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Scene Around The 'Sip

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Child looking at a Van Gogh piece
Scene Around The 'Sip

Van Gogh comes to Laurel

By Steven Ward October 2023
Bright blue beams of electricity arcing off a machine.
Scene Around The 'Sip

Power tripping with David Wallace

By Steven Ward September 2023

David Wallace has all the power at Mississippi State University. Literally.

Jackson, Mississippi capital building with a crowd of people gathering for a book festival
Scene Around The 'Sip

Mississippi’s literary lawn party hits 9th year

By Steven Ward August 2023

Imagine getting paid to read.

Series of wood trucks against a red background
Scene Around The 'Sip

Craftsman uses wood to get to his happy place

By Steven Ward July 2023

Walter “Radar” Mullins spent a little over a year in Iraq manning a gun truck as a soldier with the Mississippi Army National Guard.

Fresh unpicked blueberries in shades of blue and reddish purple.
Scene Around The 'Sip

A berry shade of blue: Mississippi blueberries

By Steven Ward June 2023

There’s a reason why the blueberry is Mississippi’s official state fruit.

Large group of volunteer conservationists standing in the rain in front of trees.
Scene Around The 'Sip

Master naturalists

By Steven Ward May 2023

Spreading the gospel of nature.

Scene Around The 'Sip

Learning to Fly: Wings over Wiggins

By Steven Ward April 2023

“It’s like a car show, but for planes.”

Groundbreaking at The Mississippi Delta Nature and Learning Center
Scene Around The 'Sip

Caring for the Earth and the people of the Delta

By Steven Ward March 2023

Two teachers fell in love with each other and the Mississippi Delta. Now their home, they teach the community about the Delta's land and resources.

Martin Luther King Statue
Scene Around The 'Sip

Cooperatives & Community: Giving Back for MLK Day

February 2023

A look at special people and places in Mississippi.

Scene Around The 'Sip

Exhumations Imminent as Progress Mounts on UMMC’s Asylum Hill

By Gary Pettus January 2023

A look at special people and places in Mississippi.

friendship oak
Scene Around The 'Sip

Strong as an Oak: More than 500 years of Friendship Oak

By Steven Ward December 2022

Live oak trees can live a long time.

Emmie Perkins outside in white dress wearing crown and Miss Mississippi sash
Scene Around The 'Sip

Miss Mississippi Emmie Perkins Vies for Miss America Crown

By Steven Ward November 2022

The Hattiesburg native was crowned Miss Mississippi 2022 in June.

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