Kylin Hill
A new coaching staff at Mississippi State University offered a fresh start for sophomore running back Kylin Hill.
Eudora Welty
Mississippi has markers noting a blues trail, a country music trail, a civil rights trail and even an Indian mound trail. Now, with the dedication of a marker to the late author Eudora Welty, the state is starting a writers trail.
American Aquarium
Change has long been the status quo for singer-songwriter BJ Barham of alternative-country act American Aquarium, but rarely has so much happened in such a short span of time.
Jennifer Young Wallace
The Association of Teacher Educators elected Jennifer Young Wallace, who has served as accreditation coordinator for Jackson State University's College of Education and Human Development since 2014, to its national board of directors in May 2018.
Scottie Phillips
University of Mississippi running back Scottie Phillips proved his ranking against the Texas Tech Red Raiders, running his way into the school record book.
Dawn Dugle: Telling the ‘BRAVO!’ Story
Author Dawn Dugle releases her book, “The BRAVO! Way,” on Nov. 1.
Susan Bender
Susan Bender, 56, fosters a passion for biological sciences among her students. "It's a wonderful bunch of students that just need someone to tell them it's OK to try and not be successful the first time, but to keep trying," she says.
Joe Moorhead
One of the biggest reasons Joe Moorhead was hired at Mississippi State was his reputation for building offenses that can score points in a hurry. It took exactly one play for that offense to get the fun started in Starkville.
Keytaon Thompson
The pressure of starting the season for Mississippi State University will fall to sophomore quarterback Keytaon Thompson.
Crystal Spurlin
Crystal Spurlin, a resident of Pontotoc, Miss., is representing Mississippi in a campaign that cosmetics company Avon launched on Aug. 21.
Shea Patterson
Mississippi transfer Shea Patterson will be under center when the 14th-ranked Wolverines open the season on the night of Sept. 1 at No. 12 Notre Dame. Patterson said Harbaugh has prepared his players well for the challenge.
A.J. Brown
University of Mississippi wide receiver A.J. Brown is getting love from nearly everywhere this offseason. It should be expected after he put up one of the best single-season receiver performances in school history last year.
Reuben Antvelink
Reuben Antvelink's love of community and bringing people together that led him to work as a youth director at First Presbyterian Church of Madison and the tour manager at Lucky Town Brewing Company in Jackson.
Johnnie McDaniels: ‘I Pray, I Plant, and I Plow’
Johnnie McDaniels and his sons spent three days taping 1,411 bumper stickers all across his pickup truck. They have not yet thought about how they will get them off in November, because he is too busy campaigning to become Hinds County's new youth-court judge.
Jesmyn Ward
National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward told a home-state audience in Mississippi on Saturday that she's working on two books.