Nick Wallace spent his early years growing up on a family farm in Edwards where he started learning how to cook from his grandmother, Lennel Donald. She taught him the art of cooking from fresh and local foods long before that became a popular thing in the culinary world.
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Argent Financial Group recently announced the addition of Richard Crowder to its team as senior vice president and wealth advisor at Argent Trust Co. in Ridgeland.
The first female graduate of the University of Mississippi School of Engineering committed a $5 million estate gift to her alma mater for Giving Day 2024, and plans call for the Department of Chemical Engineering to bear her name in honor of the legacy gift.
Their experiences say it all when it comes to job satisfaction for Children’s of Mississippi nurses Elaine Hobson and Nikki Cowan.
American workers expect to retire at a median age of 65, according to a 2023 survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute, or EBRI. But the actual median age for retirement is 62, the survey found.
U.S. companies would no longer be able to bar employees from taking jobs with competitors under a rule approved by a federal agency Tuesday, though the rule is sure to be challenged in court.
Tesla's first-quarter net income plummeted 55%, but its stock price surged in after-hours trading Tuesday as the company said it would accelerate production of new, more affordable vehicles.
Mississippi lawmakers haggle over possible Medicaid expansion as their legislative session nears end
Top Mississippi lawmakers started negotiating Tuesday on what could become a landmark plan to expand Medicaid coverage to tens of thousands of people in one of the poorest states in the U.S.
Thank you, Jason White, for the boost to my withering hope that good government conservatives may one day lift Mississippi off the bottom.
Three Mississippi State University professors are part of a team receiving a recent Architectural Education Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture and the American Institute of Architects.
A University of Mississippi engineering professor has won the National Science Foundation's most prestigious award for early career researchers for his upcoming work in 4D printing.
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Autoworkers union celebrates breakthrough win in Tennessee and takes aim at more plants in the South
The United Auto Workers' overwhelming election victory at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee is giving the union hope that it can make broader inroads in the South, the least unionized part of the country.
The House passed legislation Saturday that would ban TikTok in the United States if the popular social media platform's China-based owner doesn't sell its stake within a year, but don't expect the app to go away anytime soon.
Sometimes, climbing out of a money rut starts with a pep talk — to yourself.
William Carey University has made a home on the Mississippi Gulf Coast for almost 50 years.
Certified public accountants Danielle King of Oxford and Robby Groves of Madison were recently promoted to the role of partner at GranthamPoole PLLC.
Mark Lanier and Beth Tackett were recently named vice presidents at Viking Range LLC, a Greenwood-based leader in the kitchen appliance industry.
C Spire, a diversified telecommunications and technology services company headquartered in Ridgeland, has named Jonathan Askins as national account director.
Forty Mississippians have been selected for the Leadership Mississippi Class of 2024.
The Ramey Agency in Jackson, a brand strategy and performance marketing agency for premium brands, recently promoted Erick Evans to president.
Leigh Anne Newton, a Tupelo native and faculty member at the University of Mississippi at Tupelo, is helping the university continue its commitment to workforce development in the area as the new director of its Booneville and Tupelo regional campuses.