, highly intelligent young man, who emerged this basketball season as one of the best high school players in Mississippi.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
2 weeks 3 days ago
St. Stanislaus star Max Baria, with ball, grabs a rebound over Booneville's Elijah Dukes during the Boys Class 3A semifinal game, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
Max Baria, a 17-year-old high school senior from Bay St. Louis, is a good-looking, soft-spoken, highly intelligent young man, who emerged this basketball season as one of the best high school players in Mississippi.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
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Mississippi counties included in the tornado watch include Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, Desoto, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Washington, Webster, Yalobusha and Yazoo.
The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch for portions of Eastern Arkansas and Northern and Central Mississippi until 11 p.m. Sunday, March 15.
Several tornadoes are likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible. Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph are also likely while scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events up to 2 inches in diameter are possible.
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Mississippi counties included in the tornado watch include Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, Desoto, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Washington, Webster, Yalobusha and Yazoo.
The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch for portions of Eastern Arkansas and Northern and Central Mississippi until 11 p.m. Sunday, March 15.
Several tornadoes are likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible. Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph are also likely while scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events up to 2 inches in diameter are possible.
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Mississippi counties included in the tornado watch include Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Coahoma, Desoto, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Leflore, Marshall, Monroe, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Tunica, Union, Washington, Webster, Yalobusha and Yazoo.
The National Weather Service’s Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch for portions of Eastern Arkansas and Northern and Central Mississippi until 11 p.m. Sunday, March 15.
Several tornadoes are likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible. Widespread damaging winds and isolated significant gusts to 80 mph are also likely while scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events up to 2 inches in diameter are possible.
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2 weeks 4 days ago
“He will always be remembered as one who tried to get the races to come together,” said Constance Slaughter-Harvey.
Pioneering pastor and civil rights leader John Perkins left the world Friday, but his family and friends say his light will long remain.
By Jerry Mitchell - Mississippi Today on
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“He will always be remembered as one who tried to get the races to come together,” said Constance Slaughter-Harvey.
Pioneering pastor and civil rights leader John Perkins left the world Friday, but his family and friends say his light will long remain.
By Jerry Mitchell - Mississippi Today on
2 weeks 4 days ago
“He will always be remembered as one who tried to get the races to come together,” said Constance Slaughter-Harvey.
Pioneering pastor and civil rights leader John Perkins left the world Friday, but his family and friends say his light will long remain.
By Jerry Mitchell - Mississippi Today on
2 weeks 4 days ago
“He will always be remembered as one who tried to get the races to come together,” said Constance Slaughter-Harvey.
Pioneering pastor and civil rights leader John Perkins left the world Friday, but his family and friends say his light will long remain.
By Jerry Mitchell - Mississippi Today on
2 weeks 4 days ago
Corey Wiggins, federal co-chairman for the Delta Regional Authority, speaks during a U.S. Rural Prosperity Commission field hearing, hosted by Brookings and AEl, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Corey Wiggins, a Hazlehurst native and federal co-chair of the Delta Regional Authority, will be the next president of Tougaloo College effective July 1.
He will be the 15th president in the school’s 157-year-history, succeeding Donzell Lee.
Tougaloo’s Board of Trustees appointed Wiggins as president Friday after a yearlong national search.
By Candice Wilder - Mississippi Today on
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Corey Wiggins, federal co-chairman for the Delta Regional Authority, speaks during a U.S. Rural Prosperity Commission field hearing, hosted by Brookings and AEl, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Corey Wiggins, a Hazlehurst native and federal co-chair of the Delta Regional Authority, will be the next president of Tougaloo College effective July 1.
He will be the 15th president in the school’s 157-year-history, succeeding Donzell Lee.
Tougaloo’s Board of Trustees appointed Wiggins as president Friday after a yearlong national search.
By Candice Wilder - Mississippi Today on
2 weeks 4 days ago
Corey Wiggins, federal co-chairman for the Delta Regional Authority, speaks during a U.S. Rural Prosperity Commission field hearing, hosted by Brookings and AEl, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Corey Wiggins, a Hazlehurst native and federal co-chair of the Delta Regional Authority, will be the next president of Tougaloo College effective July 1.
He will be the 15th president in the school’s 157-year-history, succeeding Donzell Lee.
Tougaloo’s Board of Trustees appointed Wiggins as president Friday after a yearlong national search.
By Candice Wilder - Mississippi Today on
2 weeks 4 days ago
Corey Wiggins, federal co-chairman for the Delta Regional Authority, speaks during a U.S. Rural Prosperity Commission field hearing, hosted by Brookings and AEl, on Wednesday, March 4, 2026, at Mississippi Valley State University in Itta Bena. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
Corey Wiggins, a Hazlehurst native and federal co-chair of the Delta Regional Authority, will be the next president of Tougaloo College effective July 1.
He will be the 15th president in the school’s 157-year-history, succeeding Donzell Lee.
Tougaloo’s Board of Trustees appointed Wiggins as president Friday after a yearlong national search.
By Candice Wilder - Mississippi Today on
2 weeks 4 days ago
Below is a political opinion column by Mattias Gugel:
Mississippians have the right to demand fairness and oppose discrimination. But in financial regulation fairness ultimately flows from clarity, not from multiplying regulators.
By Mattias Gugel - Magnolia Tribune on
2 weeks 4 days ago
Below is a political opinion column by Mattias Gugel:
Mississippians have the right to demand fairness and oppose discrimination. But in financial regulation fairness ultimately flows from clarity, not from multiplying regulators.
By Mattias Gugel - Magnolia Tribune on
2 weeks 4 days ago
Below is a political opinion column by Mattias Gugel:
Mississippians have the right to demand fairness and oppose discrimination. But in financial regulation fairness ultimately flows from clarity, not from multiplying regulators.
By Mattias Gugel - Magnolia Tribune on
2 weeks 4 days ago
Below is a political opinion column by Mattias Gugel:
Mississippians have the right to demand fairness and oppose discrimination. But in financial regulation fairness ultimately flows from clarity, not from multiplying regulators.
By Mattias Gugel - Magnolia Tribune on
2 weeks 4 days ago
The company said Thursday that the collective bargaining agreement for union-represented shipbuilders provides historic wage growth of 35% to 47% through 2031.
All five union organizations at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula have now ratified new collective bargaining agreements with HII, following voting by their members. The new contract will run through March 8, 2031.
Employing more than 11,000 employees, Ingalls Shipbuilding is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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The company said Thursday that the collective bargaining agreement for union-represented shipbuilders provides historic wage growth of 35% to 47% through 2031.
All five union organizations at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula have now ratified new collective bargaining agreements with HII, following voting by their members. The new contract will run through March 8, 2031.
Employing more than 11,000 employees, Ingalls Shipbuilding is the largest manufacturing employer in Mississippi.
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
