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The Friends of the Mississippi River Basin Model are working to restore, preserve and enhance …

• October 3, 2018

The Mississippi River Basin Model received landmark status from the state of Mississippi in 1993. …

• October 3, 2018

The Mississippi River Basin Model spreads out over 200 acres in Buddy Butts Park.

• October 3, 2018

The Mississippi River Basin Model is the largest small-scale model in the world. It represents …

• October 3, 2018

Construction on the Mississippi River Basin Model finished in 1966. The Army Corps of Engineers …

• October 3, 2018

The Army Corps of Engineers created the Mississippi River Basin Model so its engineers could …

• October 3, 2018

The Friends of the Mississippi River Basin Model have created an extension for Google Maps …

• October 3, 2018

The Mississippi River Basin Model has been abandoned since the 1990s after the cost of …

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The Mississippi River Basin Model lays out the entire river, including landmarks such as cities, …

• October 3, 2018

Mississippi River Basin Model

The Mississippi River Basin Model, a National Civil Engineering Landmark, is in bad shape; however, …

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Local List: Ben Ford

When this year’s finalist for Best Barista Ben Ford isn’t making coffee at Deep South Pops or playing music, he’s out and about in Jackson. Here are his top nine favorite places in the metro area.

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Jeramey Anderson: ‘I’m a Democrat’

Moss Point native Jeramey Anderson is a black millennial and progressive Democrat who, in 2013, became the youngest African American elected to any state legislature in U.S. history.

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• By Ashton Pittman
• October 3, 2018

State Rep. Jeramey Anderson, D-Moss Point, is a candidate for Republican Rep. Steven Palazzo’s 4th …

• October 3, 2018

Municipal Art Gallery: A Center of Arts, History and Culture

Mixed-media art pieces such as watercolor paintings and pen-and-ink drawings line the interior of Municipal Art Gallery. Carole C. Hammond's pointillist replica of Georges-Pierre Seurat's "A Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jette" covers a wall near the doorway.

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• By Logan Williamson
• October 3, 2018

Gallery Manager Michael Mathews

• October 3, 2018