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Bill Pierce’s sons, (from left) Sam and Paul Pierce; his wife, Patricia Pierce;
LouAnn Woodward; and Calvin Thigpen at the chair-naming ceremony
Dr. Calvin Thigpen, professor of medicine and director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, has been named the Dr. Paul W. Pierce III Chair in Internal Medicine. The appointment unites two physicians, both shaped by a deep commitment to the practice of internal medicine and a shared passion for mentorship.
The legacy of the chair’s namesake, Dr. Paul Williamson “Bill” Pierce III, is that of a leader and a dedicated physician. Though, medicine was not his first profession.
By Rachel Vanderford - Special to the Sun on
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Bill Pierce’s sons, (from left) Sam and Paul Pierce; his wife, Patricia Pierce;
LouAnn Woodward; and Calvin Thigpen at the chair-naming ceremony
Dr. Calvin Thigpen, professor of medicine and director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, has been named the Dr. Paul W. Pierce III Chair in Internal Medicine. The appointment unites two physicians, both shaped by a deep commitment to the practice of internal medicine and a shared passion for mentorship.
The legacy of the chair’s namesake, Dr. Paul Williamson “Bill” Pierce III, is that of a leader and a dedicated physician. Though, medicine was not his first profession.
By Rachel Vanderford - Special to the Sun on
2 months ago
Bill Pierce’s sons, (from left) Sam and Paul Pierce; his wife, Patricia Pierce;
LouAnn Woodward; and Calvin Thigpen at the chair-naming ceremony
Dr. Calvin Thigpen, professor of medicine and director of the Internal Medicine Residency Program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, has been named the Dr. Paul W. Pierce III Chair in Internal Medicine. The appointment unites two physicians, both shaped by a deep commitment to the practice of internal medicine and a shared passion for mentorship.
The legacy of the chair’s namesake, Dr. Paul Williamson “Bill” Pierce III, is that of a leader and a dedicated physician. Though, medicine was not his first profession.
By Rachel Vanderford - Special to the Sun on
2 months ago
Photo by Jenny Woodruff Wilson, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
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The Jackson Friends of Library and the Dreamnote Foundation recently hosted “A Novel Night” at Cathead Distillery in Downtown Jackson. Guests enjoyed music, cocktails, and bites by Chef Hunter Evans.
At the event Jackson Friends announced plans to connect with Dreamnote, a nonprofit to improve access to music and art in underserved communities.
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In finding portions of Mississippi’s home health agency “Certificate of Need” laws unconstitutional, U.S. District Court judge Carlton Reeves said, “the Court cannot escape the absurdity in maintaining an out-right moratorium for over forty years.”
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Mississippi’s decades-old moratorium on new home health agencies, ruling the state’s blanket ban on new licenses violates the Fourteenth Amendment.
By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune on
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In finding portions of Mississippi’s home health agency “Certificate of Need” laws unconstitutional, U.S. District Court judge Carlton Reeves said, “the Court cannot escape the absurdity in maintaining an out-right moratorium for over forty years.”
A federal judge on Wednesday struck down Mississippi’s decades-old moratorium on new home health agencies, ruling the state’s blanket ban on new licenses violates the Fourteenth Amendment.
By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune on
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The March of the Mayors is one of the many endeavors Extra Table undertakes throughout the year to supply much-needed healthy food to pantry and soup kitchen partners around the state.
Extra Table’s mission is to feed healthy food to underserved Mississippians. Money for that mission is raised through donations and through a series of creative fundraising events.
By Susan Marquez - Magnolia Tribune on
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The March of the Mayors is one of the many endeavors Extra Table undertakes throughout the year to supply much-needed healthy food to pantry and soup kitchen partners around the state.
Extra Table’s mission is to feed healthy food to underserved Mississippians. Money for that mission is raised through donations and through a series of creative fundraising events.
By Susan Marquez - Magnolia Tribune on
2 months ago
Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion
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Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion
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One Mississippi senator wants a state law that would crack down on students using cell phones during class.
The bill requires public school districts, public charter schools and other state high schools have a cell phone policy by next January or lose a day’s worth of their state funding provided for each day a policy is not in place.
