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MPB brings Mississippi Antiques Showcase to the Delta April 17

Mississippi Public Broadcasting is hoping people looking for expert appraisals of their treasures will bring them to MPB’s Mississippi Antique . . .

‘Southern Dish’: MPB series spotlights state’s chefs, restaurants

For well over a year, state Sen. Lydia Chassaniol of Winona and a Mississippi Public Broadcasting film crew have been . . .

Chrissi Papworth: Shooting for the stars

Editor's Note: This story appeared in the Fall 2022 edition of Leflore Illustrated. It is being republished on our website . . .

Appropriators hammer out FY 2027 state budget as regular session nears end

Senate Appropriations chairman Briggs Hopson said there is a “general agreement” between House and Senate conferees on many of the . . .

Ostrander challenged his team and they answered by beating App State 13-4

“It was time,” said Southern Miss head coach Christian Ostrander after he gave his team a “stern” correction following Saturday’s . . .

Filming equipment for “Southern Dish” points toward the series’ host, Lydia Chassaniol of Winona.

Chrissi Papworth set working with wind tunnels as a career goal while still a student at Mississippi State University. She now works for NASA on the Artemis mission with the Space Launch System. Here she is standing outside the Unitary Plan Wind Tunnels at Ames Research Center in Mountain View, California.

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Four-run eighth inning rally lifts No. 11 Southern Miss over Appalachian State in series opener
By DIMA MIXON
Fri,03/27/26-10:08PM , 1,838 Reads
Ben Higdon and Grayden Harris were sitting in the dugout talking about Harris’ outing and down three runs on the scoreboard in the eighth inning. Higdon told Harris that he just didn’t think the ball was rolling their way, to which Harris replied, “We just need like one big inning, like a four-run eighth.”
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New-Look Southern Miss football building foundation through discipline in spring
By DIMA MIXON
Sat,03/28/26-3:20PM , 1,697 Reads
For a team with nearly an entirely new roster, Southern Miss isn’t starting with a playbook in spring camp - it’s starting with discipline.

First-year head coach Blake Anderson has a team that is nearly 95% new from a year ago, ranking last in the country in returning production, according to ESPN.
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The likeness of Afroman adorns the mural at the Rebekah Stark Johnson Community Art Center honoring high-flying musicians with ties to the Hub City.

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Because I got rights: Afroman wins defamation case
By AMANDA D. LEE
Fri,03/27/26-9:52AM , 922 Reads
A singer and rapper with ties to Hattiesburg, Joseph Edgar Foreman- better known as Afroman, won a lawsuit filed against him for defamation by seven deputies of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office in southern Ohio, where he resides.
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Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival, Ezra Jack Keats Award Ceremony Set for April 8-10
By DAVID TISDALE
Fri,03/27/26-2:04PM , 862 Reads
Meg Medina has long since confirmed her promise as a writer after receiving an Ezra Jack Keats Award at The University of Southern Mississippi’s 2012 Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival.
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Teacher pay not as poor as portrayed

Early in the 2026 legislative session, Mississippi public school teachers were led to believe that a big raise was coming.

The House passed a bill to give all full-time teachers a $5,000 bump, roughly a 10% increase in pay. The Senate countered with a larger increase, $6,000, but spread over three years.

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Four-run eighth inning rally lifts No. 11 Southern Miss over Appalachian State in series opener

New-Look Southern Miss football building foundation through discipline in spring

Because I got rights: Afroman wins defamation case

Fay B. Kaigler Children’s Book Festival, Ezra Jack Keats Award Ceremony Set for April 8-10

Teacher pay not as poor as portrayed

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