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09/09/2025

Two MSU ROTC Cadets Rank Nationally in Top 1% at Advanced Camp | Our Mississippi Home

Two Mississippi State University senior ROTC cadets are being recognized after placing in the top 1% at this summer’s U.S. Army ROTC Advanced Camp.

09/09/2025

First Restaurant Planned in Leakesville’s Basila District | Our Mississippi Home

On a lot once home to a shuttered garment factory, Leakesville leaders see a chance to remake their town. The Basila District, a planned hub of businesses and green space, is the centerpiece of a push to keep young people in Greene County and attract new jobs.

09/09/2025

Feeding Central Mississippi: The Volunteers of Gleaners’ 40-Year Legacy | Our Mississippi Home

Gleaners, Inc., also known as The Volunteers of Gleaners, is a Jackson, Mississippi-based nonprofit organization founded by Gloria Martinson in 1986. Today, the Volunteers of Gleaners salvage food that otherwise would go to waste and redistribute it to nonprofits in the central Mississippi area.

09/08/2025

📼✨ Did you know Mississippi was once home to the last Blockbuster in the South?

The Corinth location kept the Friday night movie tradition alive until it finally closed its doors in 2015. For many, it was the last chance to walk the aisles, pick out a favorite flick, and hear those three little words we’ll never forget: “Be kind, rewind.” 🎬💙

Though streaming has taken over, the memory of Blockbuster nights—grabbing a stack of movies, some snacks, and making it a family event—still brings back all the feels. 🍿



📸 Flickr

09/08/2025

It's Football Season, Y'all! Try Out These Top Tailgating Tips | Our Mississippi Home

Although it doesn't feel like fall in Mississippi right now—more like we are walking on the sun's surface- despite our legendary Southern heat, football is back on the gridiron.

09/08/2025

The Most Fascinating Thing About Mississippi? We Gave the World Its Music. | Our Mississippi Home

Ask just about anyone in Mississippi what makes our state so special, and you’ll hear a range of answers—our food, our people, our sunsets, even our football. And while all of those are true, there’s one fact that stands above the rest, one that still sends a ripple through history: Mississipp...

09/08/2025

Here's your September planting guide, thanks to the Mississippi State University Extension!

🔅 Leeks
🧅 Onions
✳️ Green onions
🌱 Mustard greens
❇️ Collards
🟢 Cabbage
🤍 Cauliflower
❎ Brussel sprouts
🥦 Broccoli
💚 Spinach
🥬 Lettuce
🫘 English peas
🟣 Beets
🥕 Carrots
✅ Celery

🚨Planting times will vary by area.🚨

Read our Mississippi Vegetable Gardener's Guide for TONS of great info: https://loom.ly/M1ISAsw



📸 MSU

09/08/2025

It’s always a treat to see familiar Mississippi faces back home! 🏡 This weekend, Mario’s Italian Restaurant & Bar in Hattiesburg welcomed none other than Jamie Lynn Spears—fellow Mississippian and Hollywood star! ⭐️

Even better? Her daughter is making her own mark right here in the Magnolia State, playing softball for Southern Miss. 🥎💛🖤

We love moments like this that remind us no matter where life takes you, Mississippi will always be home. 💛



📸 Mario’s

09/08/2025

Southern Miss Professor Among Five Worldwide Awarded $500K Grant for Neurodegenerative Disease Research | Our Mississippi Home

Neurodegenerative diseases remain among the most complex and least understood conditions in modern medicine, with few effective treatments available for patients and families facing diagnoses such as progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and frontotemporal dementias (...

09/08/2025

Good Monday morning! 🌅



📸 Anthony Pollard

09/08/2025

Congratulations to our very own Miss Mississippi who made it to the TOP 11 tonight, in the Miss America 2025-2026 competition. 👑 We are so proud of you! 🌟



📸 Miss America

09/07/2025

🚨 BIG NEWS, GULF COAST! 🚨

The U.S. Army Golden Knights are soaring into Thunder Over the Sound this fall! 🪂✨

📍 Get ready for heart-pounding aerial stunts, precision parachute jumps, and picture-perfect landings that will leave you in awe. 🪂

📅 November 1–2, 2025
🎟 Free & open to the public
Bring the family, feel the adrenaline, and watch the skies come alive! 🌟



📸 Keesler AFB