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Country music icon Lloyd Green was honored today with a Mississippi Country Music Trail marker at Marsh Hall, Fine Arts Building, on The University of Southern Mississippi campus.

Tessa Keating, an alumna of The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), never thought her job at NASA’s John C. Stennis Space Center would allow her to contribute to historic events within the space program. Now, she helps promote Artemis, a series of ongoing lunar missions, to everyone who visits the space center’s campus, showcasing a new generation of explorers.

“Well, it’s a long way from Star, Mississippi,” for some. However, the small town is home to some notable people, and the town’s history is rich with stories of resilience and community. Star continues to be a place of significance in Mississippi’s cultural landscape.

Mississippi State’s Athlete Engineering Institute continues to set the pace for understanding the recovery needed for all athletes with its annual summit.

Bozo’s Grocery is celebrating 68 years of serving up the finest fresh seafood, shrimp, crawfish, and signature seasonings on the Mississippi Gulf Coast. The Pascagoula staple has become a popular tourist attraction and a local favorite, and for a good reason — it’s delicious. 

Yes: it’s time once again to revel in the glory of just how good of a sports town Pascagoula really is. The Pascagoula Athletic Foundation recently announced the Class of 2025 for the Pascagoula Athletic Hall of Fame, at the same time noting that the induction ceremony will take place on June 14 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Pascagoula.

Dr. Holly Huye, professor in the School of Kinesiology and Nutrition at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), has been announced as the recipient of the 2025 Award for Outstanding Faculty Contributions to Service Learning in Higher Education Research by the Gulf-South Summit on Service-Learning in Higher Education. The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated excellence in community-engaged research and/or scholarship on the teaching and learning of service-learning.

Dr. Xiaodan Gu, an associate professor in the School of Polymer Science and Engineering at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM), has been named one of 400 scientists and engineers nationwide to earn the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE). 

Southern Living Magazine recently named H.D. Gibbes & Sons of Learned, Mississippi, one of The Most Legendary Steakhouses in the…

If you’ve ever scrolled Facebook, chances are you’ve encountered an account called “Mississippi Department of Memes.” This account is dedicated to making Mississippians laugh daily by making light of the good, the bad, and the ugly about The Magnolia State. 

The same flow dynamics that allow sharks to swim easily through Earth’s oceans could also allow humans to fly faster…

Five University of Southern Mississippi undergraduates have the opportunity for impactful and rewarding careers after graduation in an increasingly global economy and interdependent world through the prestigious U.S. Department of State Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship (the Gilman Program).

Little “q” Ranch Quail Hunting Preserve is definitely a Mississippi gem, a great place to enjoy some of Mississippi’s oldest outdoor traditions. 

He almost didn’t join his high school choir junior year due to being shy. Now, he’s performing on the national…

A couple of years ago (well, November of 2022, to be exact), I wrote a column about Martin Hegwood winning the Faulkner Award for his then unpublished novel, Memphis. The Faulkner is one of the most prestigious and highly contested writing competitions in the United States, so that accomplishment made us all “Pascagoula Proud” of our native son.

Hope Unbridled Equestrian Program in Tupelo, Mississippi, aims to bring therapeutic equine programs to differently abled individuals by providing individualized equine and therapeutic riding activities. Founder and director Sherry Jenkins advocates for the benefits of therapeutic equine programs because they have helped her daughter and family the most.