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Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
Matt Friedeman says if you earnestly pray these eight lines from Psalms 119 and pour your heart out to God, you may well have the best year you have ever had.
It’s a new year. Want to pray with greater intensity and personal transformation than ever before?
By Matt Friedeman - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months ago
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1. Jury selection in Dibiase trial begins Tuesday
Former wrestler Ted DiBiase Jr. will stand trial in Mississippi for his alleged role in the state’s largest public embezzlement scheme using TANF funds.
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3 months ago
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Adrian Jackson (left), mother of MJ Daniels, and Chadra Daniels, investigator for HPD, share an embrace following the conclusion of the trial.
Five cities. Two counties. This first week of 2026 The Pine Belt News looks back at some of the top events from 2025, including this story originally published June 26, 2025
By Amanda D. Lee on
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At the age of forty-four, Raymond Chandler lost his fancy oil company job during The Great Depression. Abandoned by his alcoholic father at an early age, Chandler's mother, Florence, thought it would be best for Raymond to be raised with a superior education in England. Supported by an uncle, Chandler grew up with his mother, an aunt, and his grandmother where he obtained a classical education at Dulwich.
By Mik Davis on
3 months ago
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Councilman Carter Carroll (left) is presented with a resolution by city council president, Jeffrey George (right).
Five cities. Two counties. This first week of 2026 The Pine Belt News looks back at some of the top events from 2025, including this story originally published June 26, 2025
After a combined total of nearly 50 years of service to the Hattiesburg City Council, Ward 2’s Councilwoman Deborah Delgado and Ward 3’s Councilman Carter Carroll celebrated their retirements at the Jackie Dole Community Center on Tuesday afternoon.
By Amanda D. Lee on
3 months ago
Oak Grove teacher, Amanda Duplessy, makes her red carpet debut at the Milken Educator Awards in Los Angeles.
Five cities. Two counties. This first week of 2026 The Pine Belt News looks back at some of the top events from 2025, including this story originally published May 1, 2025
By Amanda D. Lee on
3 months ago
Ever on the lookout for stuff I can reuse or recycle from holiday decorations, Christmas is second to none. Even better than composting Halloween pumpkins.
Back when I used to go with fresh-cut trees to decorate, I recycled them after the holidays. Each yielded beautiful evergreen needles perfect for garden mulch, plus a sack of kindling from cut-up branches and small stack of fast-lighting firewood logs.
By Felder Rushing on
3 months ago
The 2026 session of the Mississippi Legislature is ready to go, and from the looks of things, the Republican majorities in both chambers must prepare to compromise to get anything high on their wish list accomplished.
A recent story on the Magnolia Tribune website explored education issues ranging from school choice to teacher pay raises; and increased financial assistance for the Public Employees Retirement System to start decreasing its $26 billion unfunded liability.
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Five cities. Two counties. This first week of 2026 The Pine Belt News looks back at some of the top events from 2025, including this story originally published April 3, 2025
Hattiesburg Alliance for Public Art unveiled two murals in the Hub City on Monday with the help of a very special guest and Hattiesburg native, Fred Armisen, whose comedy tour, “Comedy for Musicians But Everyone is Welcome” included two shows at Brewsky’s. “JAM Session: Series 2” and “Hub of Momentum” marked murals 61 and 62 out of the city’s goal of 100 murals.
By Amanda D. Lee on
3 months ago
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:
Columnist Sid Salter writes that you don’t have to be from Mississippi to respect its complexity. You do have to resist the urge to simplify it.
The brutal, disturbing murder of iconic Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner in recent days brought to mind his time making a movie in Mississippi in the 1990s.
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist on
3 months ago
David Keary, CEO and Executive Artistic Director of Ballet Mississippi, brings The Nutcracker to life each year for Mississippians who come from all over to enjoy the classic production.
Music critics wrote scathing reviews after the premiere performance of The Nutcracker in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1892. The ballet, a worldwide Christmas tradition for millions today, could have ended up in the dustbin of history if those original critics had had their way.
By Marilyn Tinnin - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months ago
Mississippi already knows how to do Christmas. Now, more and more, the cameras do too, fake snow and all!
There’s something about Mississippi at Christmas that feels ready-made for the movies. Courthouse squares glow. Downtown storefronts sparkle. Brick streets look like they’ve been waiting all year for twinkle lights and wreaths. And lately, that familiar holiday feeling comes with film crews, cameras, and fake snow blowing down Main Street.
By Meredith Biesinger - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months ago
Ten sure-fire ways to help prevent the post-holiday blues this season.
Anticipation is a powerful thing, especially during the Christmas season. Advent is a time of anticipating the birth of our Savior. For children, the days leading up to Christmas are filled with anticipation of Santa’s arrival.
By Susan Marquez - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months ago
Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
At the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, it’s possible to place too much emphasis on what should happen in the coming days, weeks, months.
Maintaining a perspective towards the future is a necessary part of a well-rounded mind that operates in the real-world realm of activity. How we view tomorrow is a significant indicator of spiritual and emotional health and of our ability to accomplish what God has called us each to do.
By Matt Friedeman - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months ago
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Five cities. Two counties. This first week of 2026 The Pine Belt News looks back at some of the top events from 2025, beginning with this story originally published February 27, 2025
Coney Island Café, a staple of downtown Hattiesburg’s culinary scene, will close its doors for the final time on Feb. 28. The restaurant cites rising food costs and other variables as the main contributors to the decision. The diner, with a history nearly as old as Hattiesburg itself, started with humble beginnings of the American Dream.
By Amanda D. Lee on
3 months ago
Delvin Francisco Rodriguez, a 39-year old Nicaraguan man being detained by immigration authorities, has died in a Natchez, Mississippi hospital.
In the months leading up to his death on Dec. 14, Rodriguez had been held in the Adams County Correctional Center, which is run by Core Civic Inc.
By Mukta Joshi - Mississippi Today on
3 months ago
Mississippi Today health reporter Allen Siegler and health editor Laura Santhanam give an update on the state’s plan to spend its initial pot of opioid lawsuit settlement money. Siegler’s in-depth reporting has chronicled some issues and raised serious questions about how the state and local governments are spending the money, which is supposed to help address the scourge of opioid addiction, which has cost at least 10,000 lives in Mississippi since 2000.
By Geoff Pender, Allen Siegler and Laura Santhanam - on
3 months ago
These Mississippians faced challenges, spoke out, made art and launched innovative projects in 2025. Our reporters wrote about their experiences – whether positive or negative – as part of our commitment to elevating the voices of everyday Mississippians, holding those in power accountable and shining a light on the state’s dark places.
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3 months ago
Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:
Unless Congress reverses course, Mississippians will pay much more for ACA marketplace insurance in 2026.
Mississippians have benefitted more from the enhanced subsidies provided for the federal Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance policies than the people of almost any other state.
By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today on
3 months ago
Sen. Nicole Boyd, R-Oxford, takes notes during a presentation by Mississippi Department of Child Services Commissioner Andrea Sanders, during a study group on women, children and family, held at the State Capitol, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024 in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
State lawmakers and leaders of Mississippi’s public colleges and universities are examining ways to increase the number of adults who complete some form of education after high school, land a job and earn a living wage.
The initial conversations, held Wednesday and Thursday during a joint meeting of the state House and Senate committees on universities and colleges, will likely continue during the 2026 legislative session.
Here are four key takeaways from the committee meetings.
By Candice Wilder - Mississippi Today on
