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Conehatta, MS · Arts & Culture
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Boswell Media Introduces Help Happens Here to Our Local Communities (photo gallery)
Help Happens Here recently held grand opening ceremonies in Carthage, Philadelphia, and Kosciusko to introduce the new online directory to local communities. The events were well attended by business owners, community leaders, and residents who stopped by to learn more about the platform and how it can help connect people with local service providers.
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List of Juneteenth events happening this weekend in the Queen City
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - Juneteenth is right around the corner and the City of Meridian is preparing to celebrate. The weekend’s itinerary is as follows:. Juneteenth Gospel Celebration at the Temple Theatre 7:00 p.m. Friday, June 19th. Black Business Expo, Freedom to Fashion Juneteenth Fashion Show at The MAX...
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An 11-Year-Old’s Letter of Hope for Laurel’s Heirloom Hotel
The Heirloom Hotel in downtown Laurel, Mississippi, is a boutique hotel created by HGTV’s Home Town stars Erin and Ben Napier, along with their business partners. The massive restoration transformed the historic 1930s Kress department store into a 29-bedroom hotel. Unfortunately, a devastating accidental electrical fire in August 2025 heavily damaged the property, leaving the insurance claim and rebuilding process ongoing. The entire restoration and ultimate demise of the building were featured on the HGTV series Home Town: Inn This Together, starring the Napirs and the vested families, Joshua and Emily Nowell, and Jim and Mallorie Rasberry.
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The MAX announces new exhibition featuring Mississippi graphic novelist John Jennings
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience is opening a new exhibition that explores the visual worldbuilding of Mississippi native John Jennings. John Jennings: Build Your World opens Saturday, June 20, and runs through March 27, 2027. Jennings is a New York Times bestselling graphic novelist, Harvard...
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Boswell Media Introduces Help Happens Here to Our Local Communities (photo gallery)
Help Happens Here recently held grand opening ceremonies in Carthage, Philadelphia, and Kosciusko to introduce the new online directory to local communities. The events were well attended by business owners, community leaders, and residents who stopped by to learn more about the platform and how it can help connect people with local service providers.
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Laurel to host 2026 "Rockin' Acceptance" concert for autism support
Here's a road trip idea from Twin States News. Live music and community support will collide this weekend. The Rockin' Acceptance 2026 benefit concert kicks off Saturday, June 20, at 4 p.m., raising vital funds for autism acceptance and programs. The milestone event, ten years since the first Rockin' Acceptance...
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Mississippi Children’s Museum Meridian celebrates Juneteenth early with “History through Cooking”
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) - The CJ Miller Foundation and MCM Meridian celebrated Juneteenth a week early, with “History Through Cooking.”. The interactive demonstrations observed the culinary history of African Americans, while recognizing and teaching the significance of the upcoming holiday. Children of all ages were invited to attend, with...
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Erin and Ben Napier Share an Emotional Update After a Devastating Fire Destroyed This Dream Project
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Last summer, the town of Laurel, Mississippi, lost a promising small business. In late August, the newly renovated Heirloom Hotel was engulfed by flames, destroying the "labor of love" put forth by owners Mallorie Rasberry and Joshua Nowell, who had spent years working on the restoration project with their close friends—none other than HGTV's Ben and Erin Napier. The Napiers' collaboration with the pair was filmed for their series, Home Town: Inn This Together, which aired its finale earlier this week.
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The MAX welcomes daughter of Medger and Myrlie Evers for film screening
MERIDIAN, Miss. (WTOK) -The Mississippi Arts + Entertainment Experience (The MAX) will host a screening of the new documentary, Everlasting: The Life and Legacy of Medgar Evers, this Saturday, June 13, at 5 p.m., followed by a conversation featuring the Evers’s daughter, Reena Evers-Everette. Produced by Mississippi Public Broadcasting, the documentary chronicles the life, sacrifice, and enduring legacy of Medgar Evers, the NAACP field secretary who was assassinated in his Jackson driveway in June 1963.
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Local Philadelphia Educators’ New Book Helps Celebrate Choctaw Culture
(Brian Montgomery) Philadelphia authors Dekota Cheatham and Krissy Long joined B-MO in the Morning to talk about their fifth children’s book, “Watson Goes to the Choctaw Indian Fair,” created in partnership with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians. Cheatham, an educator, and Long, the Director of Education...
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America’s sound rises again: Jimmie Rodgers Festival breaks attendance records in Meridian
For years, Meridian residents have said, “I remember when the Jimmie Rodgers Festival used to be big.”. After this year, that question will fade into history. Estimates suggest the 2026 Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival drew over 3,000 people to the Meridian City Hall lawn, setting an attendance record reminiscent of the festival’s earlier glory days. Festival Performers that night included Marcus King, Brent Cobb, Maggie Antone, and Meridian native Lach Thornton.