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University of Mississippi Dean of the College of Liberal Arts Lee Cohen (right) with Leslie and Bill Ashford
University of Mississippi medical School graduate Dr. Bill Ashford and his wife, Leslie, of Madison, made a $2 million donation to establish a named professorship in physics at Ole Miss.
With $1.5 million, the couple established the F. Douglas and Cora Beal Shields Chair in Physics Education Endowment, honoring Dr. Ashford’s former physics professor. The gift claimed a match by the UM Foundation of $500,000, elevating it to the chair level.
By Bill Dabney - Special to the Sun on
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Madison-Ridgeland Academy students participate in the school’s Christmas Service Project by stuffing stockings and gifts for HIS Heart, a nonprofit ministry serving children and families in the West Park neighborhoods of Jackson. Founded in 1998 through prayer-walks, HIS Heart continues to support the community through partnerships like this one. Participating were (from left) Judson Hamilton and George Steiner.
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University of Mississippi Dean of the College of Liberal Arts Lee Cohen (right) with Leslie and Bill Ashford
University of Mississippi medical School graduate Dr. Bill Ashford and his wife, Leslie, of Madison, made a $2 million donation to establish a named professorship in physics at Ole Miss.
With $1.5 million, the couple established the F. Douglas and Cora Beal Shields Chair in Physics Education Endowment, honoring Dr. Ashford’s former physics professor. The gift claimed a match by the UM Foundation of $500,000, elevating it to the chair level.
By Bill Dabney - Special to the Sun on
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For much of Thursday night’s Sugar Bowl showdown with Georgia, it looked as if Ole Miss’ dream football season was careening toward a rude wake-up call.
Luckily for Rebel fans, Trinidad Chambliss found the snooze button.
The Ole Miss quarterback put together a performance for the ages, passing for 362 yards and two touchdowns to rally his team to a stunning 39-34 win over the SEC Champion Bulldogs.
By Tyler Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
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Imagine facing arrest simply for posting sharp or critical comments online. Picture police at your door for expressing opposition to mass immigration. Envision a country where you could be imprisoned for years without a jury ever deciding your guilt.
This isn't dystopian fiction - it's the reality unfolding in Britain today, my former home and once part of the free world.
By Douglas Carswell - Mississippi Center for Public Policy on
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Year in Review continued
July 3 – Electrical distribution transformer and technology products manufacturer Howard Industries is expanding operations across its Mississippi facilities in Simpson, Clark and Jones counties. The project is a $236.95 million investment and will create a total of 450 jobs.
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Year in Review continued
July 3 – Electrical distribution transformer and technology products manufacturer Howard Industries is expanding operations across its Mississippi facilities in Simpson, Clark and Jones counties. The project is a $236.95 million investment and will create a total of 450 jobs.
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Mississippi has 1,534 listings in the National Register of Historic Places.
Fifteen sites in Mississippi were listed in the National Register for 2025, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History announced this week.
The 15 sites included in the National Register, with descriptions from MDAH, are:
By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune on
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January 2 – Rural Education and Leadership (REAL) Christian Foundation, Inc. presented scholarship money to three local schools serving Simpson County. Genesis One Christian School, Grace Christian School of Mt. Olive and Hope Christian Academy in D’Lo each received $5,000.
January 9 – On Saturday, December 28, 2024 an EF 1 tornado ripped through Mendenhall and Simpson County leaving a wake of destruction. Because of massive power outages several residents, churches, Big Jim’s Meat Market, Rho Iota Zeta and others came together to feed the community and linemen.
By Beth Pudas on
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January 2 – Rural Education and Leadership (REAL) Christian Foundation, Inc. presented scholarship money to three local schools serving Simpson County. Genesis One Christian School, Grace Christian School of Mt. Olive and Hope Christian Academy in D’Lo each received $5,000.
January 9 – On Saturday, December 28, 2024 an EF 1 tornado ripped through Mendenhall and Simpson County leaving a wake of destruction. Because of massive power outages several residents, churches, Big Jim’s Meat Market, Rho Iota Zeta and others came together to feed the community and linemen.
