Recent conversations about our family gathering have included the menu with side dishes being the more specific topic.

Of course, side dishes need to encompass some healthy vegetables and enough food choices to satisfy a crowd. Yet, Thanksgiving almost commands that a comforting side dish be among the spread.

This is the season of gratitude and reflection. Just like the years before, 2024 has come with its own unique challenges. As we draw near to the end of the year and enter into the season of Thanksgiving, we may find ourselves reflecting on all that has occurred during the year. Although silent reflection is great, now is the perfect time to express our gratitude and appreciation. Here are a few ways to celebrate Thanksgiving season this year.

Many classic recipes were the product of necessity and in many poor countries the staple diet is rice and beans. It just doesn’t get more affordable than dried beans and rice, slowly cooked with what every leftover you might have.

Five years have passed since the grass covered lot in Moss Point began its journey toward restoration to a mature natural wetland. To look at it now, it can appear to untrained eyes to be a mess – a tangled thicket of weeds and shrubs that, well, looks messy. Let me tell you why it is not and what it will look like as it continues its journey to a mature Bayhead Swamp that it is meant to be.

The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) welcomed three-time Grammy-winning blues icon Bobby Rush to campus on Nov. 5 for an exclusive interview, produced by students in the Media and Entertainment Arts program within the School of Media and Communication, as part of its Established Artists and Recording Students (EARS) series.

On Friday, November 8, in conjunction with C Spire’s support and promotion of our state’s high school student-athletes, the Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) and the Mississippi Association of Coaches (MAC) announced the winners of the prestigious 2024 Mr. Football awards.