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The Lauren Rogers Museum and the city of Laurel are amid a celebration that has been a century in the making. This year marks the 100th anniversary of the world-class museum of art has been a cornerstone for Laurel and the state and has brought a collection of fine art and education together for the world to enjoy.

Vung Tau is a family-run Vietnamese-style located in old Point Cadet. It is just a few blocks from Harrah’s Gulf…

The American Cancer Society is hosting its third annual “Shuck Cancer” event. This party with a purpose will raise funds for local hospitals to use to provide lodging and transportation for cancer patients. 

From a high school math teacher to an Air Force pilot, Daniela Martian exemplifies what it means to dream big…

The much-awaited Paradise Pier Fun Park in Biloxi is opening in just a matter of days and it aims to…

When guitarist “Six String Andrew” Sullivan had a chance to meet his guitar idol Buddy Guy, he wasn’t going to waste a single second of the chance he’d been dealt.

The Vancleave native walked right up to the blues legend at a club in the delta and told him he wanted to play onstage with the eight-time grammy award winner.

See you MS Press, thanks for laying the foundation and the memories!

 “We had joy. We had fun. We had seasons in the sun…” Certain stanzas of that old 1970s song came to mind recently as the last printed edition of The Mississippi Press rolled off the press.

have been a correspondent for 20 years. I wrote for The Mississippi Press from 2003-2015. After writing for another forum for about three years, I joined the Our Mississippi Home family in 2018.

The 2023 live music series presented by Grand Magnolia Music kicks off Friday, March 3rd with the legendary classic country…

This is the Mississippi Press. We are a COAST paper and our coverage don’t stop at the bridge – maybe, ok, fine, sometimes. We are the voice of this corner of Mississippi. This is the big time.

While The Mississippi Press was a small paper in size, it left a big impact on the community.

I was never supposed to spend a single moment typing away on the bizarrely Soviet-looking “One System” computers in The Mississippi Press newsroom.

Five decades ago, a dozen ladies sparked a flame still carried by Torchlighters.

And now that The Mississippi Press will be printed no more, there is a sadness. But these people who I worked with, day in and day out? They WERE my family; they ARE my family; and will FOREVER be my family. And that sense of family, however weird and quirky we all are, is something that no one can ever take away from me.  

On Jan. 3, 2000, I had the honor of becoming a reporter for my hometown newspaper, The Mississippi Press, and I cherish the many friends and memories I had there for more than nine years.