New MAX Hall of Famers’ Legacies Link Mississippians Across Generations
Performers, inductees and representatives returned to the MSU Riley Center stage for a rousing, revival-like close to the The MAX Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
Performers, inductees and representatives returned to the MSU Riley Center stage for a rousing, revival-like close to the The MAX Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
The City of Meridian projected Grindline’s design concepts for the skatepark on a big screen at the reveal party at Ben Arthur Davis Park in November 2022.
Mississippi paid “ghost workers” at a private company running the State-owned Marshall County Correctional Facility, Holly Springs, Miss., between 2017 and 2020, the Mississippi state auditor says.
In addition to the Halloween-themed fundraisers and parties taking place this October, Mississippians can visit a number of haunted houses and similar attractions in cities like Gulfport, Raymond, Ellisville, Brandon, Meridian and others.
Together with her husband, Tim Edmonds, Yolanda Edmonds had spent close to 20 years promoting boxing matches in Meridian, Miss., as part of Team TNT Promotions and knew she could put her promotional skills to use to create a festival for her community.
“Ikeisha Baker, come on down!” the voice of announcer George Gray called out. “You’re the next contestant on ‘The Price is Right!’”
Juneteenth commemorates the day when federal troops arrived in Galveston, Texas, in 1865 to take control of the state and ensure that all enslaved people were freed.
Disability Rights Mississippi, a nonprofit that advocates for the rights of those with disabilities throughout the state, has investigated complaints regarding the amount of time those on bond, like Brad Sellers, have waited for a forensic bed to open at Mississippi State Hospital.
Sam Cooke. W. C. Handy. Marty Stuart. Alice Walker. Ida B. Wells. These five superstars in their fields—musical performance and business, writing, journalism, Black activism—are the latest Mississippians inducted into the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience Hall of Fame. They join the ranks of Oprah Winfrey, James Earl Jones, Sela Ward and 25 other Mississippi artists The MAX, as it is commonly known, has honored.
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