FIRST-PERSON: From the Mississippi to the nations – On 100 years of the SBC Cooperative Program

Tony Wolfe is the executive director-treasurer of the South Carolina Baptist Convention and coauthor of “A Unity of Purpose: 100 Years of the Cooperative Program,” released this month from B&H Publishing. Four thousand and one Southern Baptists from …

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How DOGE Cuts Are Impacting Food Banks and Schools Across Mississippi

The Mississippi Food Network in Jackson, MS, distributes more than 30 million pounds of food a year and feeds more than 150,000 people each month. But recent federal funding cuts, however, put their mission at risk as well as the work of many others …

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Through a new Mississippi River channel, Mother Nature shows the land-building power of sediment diversions

As politicians argue over just how much land the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion could build along a rapidly sinking coast, geologist Alex Kolker regularly makes the 65-mile drive down from New Orleans to document Neptune Pass, the largest new branch of …

Mississippi Woman Allegedly Robbed a Dollar General Then Returned for Her Phone While Cops Were Mid-Investigation

GULFPORT, Miss. (KPEL-FM) - Oh, Mississippi is out there doing Mississippi things. Exhibit A happened over the weekend, and it involves an alleged robbery of a Dollar General, so you know this is good already. What Incident Happened at a Dollar General in …

Mississippi native in American Idol Top 3, headed to season finale

BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Jamal Roberts, a Meridian Native, will compete in the season finale of American Idol. On Monday night, May 12, Roberts performed two songs, “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” and “Beauty and the Beast.” Jamal Roberts, a Meridian Native …

Unpacking Mississippi State baseball's chances for SEC tournament bye

Mississippi Big Lots will open soon. What to know about new management

Class of 2025: Brandon High School holds graduation at the Mississippi Coliseum 

Brandon High School graduates the class of 2025 at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Miss., Monday, May 12, 2025.Barbara Gauntt/Clarion LedgerBrandon High School graduates the class of 2025 at the Mississippi Coliseum in Jackson, Miss., Monday, May …