Supermarket giant Walmart will be celebrating its first “Wellness Day of 2024” by offering free health screenings and immunizations across Mississippi over the weekend. On Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Walmart customers can receive free glucose, cholesterol, BMI, … Continued
As Mississippians continue to battle the highest grocery tax in America, a new study shows just how much households are spending on a weekly basis. According to the report from HelpAdvisor, Mississippi households pay the third-most in the U.S. for … Continued
The U.S. Department of Labor is blaming a Hattiesburg poultry processing plant for the death of a teenage employee. Federal officials with the department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) allege that Mar-Jac Poultry disregarded safety standards that led to … Continued
Two Mississippi colleges walked away with first-place finishes during this year’s UCA and UDA College Cheerleading and Dance Team National Championship. Northwest Mississippi Community College and Jones College secured the first-place positions during the competition over the weekend, which took … Continued
Mississippi Aquarium will be featuring special guest appearances from the beloved CoComelon characters JJ and Cody in less than two weeks. The public will be invited to attend meet and greets with the two stars throughout the day on Saturday, … Continued
Ole Miss associate head coach Derrick Nix is jumping ship to be the offensive coordinator under former Ole Miss head coach Hugh Freeze at Auburn. Auburn had reportedly been in contact with Nix for a position on Freeze’s staff for … Continued
The Millsaps College Board of Trustees has named Frank Neville as its 12th president a little less than a year after the resignation of Rob Pearigen. Neville was unanimously selected by the board’s 17-member search committee, which consisted of trustees, … Continued
Committee assignments have been made in the Mississippi legislature, and Senator Angela Burks-Hill is not too happy about where she was placed by the lieutenant governor. The Republican from Picayune, during a recent episode of The Gallo Show, lambasted the … Continued
Two weather-related deaths are being reported as Mississippi nears the end of an arctic cold blast. According to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), the first death happened during a car accident in Humphreys County on Sunday. Around 8 p.m., … Continued
A Purvis woman sentenced to life for locking her boyfriend’s body in a freezer has had her motion to appeal her conviction denied by a Mississippi court. 41-year-old Samantha Simmons was accused of tying Thomas Burns’ body with zip ties … Continued