People

The people of The Sipp are unique and proud. There are usually only two or three degrees of sepration from any Mississippian.

USM professor lends his voice to new Netflix series about American Revolution

USM’s Wiest plays major role in Netflix’s ‘The American Experiment’

USM professor and military historian Andrew Wiest is among the star-studded cast of Netflix’s “The American Experiment” documentary.

The Joe Show

FILM: The Joe Show

Filmmaker Forrest Mason profiles Joe Stinchcomb, owner of Oxford, Mississippi’s Bar Muse, in The Joe Show.

Leo "Bud" Welch

FILM: Mississippi Bluesman Leo Bud Welch

Born in 1932, Leo “Bud” Welch began playing guitar at the age of 13. He played for family, friends, and churches while making a living in the logging industry and on the farm for more than 35 years. In 2015, at the age of 83, Leo released his first-ever blues CD entitled “I Don’t Prefer No Blues.”

Speedy Cash

Artist’s painting of DG prompts viral conversation on rural socioeconomics

The Meridian-based artist tries to capture the Mississippi and the South that she has experienced – its people, its beauty and its contradictions. 

John Jennings

Comics, culture and John Jennings’ creative spirit at The MAX

John Jennings builds worlds — captivating, colorful worlds full of indelible characters and heroic struggles, centered in Black culture and shot through with magic, mysticism and flecks of the graphic novelist’s native Mississippi.

Kickapoo Honey

Civil engineer finds harmony as a Kickapoo Honey beekeeper 

A casual, out-of-the-blue suggestion from a friend about beekeeping came after purchasing property on Kickapoo Road in rural Clinton.

Gay Men's Chorus

Gay Men’s Chorus is creating a safe space in Jackson through music

The Jackson Gay Men’s Chorus is helping create a new safe space through music, fellowship and community outreach.

Wiener Races

The Starkville Derby: Where the wiener (dog) takes all

The Starkville Derby is an annual festival of wiener dog races, attracting thousands of people to this college town.

Singin’ in the Rain

Talented teens are Singin’ in the Rain

In just under two weeks, seventh- through 12th-grade campers, fresh out of school, from “show up” to “showtime” on the stage of the community theater for “Singin’ in the Rain.”

Tucker Gladden, 17, rehearses his rendition of “My Boy” by Elvis Presley

Keeping the Elvis legacy alive

Nearly 50 years after the death of Elvis Presley, a gaggle of exuberant boys and teens shook up his hometown, intent on keeping the king’s legacy alive for a new generation.