Person of the Day | Sissy Hudson: Two-Time New York City Marathon Runner
Vicksburg, Miss., native Sissy Hudson has competed in the New York City Marathon two separate times in 2022 and 2023.
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Vicksburg, Miss., native Sissy Hudson has competed in the New York City Marathon two separate times in 2022 and 2023.
Bolton, Miss., fashion designer Elizabeth Keyes launched the first line in her House of E. Keyes fashion collection on March 18, 2024.Â
The State of Mississippi has revoked the license for a medical-cannabis testing lab that once tested 70% of the state’s medical-marijuana products.
Beth Israel in Jackson, Miss., canceled services after someone emailed the synagogue a bomb threat on Dec. 17, 2023.Â
Three months ago, I spent my work days in an empty home, the podcasts emanating from my phone my primary source of auditory stimulation. I
The Meridian Public School District is no longer under federal supervision because it has taken sufficient steps to limit the effects of segregation, U.S. District Judge Henry Wingate found as he granted the district unitary status during a Sept. 12 hearing in Jackson, Miss.
“Fun fact: I got married on April 15, 2023. I also got married on June 24, 2023. Yes, I married the same person twice,” Nate Schumann writes. “No, we did not split during that 10-week period. We actually chose to have two ceremonies!”
Liz Cain, a breast-cancer survivor, often hosts community fundraisers outside her Dalewood, Miss., gift shop and boutique, gg’s.
The Meridian Jazz and Blues marker honors blues and jazz performers that have played pivotal roles in musical history, locally and nationally, laying a foundation for future music genres. But Karen Hinton writes that many Mississippi blues women, especially Black women, are left out of the conversation and off of these historic markers, and most are not mentioned at all compared to men artists.
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