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‘Mississippi River Styx’ to screen at Filmland
The Saline Courier - Arkansas
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The Arkansas Cinema Society’s Filmland festival will feature Mississippi River Styx at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts. Mississippi River Styx follows Kelly Phillips, a middle-aged New Jersey man allegedly...
Sports on TV for Aug. 18 – 24
WTOP - District Columbia
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August 13, 2025
Adv16-17 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 18 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL 4 p.m. ESPNU —… Adv16-17 (All times Eastern) Schedule subject to change and/or blackouts Monday, Aug. 18 AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL 4...
Position Preview: Looking at Mississippi State’s running backs room
The Dispatch - Mississippi
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August 13, 2025
Mississippi State football is just over two weeks away from kicking off the season against Southern Miss in Hattiesburg on Aug. 30, and the pieces are starting to fall into place for the Bulldogs. The team held its first scrimmage behind closed...
Taylor Swift's stuff to stay at Grammy Museum Mississippi through the end of August
Nola - Louisiana
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This week, Taylor Swift revealed her next musical era. Meanwhile, a museum exhibit in Mississippi dedicated to her previous eras will soon draw to a close. Cleveland, Mississippi’s Grammy Museum Mississippi, a satellite facility of the flagship...
Rascal Flatts ‘Life Is A Highway’ tour stops in South Mississippi
WLOX - Mississippi
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August 13, 2025
BILOXI, Miss. (WLOX) - Rascal Flatts will continue to hit the road for their ‘Life Is A Highway’ tour next year, which includes a stop in South Mississippi. The country music icons will perform at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum in Biloxi on...
Rascal Flatts ‘Life is a Highway Tour’ coming to Mississippi Coast Coliseum
WXXV 25 - Mississippi
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August 13, 2025
BILOXI, Miss. (WXXV)- Country music band Rascal Flatts is bringing their ‘Life is a Highway Tour’ to the Gulf Coast. Rascal Flatts will perform at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum on February 19, 2026. The tour also features special guests Lauren...
WGN-TV names Akemi Harrison as director of news and multiplatform content
Editor and Publisher
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Akemi Harrison Press Release | Nexstar Media Group CHICAGO – WGN-TV has announced the appointment of Akemi Harrison as director of news and multiplatform content, effective Aug. 25. Harrison will lead all newsgathering and production across all...
A musical, a drama and a comedy: Baton Rouge live theater has something for everyone this weekend
The Advocate - Louisiana
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From left, Ruby Dupré is Rusty, Tori Broussard is Urleen, Annalee Templet is Wendy Jo and Syndle LeJeune is Ariel in Playmakers of Baton Rouge's production of the musical, 'Footloose.' STAFF PHOTO BY ROBIN MILLER The story isn't complicated. A big...
This was a reminder that great music never goes out of date
The Herald (Scotland)
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August 13, 2025
Edinburgh might have had the guitars and the attitude and the Gallagher brothers on Tuesday night, but Glasgow had the funk. And the soul. And disco and pop and even a dash of jazz and hip-hop. All of it combined in one man. On a sweltering...
Elvis in his own words: The King on Memphis, music…
Memphis Commercial Appeal - Tennessee
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Referred to in The Commercial Appeal in October 1954 as "our homegrown hillbilly singer," Elvis Presley, recording artist, was first acknowledged in his hometown newspapers a few months earlier, in a July 28 column in the Memphis Press-Scimitar by...
How Mississippi Public Broadcasting hopes to make up $2M funding loss
Hattiesburg American - Mississippi
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Mississippi Public Broadcasting (MPB) will lose $2 million in federal funding due to cuts to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). CPB, which provides 70% of federal funding to local public media outlets, is shutting down operations. MPB...
Travel down the Mississippi River
WSHU Public Radio - Connecticut
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August 13, 2025
Have you had a chance to admire a water view recently? Maybe spotting land across the Long Island Sound? Travel down the Mississippi River to hear the sounds of Spirituals and dance bands from shore, today on 91.1, 107.5, and our music stream.
Nearly 100 Musicians to Participate In Capital Philharmonic Season Opener
Town Topics Newspaper - New Jersey
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August 13, 2025
CREATIVE COLLABORATION: “Oh God…Beautiful Machine” brings together composer Vince di Mura, poet Yusef Komunyakaa, and artist John Gummere with the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey in an ambitious program on October 25. By Anne Levin An ambitious...
BetMGM Bonus Code “CUSE150″: Exclusive $150 sports betting deal for MLB, WNBA Tuesday
Syracuse.com - New York
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August 13, 2025
Tuesday, August 12, 2025, sees BetMGM bonus code CUSE150 going to new users in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Michigan, and West Virginia with the chance to land a $150 betting bonus. This comes for a strong Tuesday night sports slate featuring MLB...
Camp Binachi in Meridian hosts 2025 Sporting Clays for Character
Twin States News - Mississippi
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The Choctaw Area Council is gearing up for the 2025 Sporting Clays for Character event on Friday, August 22, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Binachi Shooting Sports, located at 4434 Camp Binachi Road in Meridian. Participants will navigate a unique...
PHOTO GALLERY: Mississippi Valley Fair
North Scott Press - Iowa
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Members of the 2025 4-H County Council include: Back row: Ashlee Bell (leader), Sawyer Gravert, Cody Powell, Addison Wehrman, Melissa Kordick (Leader); Middle Row: Forrest Bernet, Kamryn Keester, Alaina Lawlor, Arabella Miller, Chloe Rickertsen;...
MS Book Festival unveils official festival art by Jackson artist
Hattiesburg American - Mississippi
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The 11th annual Mississippi Book Festival has revealed this year's official festival art. Each year, the festival honors a Mississippi artist and prints the chosen piece on commemorative posters and other merchandise. This year, the official...
Mississippi Mills institutes Total Burn Ban
Oldies 107.7
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August 12, 2025
Social Media is ablaze with burn ban warnings, and the Municipality of Mississippi Mills is no exception: a total burn ban is now in effect. Under the total burn ban (Level 5), NO OPEN AIR BURNING is permitted within the municipality, including...
Jason Whitlock mocks Josh Allen’s wife, Hailee Steinfeld’s Sinners movie in 3 words after Dave Portnoy slams Ryan Coogler’s masterpiece
Sportskeeda
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August 12, 2025
One of the latest Hailee Steinfeld movies hasn’t exactly gotten rave reviews from a couple of sports pundits. The wife of reigning NFL MVP Josh Allen has gotten a big thumbs down by a pair of journalists on X for the horror movie “Sinners,” which...
Illegal? Irrelevant. Study Finds Mississippi College Students Betting Big on Sports Online
Casino Beats
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August 12, 2025
Written by Chavdar Vasilev Chavdar Vasilev Chavdar Vasilev is a gambling news writer with several years of experience in the iGaming industry. He started creating promotional content but soon found he loved reporting on the industry itself. Since...