Three freshmen sit around a table, each with a petri dish in front of them. Clear liquid with blue markings fills the dishes. To an outsider, it could […]
Spring 2022
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3 Inspired People: Spring 2022
In every community, there are those among us who lead by quiet example. They seldom hold positions of power, nor do they have a title or any official […]
Spring 2022
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Local history shared through blues museum
Beside an old building with Bank of West Point etched in gray stone sits an oversized guitar beside a pair of boarded up windows covered in a brightly […]
Spring 2022
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Meet Samantha Ricketts
Dispatch sports reporter Theo DeRosa sat down with Ricketts shortly after the Bulldogs’ 2022 season began. The team talks about “the Ricketts effect” a lot. To you, what […]
Spring 2022
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Multiple businesses expanding
Clay County and the city of West Point have taken large strides to improve economically and socially. ARPA Clay County and the city of West Point are both […]
Spring 2022
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Noxubee County to work on infrastructure
Both Noxubee County and the city of Macon have construction projects well underway. As the time approaches for the Mississippi legislature to decide on its American Rescue Act […]
Spring 2022
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‘We preserve our culture through our food’: Vietnamese refugees thrive in Biloxi
It was the second weekend of February, Super Bowl Sunday, followed by Valentine’s Day. But at the Vietnamese Martyrs Catholic Church on Oak Street in Biloxi, another celebration […]
Fall 2021
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The father of SEC baseball
Ron Polk laid foundation for Mississippi State’s national championship baseball program In explaining the natural world, Aristotle introduced the idea of first cause, which maintains that things in […]
Fall 2021
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Our Readers Fall 2021
With each issue of Progress, we sit down with a handful of readers to learn a bit about them. These aren’t always news-makers, but each has their own […]
Fall 2021
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3 Inspired People: Fall 2021
In every community, there are those among us who lead by quiet example. They seldom hold positions of power, nor do they have a title or any official […]
Fall 2021
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Federal COVID funds stand to make major impact in Columbus, Lowndes
Columbus, Lowndes to receive combined $16.6 million Lowndes County and the city of Columbus will both wait another year before they receive all their American Rescue Plan Act […]
Fall 2021
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For the love of Waverley
Couple works to restore 1852 Mansion in West Point for a 21st century family If the cliche “labor of love” didn’t already exist, it would have to be […]