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University of Mississippi Medical Center clinics will remain closed through Wednesday, as work to ensure a safe network environment continues . . .

Ole Miss Symposium Puts Drones at the Center of Crisis Response

Ole Miss Symposium Puts Drones at the Center of Crisis Response Center for Air and Space Law brings industry, policy . . .

Applications now open for statewide effort to expand journalism education

Applications now open for statewide effort to expand journalism education Applications are now open for the Mississippi High School Journalism . . .

UMMC clinics to remain closed Monday, Tuesday

UMMC clinics to remain closed Monday, Tuesday JACKSON, Miss. – The University of Mississippi Medical Center clinics will remain closed . . .

MSU’s Garrison named Truman Scholar finalist

MSU’s Garrison named Truman Scholar finalist STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State aerospace engineering and mathematics junior is the university’s 2026 national . . .

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Beverly Joan Sugg McGowan
Mon,02/23/26-3:45PM , 204 Reads
Beverly Joan Sugg McGowan

Beverly Joan Sugg McGowan, was born March 22, 1940, in a log cabin in Houston, Texas. She was the 7 th child of 9 born to Jessie Dewitt and James Harlem Sugg.

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Magnolia Mornings: February 24, 2026
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Tue,02/24/26-12:58PM , 90 Reads 1,198 Statewide
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Mona Lisa Lee
Thu,02/19/26-9:04PM , 438 Reads
Mona Lisa Lee
Lisa Lee, 61, passed away Sunday, February 8, 2026, at Baptist Attala in Kosciusko.
Funeral services were 11:00 AM Thursday, February 12, 2026, at Culpepper Funeral Home Chapel in Kosciusko. Burial followed at Parkway Cemetery. Visitation was from 9:00 AM until the service time Thursday.
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Magnolia Mornings: February 20, 2026
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John Davis, former Mississippi Department of Human Services director, heads to the Thad Cochran United States Courthouse, Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, in Jackson. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today

In trial of ex-wrestler, Mississippi’s former welfare director testifies about appeasing politicians, trying ‘my very best’

A former adviser to President Donald Trump took his first stab Monday at questioning Mississippi’s former welfare director, the federal government’s star witness in an ongoing trial of a former pro wrestler accused of theft.