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TEL Associate Chair’s Commitment to Tomorrow’s Teachers Lands MC’s Young Faculty HonorNews
Refining established best practices in education and discovering innovative teaching approaches motivate Katherine Horlock to enhance the classroom experience for future generations of America’s students. They’re...
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Mississippi College-Tufts University Pipeline Prepares Med Sciences Students for Careers in DentistryNews
Several years ago, a few Mississippi College graduates interested in pursuing careers in dentistry migrated to Tufts University, a world-class research institution in the Metro Boston Region, where the exceptional...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
On this coming Saturday (May 20th) from 10:00 a. m. until 2:00 p. m., there will be a Meet-and-Greet the Candidates whose names will appear on the primary ballots on August 6th at the park in Terry (on Cunningham Avenue...
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New Design Chosen for Mississippi Standard License PlateHeadline News
A new standard license plate has now been approved in Mississippi. The new license plates will begin being issued starting with January 2024 renewals. “We had so many fantastic designs submitted that it was really...
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Musical theatre returns to Hinds CCNews
With the fall 2022 reorganization of the Fine and Performing Arts Department, Hinds Community College will produce a musical at Brooks Theatre for the first time in 12 years. The musical is “The Spitfire Grill.” The...
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MC Students’ Dance Marathon Activities Demonstrate Philanthropic Effort is ‘Greater Than Us’Headline News
Each academic year, men’s service clubs, women’s social tribes, and several other community-minded students at Mississippi College band together to host a variety of fundraising activities to support Dance Marathon,...
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Louis James Lyell (1925-2023): A Tribute to a Gentle Giant of MississippiHeadline News Obituary
A long-form tribute to Louis James Lyell (1925–2023) — Jackson native, insurance agent, gentle giant, and visionary behind the Speer-Lyell Observatory at St. Andrew’s School — by Gazette Editor Lucius Lampton.
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
Are you enjoying these beautiful May days that we have been having this February? I know that I have! But, it should be remember that during this month of February, it has thundered at least twice - on the 9th and on...
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Reeves/Presley Governor’s Election This November Will Be a Horse-Race, Early Polls RevealHeadline News Political
Mississippi Republican Gov. Tate Reeves could be headed back to the banking world after the state’s November general election. One poll shows Reeves is in disfavor with many Mississippi voters, while another survey...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
There are two deaths to report this week. The first one is that of longtime Terry resident Mary Joyce Kister. She attended high school here in Terry, although she graduated from Central High School in Jackson. She...
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Hinds CC Opens Dual Art ExhibitHeadline News
“Women of Cherry Street: Recent Paintings by Chatham Kemp and Hannah Wegner” will be on exhibit at the Marie Hull Gallery on the Raymond Campus of Hinds Community College. The exhibit began on Feb. 20 and continues...
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Sudden Death, Come-from-Behind Finish: MC’s Academic Competition Boasts Thrills, First-Time ChampionNews
Jackson Academy survived a sudden-death semifinal match and overcame a first-round deficit in the finals to capture its first Mississippi College Academic Competition championship Jan. 19 on the Clinton campus. JA’s...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
On Saturday morning, Susan Champion Yates announced the death of her father, J.B. Champion. This was particularly sad to most of us in town, as J.B. had built the car garage on Cunningham Avenue in between Sweeney’s...
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Utica Institute Museum to Receive State AwardHeadline News
The Utica Institute Museum at Hinds Community College’s Utica Campus is the winner of the Mississippi Humanities Council’s Reflecting Mississippi Award for 2023. Co-directors of the museum are English instructor Dan...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
January 2023 has come. It is already the 16th when I write this week’s column. 2023 is the year during which most of our elected officials in Mississippi will be elected (on November 7th) after being elected in the...
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STEM Research, Reasoning Symposium Nurtures MC Students’ Scientific Communication SkillsNews
Scientific research requires countless hours of careful planning, rigorous testing, and precise communication. The painstaking work of developing a specific research question, formulating a clear hypothesis, and...
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
We have waited and studied and thanked throughout the four weeks of the Advent season. By the time you are reading this, it may well be Christmas Day. It will certainly be one of the days immediately before Christmas....
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Terry Headlight NewsColumns News
Unfortunately, there are two deaths with connections to the town of Terry to report. This morning, I learned of the death of Albert Pleasant. He was a graduate of Terry High School and the widower of fellow graduate...
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Mississippi College Family Mourns Loss of Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, Department ChairHeadline News
By any standard, Dr. Joe M. Cooper lived a full life. He was an ordained Baptist preacher who pastored two churches in Mississippi, ministering to the spiritual needs of his congregation and sharing the love of Christ....
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Mississippi College Archers Make Significant Strides During Fall 3D SeasonNews
To be successful in the sport of archery, an athlete must demonstrate extraordinary precision, unmitigated determination, and exceptional control. Just as Anna Carraway started to shoot during a tiebreaker in the...
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Terry Headlight NewsNews
Here is a list of birthdays which have been recently celebrated: Dec. 3- Laura Ann Patterson Jenkins, Melinda Wilcher; Dec. 4- Ann Lee Moore Gibson; Dec. 6- Judy Jenkins, Marshand Chrisler, Judge Melvin Priester; Dec....
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Terry Headlight NewsNews
In last week’s column of the “Terry Headlight News” in the Hinds County Gazette, a name was misspelled. I mistakenly spelled Alderwoman’s Bonnie Holly’s name incorrectly, and I have verbally apologized to...
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Terry Headlight NewsNews
Sunday, Nov. 28 begins the new church year and is the first Sunday of the Advent season, the 4 weeks that precede the birth of the Lord, that is, the mystery of the Incarnation (March 25). The word Advent means...
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Terry Headlight NewsNews
This year keeps rapidly racing along. It moves no more rapidly than other years, but, to many of us, but its movement seems more speedily. We are now into November, this year’s next-to-last month. Veterans Day comes...
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