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Mayor Gene McGee
Gene McGee set two personal goals he hopes to accomplish for the city of Ridgeland in 2026.
One goal focuses on the expansion of Freedom Ridge Park at 235 E. School St., he said, and the other centers upon moving ahead plans for the Ridgeland Performing Arts Center.
McGee said he expects to have the final design for Freedom Ridge Park’s development and for the city to take bids on it this year.
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
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Mayor Gene McGee
Gene McGee set two personal goals he hopes to accomplish for the city of Ridgeland in 2026.
One goal focuses on the expansion of Freedom Ridge Park at 235 E. School St., he said, and the other centers upon moving ahead plans for the Ridgeland Performing Arts Center.
McGee said he expects to have the final design for Freedom Ridge Park’s development and for the city to take bids on it this year.
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
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Mayor Gene McGee
Gene McGee set two personal goals he hopes to accomplish for the city of Ridgeland in 2026.
One goal focuses on the expansion of Freedom Ridge Park at 235 E. School St., he said, and the other centers upon moving ahead plans for the Ridgeland Performing Arts Center.
McGee said he expects to have the final design for Freedom Ridge Park’s development and for the city to take bids on it this year.
By Nell Luter Floyd - Sun Staff Writer on
2 months ago
If you have followed my writing for any length of time, there should be no doubt about my love for the outside world. Whether I’m watching the foliage slowly turn from the deep green that growing seasons dictate to the fire of crimson and gold leaves gently falling to the earth, I wholeheartedly embrace the change. During the onset of the fall migration of waterfowl, I crane my neck with an ear towards the sky listening for faint cries of geese urging their leaders southward.
By Jeff North - Outdoors Columnist on
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I have a story to tell. The story is one of the wildest rides I’ve experienced yet. On the afternoon of January 11th Mimi dropped my mother, Rita Martinson, and me off at Jackson International airport. We were bound for the East African country of Uganda. As anyone from the Northside knows, the airport is one of the most awkward places to kiss your main squeeze goodbye. They give you about 30 seconds to get your bags out of the car, get a smooch and a hug before they start hollering about the white zone is strictly for loading and unloading and moving on quickly.
By Allen Martinson - Gardening Columnist on
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Thomas Crosby Boone, Victoria Leigh Whittington
Kandie Leigh Whittington of McComb announces the engagement of her daughter, Victoria Leigh Whittington, to Thomas Crosby Boone of Madison.
The bride-elect is the daughter of the late Joseph Troy Whittington. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Terry Glass and the late Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Criston Whittington, all of McComb.
The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Lee Boone of Madison. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Girault Weiler Jones of Grenada and Mrs. William Roy Boone and the late Mr. Boone of Ridgeland.
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Entergy Mississippi CEO Haley Fisackerly speaks with The Grenada Star's Publisher Adam Prestridge during his visit to view storm damage in Grenada Thursday afternoon.
Winter Storm Fern coated Grenada County and much of north Mississippi in a thick layer of ice last weekend, uprooting trees, snapping limbs and loading down power lines and poles, leaving thousands of Entergy Mississippi customers in the dark for days.
By Adam Prestridge on
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Entergy Mississippi CEO Haley Fisackerly speaks with The Grenada Star's Publisher Adam Prestridge during his visit to view storm damage in Grenada Thursday afternoon.
Winter Storm Fern coated Grenada County and much of north Mississippi in a thick layer of ice last weekend, uprooting trees, snapping limbs and loading down power lines and poles, leaving thousands of Entergy Mississippi customers in the dark for days.
By Adam Prestridge on
2 months ago
Entergy Mississippi CEO Haley Fisackerly speaks with The Grenada Star's Publisher Adam Prestridge during his visit to view storm damage in Grenada Thursday afternoon.
Winter Storm Fern coated Grenada County and much of north Mississippi in a thick layer of ice last weekend, uprooting trees, snapping limbs and loading down power lines and poles, leaving thousands of Entergy Mississippi customers in the dark for days.
By Adam Prestridge on