By Beth Pudas on
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Trinidad Chambliss continues to write one of the most fascinating stories in college football history. If this wasn’t football, you’d call it a fairy tale. All that’s missing are magic beans and silver slippers.
Here Thursday night at the jam-packed Superdome, one of the world’s most famous sports venues, Chambliss willed the Ole Miss Rebels to a scintillating 39-34 Sugar Bowl victory over the proud Georgia Bulldogs. He did it with his strong right arm. He did it with his legs. He did it with courage and with uncommon flair.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
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Construction is expected to begin this year on a new segment of the Museum Trail that will extend it from the Mississippi Farmers Market on High Street to Hal & Mal’s on Commerce Street.
“This will be the first segment to have an economic impact if Hal & Mal’s expands its operation,” said Dr. Clay Hays, a cardiologist at Jackson Heart who serves as vice chair of the nonprofit Jackson Heart Foundation.
“We hope other businesses will expand their operations and new businesses will develop because of the trail.”
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Construction is expected to begin this year on a new segment of the Museum Trail that will extend it from the Mississippi Farmers Market on High Street to Hal & Mal’s on Commerce Street.
“This will be the first segment to have an economic impact if Hal & Mal’s expands its operation,” said Dr. Clay Hays, a cardiologist at Jackson Heart who serves as vice chair of the nonprofit Jackson Heart Foundation.
“We hope other businesses will expand their operations and new businesses will develop because of the trail.”
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
2 months 4 weeks ago
Construction is expected to begin this year on a new segment of the Museum Trail that will extend it from the Mississippi Farmers Market on High Street to Hal & Mal’s on Commerce Street.
“This will be the first segment to have an economic impact if Hal & Mal’s expands its operation,” said Dr. Clay Hays, a cardiologist at Jackson Heart who serves as vice chair of the nonprofit Jackson Heart Foundation.
“We hope other businesses will expand their operations and new businesses will develop because of the trail.”
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
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The 2025 Mississippi listings in the National Register of Historic Places include Provine Chapel at Mississippi College, the home of a lauded quiltmaker in Jefferson County and five historic districts across the state. In all, 15 properties were listed in the National Register this year.
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The 2025 Mississippi listings in the National Register of Historic Places include Provine Chapel at Mississippi College, the home of a lauded quiltmaker in Jefferson County and five historic districts across the state. In all, 15 properties were listed in the National Register this year.
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GULFPORT, Miss. – This New Year, Mississippi Aquarium is celebrating animals that are all about out with the old and in with the new. Mississippi Aquarium guests will be able to get close up to some of the most interesting animals around, ask the animal care crew questions, snap photos, and dive into all the facts about these species as they kick off the new year.
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GULFPORT, Miss. – This New Year, Mississippi Aquarium is celebrating animals that are all about out with the old and in with the new. Mississippi Aquarium guests will be able to get close up to some of the most interesting animals around, ask the animal care crew questions, snap photos, and dive into all the facts about these species as they kick off the new year.
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Read George Orwell’s dystopian novel 1984 to get ready. His “Big Brother” system previews the pervasive government monitoring that’s coming.
China already uses powerful Big Brother technology to amplify power at home and abroad. Its surveillance technology helped identify and punish almost 900,000 officials last year, an Associated Press investigation found. Outside its borders, China used the technology to threaten wayward officials, dissidents and alleged criminals.
By Bill Crawford - Syndicated columnist on
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I can remember when I was in the third grade and going to St. Richard’s Catholic School my father came home with the news that we were moving to the country. Until then my family lived in Jackson on Reddoch Drive which is about five minutes from Green Oak Nursery where my father started his day. I say started his day because he didn’t stay at Green Oak all day. He was chasing landscape jobs, sod jobs, hydro mulching, logistisizing the route for the florist delivery guy and no telling what else.
By Allen Martinson - Gardening Columnist on
