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Person of the Day | Caleb Smith: Jones College Professor’s Pop-Culture Lessons Land Him Humanities Award
The Mississippi Humanities Council named Caleb Smith, a professor of geography and history at Jones College, as its 2025-2026 Humanities Teacher of the Year during an award ceremony in March.
Person of the Day | Legacy Choctaw Indian Princess Lexi Flint Accepts New Role as Goodwill Ambassador
The Choctaw Indian Fair hosted its 71st annual Choctaw Indian Princess pageant on July 15, 2026, where Lexi Flint won the title of princess after competing against nine other contestants in a three-round competition held at the fairgrounds’ amphitheater.
Person of the Day | John Polk, Hattiesburg Senator Known as ‘Dr. No’ at Mississippi Capitol, Dies at 77
Former Mississippi State Sen. John Polk, a Republican from Hattiesburg and the former chairman of the Senate Accountability, Efficiency and Transparency Committee who killed an effort to restore the state’s ballot initiative in 2023, died on Monday at age 77.
Person of the Day | Vicksburg Native Rev. Ed King: Lifetime Civil-Rights Ally for Black Mississippians
Rev. Ed King, one of the last surviving founders of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party and a longtime ally of Black Mississippians throughout the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, died on Saturday, July 4, at age 89.
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Person of the Day | Kaylee Gatlin: High-Ranking Mississippi Golfer Attends Her Third Underrated Golf Tour
Madison teenager Kaylee Gatlin learned to play golf from her father during the COVID-19 pandemic and has since gone on to become Mississippi’s sixth-ranked player at the 7A high-school level. This summer, she will be attending her third Underrated Golf Tour, where she will serve as an upperclassman to newcomers.
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