March is Social Work Month, and the Mississippi State Department of Health is recognizing social workers who work in service to others at both the main MSDH office and county health departments ...

Tuesday was a stormy day coming, with tornado watches on the horizon. Perhaps it was just the kind of day to snuggle up at ...

Meridian and Lauderdale County schools will dismiss students early Tuesday as severe weather is expected to make its way ...

Joseph Knight, vice president for Workforce Solutions at Meridian Community College, has been named a Distinguished College ...

Rosa Parks took her seat. Jackie Robinson stepped up to the plate. Jesse Jackson raised his voice. At Meridian Community College’s McCain Theater, these iconic figures—and many more—came to ...

While past studies have shown that the arts and culture sector contributes $2.6 billion to Mississippi’s economy annually, supporting more than 27,000 jobs, recent data reflecting this sector in ...

St. Patrick students sang songs and highlighted past black inventors, celebrities and Civil War heroes during the school’s ...

I’m sitting at the Toyota dealership in Gulfport where the television is competing with music piped through the building. Around me I hear conversations from several people discussing a variety ...

“They’re kind of a young program, and so we’re doing a supply drive for them to help them, just for the events that they put on,” she said. The SPOT participates in TOP Soccer and Camp ...

Community leaders and candidates for political offices joined together Thursday to celebrate Meridian’s future leaders at Shaking Hands with Our Future. The event, which started a decade ago, is ...

They couldn’t be more right. Meridian’s students are blessed with a number of organizations and groups dedicated toward keeping them out of trouble and off the streets. The Carter Foundation ...

Hinds County Chancellor Crystal Wise Martin kicked a political and judicial hornet’s nest in issuing a Feb. 18 temporary restraining order that required a Mississippi newspaper to remove a Feb ...