House Bill 287 aims to name sweet potatoes new Mississippi state veggie. The House OK'd it, and it's going to the Senate. Do ...
Some Mississippi lawmakers are hoping to name an official state vegetable. House Bill 287 would make the sweet potato the ...
Columnist Sid Salter reflects on the family of the former State Auditor who became the first Mississippi statewide elected ...
Greenhouse gas emissions, particularly from fossil fuel combustion and deforestation, increase global temperatures. Rising temperatures, in turn, cause moisture to evaporate at a faster rate. This ...
The Southern magnolia, featured on the Mississippi flag, has been the state flower since 1990. It also lends its name to one of the state nicknames - The Magnolia State. The tree has also served ...
Each one of the students had the opportunity to bury the roots of one of three trees, including a magnolia tree that will grow the Mississippi state flower, a Shumard oak and a ginkgo tree ...