I am going to add on to last weeks story, if you don’t mind. Just like most people, I am working in the yard, cleaning parts of my little cottage that haven’t been investigated in a long while, and fortunately, working on a few assignments and a book on Southern food ways. But more than anything else I am cooking and baking. And I share everything I cook on my Facebook page. Everything, good and bad.

During this Pandemic, our elderly need our assistance more than ever before.

With personal protective equipment in short supply nationwide, a team of engineers and researchers at Mississippi State University is turning to an unlikely combination of 3D printers and office supplies to aid medical personnel tackling COVID-19. 

As many are already aware, the spread of COVID-19 has adjusted the way schools and colleges function. Accustomed to live, face-to-face classes, they are now being forced to transfer to online classes for the safety of everyone involved. This precaution, hopefully, will lessen the risk of exposure for students and professors.

Life has been crazy, hasn’t it? We are trying to adjust to anything but normal circumstances, but let’s be honest… In today’s world, is there ever such thing as “normal?”

The Salvation Army will be taking part in #GiveFromHomeDay on April 21. This national fundraising drive puts the power of giving into the hands of Americans who are anxious to help neighbors and strangers alike who struggle with the economic and health impacts of the new coronavirus (COVID-19).

On April 14, 2020, Gov. Tate Reeves announced his decision to keep Mississippi schools closed for the rest of the year, which left parents wondering how to homeschoo

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College received a three-year, $300,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, for connected technologies in business and smart homes. The grant is an Applied Technological Education grant and will allow Gulf Coast to train technicians for both the residential and commercials fields. The grant will also focus on the recruitment of women and other underrepresented groups to Information Systems Technology programs at MGCCC.

Many people are turning to the kitchen as a way of dealing with being inside for so long. If you haven’t noticed, social media is flooded with images of the creative things people are doing.

Tea from backyard plants is a change of pace.

Love true crime and crime dramas? Podcasts, documentaries, 48 Hours, Dateline, Law & Order, Criminal Minds – you know who you are. If you’re looking for something new to watch during this social isolation period, there are some great new – and old – crime shows to binge.

Mississippi State mechanical engineering students have turned a conventional truck toolbox into a device that will sterilize face masks for the university’s John C. Longest Student Health Center staff. 

Listen to some great local Mississippi talents. Here is a list of five rocking Gulf Coast bands.

Singing River Electric crews worked through the night on Sunday, April 12, to restore power locally to nearly 3,000 homes and businesses.

In the depths of a social-distance-quarantine, things can get pretty bleak. Very real fear and anxiety, not to mention the more mundane challenge of existential boredom.

The Salvation Army, Mississippi Gulf Coast, is increasing efforts to meet needs caused by COVID-19. The Salvation Army Kroc Center is serving lunch to children 0-18 years old this week, Monday – Friday at noon, in a drive-through fashion.