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The 2026 FIFA World Cup, hosted by the USA, Canada, and Mexico, has sparked immense interest, with more American sports fans becoming interested in soccer. And while Mississippi doesn’t have a professional soccer team, the Magnolia State does have several teams advancing to higher levels of play and making a name for our state.

It is teacher appreciation week and there are certainly many great teachers working in today’s classrooms to inspire today’s youth. They work far more than 40 hours a week and have passion and energy to burn. I have worked with teachers across the K-12 range over the years and I appreciate them all. Kindergarten teachers have the challenge of guiding 5-year-olds through the basics of good behavior and paying attention that will get them ready to learn. Learning to be a “line leader” is no cake walk. Middle school and high school teachers deal with the drama of teens as they come of age. God Bless them all!

As a former teacher and now a mother, I see educators from both sides of the classroom. I know the long days, the emotional weight, the endless responsibilities, and now, as a parent, I also see the incredible impact teachers have on my own children every single day.

America 250 Mississippi and the Mississippi Humanities Council have announced the final round of grant recipients for the America 250 Mississippi Grant Program, supporting projects across the state ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary. 

High school baseball season is quickly drawing to a close here in Mississippi. In fact, regular season games are finished for all high school teams, and the playoff bracket is moving along to its culmination of the 2026 state championships games in each of the seven divisions of Mississippi’s high school teams. 

A new mountain bike park is in the early stages of development in Lucedale, where organizers hope to turn more than 60 acres of city-owned land into a regional destination for riders and families. 

Mississippi has always been home to famous people like Oprah, Faith Hill and John Grisham. Many are part of the daily news and have made great strides for the state. But there is a 15-year-old who is sliding into stardom a NASCAR track.

By the time the azaleas start showing off and your car stays dusted in yellow pollen no matter how many times you wash it, something shifts—you start paying attention to what you’re wearing again.

There are festivals… and then there’s Starkville.

Because once a year, this Mississippi college town turns into something you really have to see to believe—where a bugler sounds the call, a flyover roars overhead, and hundreds of dachshunds line up like tiny, determined athletes ready for glory.

Mississippi, it’s time to get moving. Let’s increase our physical movement, improve our eating habits, and make ourselves healthier and happier!

COASTAL MISSISSIPPI (April 20, 2026) – Coastal Mississippi is celebrating a major milestone as the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service approaches its 100,000th passenger since launching last August, underscoring the growing demand for rail travel along the Mississippi Gulf Coast. 

 The Hattiesburg Zoo is thrilled to introduce its newest residents to guests beginning tomorrow: three baby spider monkeys named Cider, Holly and Juniper.

Kids Markets, a youth-run pop-up market that helps children operate small businesses, is looking to expand into southeast Mississippi and…

Layla Nytes, a participant in Mississippi’s Youth Villages LifeSet™  program, has been selected for the 2026 Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute (CCAI) Foster Youth Internship Program in Washington, D.C. Nytes is one of only 10 young adults chosen nationwide for this year’s cohort and the first Mississippian youth since 2008 to be invited into this highly competitive program.

By the time the hallway goes quiet, you know what kind of day it is.

Teachers are standing at their doors, offering last-minute smiles and soft encouragement. Pencils are freshly sharpened. Somewhere, a student is whispering, “I’m nervous,” and a teacher is answering, “You’re ready.” It’s testing season in Mississippi—and if you’ve ever been part of a school community, you can feel it the moment you walk in.

There’s something about Easter morning in Mississippi that just feels different. The light comes in a little softer, the azaleas…