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The Coconut Mama

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A 70-year-old Mississippi institution and two other favorites that are now gone forever

Mississippi lost three very different gathering places in 2026: a polished Mexican kitchen, a Gulf Coast hangout and a Jackson steak-and-seafood institution. Unlike the weather-related shutdown in an earlier Mississippi…

Ocean Springs, MS · 3d

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Mississippians warned to be cautious of black bear encounters

With deer season underway... The Mississippi Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks are warning people to also be aware of black bear encounters. Twin States News learned what you can do to protect yourself... From a bear run-in.

Mississippi · 3d
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6 Mississippi Seafood Buffets Keep Bringing Out Crab Legs Until You Wave Them Off

A road trip across Mississippi once taught me that the best crab legs can show up in the least fancy places, like a dining room or a roadside spot with farm tools on the walls. The trays keep coming, the butter stays warm, and nobody rushes you out the door.

Mississippi · 3d
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This Mississippi Butcher Shop Cuts Steaks To Order And Stocks Deer Sausage From Mild To Jalapeno Jack

We only stopped because the kids were hungry and the cooler at home was nearly empty. A small butcher shop in south Mississippi turned that quick errand into the best grocery run of the trip. The steaks were cut right in front of us, and the deer sausage case had...

Picayune, MS · 7d
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These 7 Mississippi Breakfast Spots Serve Biscuits So Big Your Kids Will Need Both Hands

A wrong turn on a Mississippi back road once led to a breakfast plate with a biscuit so tall it leaned. Our youngest set her hand next to it, and the biscuit won by a mile. That moment started a hungry hunt across the state for more of these giant, fluffy treasures. Here are seven family-friendly kitchens where the biscuits are big enough to share, and the mornings are made for memories.

Mississippi · 3d

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The 9 Mississippi Butcher Shops, Farmer’s Markets And Bulk Stores Where Meat Costs Less Than The Supermarket Price

A grocery receipt in Mississippi can sting when half the total comes from one pack of ground beef and a few chicken thighs. Plenty of families across the state have quietly switched to small butcher counters, wholesale freezers, and farm processors where the same money stretches much further. Many of...

Laurel, MS · 2d

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11 Mom-And-Pop Mississippi Restaurants Serving Massive Portions At Surprisingly Affordable Prices

A family road trip through Mississippi can turn into a food adventure fast, especially when the plates come out bigger than anyone expected. The best meals often hide inside small brick houses, roadside shacks, and old diners run by the same families for years. Most of these spots keep meals...

Jackson, MS · 11h

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The 6 Mississippi Used Bookstores Where $20 Fills A Bag With Books For Winter

Twenty dollars does not buy much these days, but in Mississippi it can still fill a tote bag with books. We handed each kid a single bill, set them loose in six used bookstores across the state, and watched the piles grow taller than we expected. The math surprised everyone,...

Mississippi · 2d

The Clarion Ledger

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This country artist wrote a clever song about Blue Mississippi years ago

For four years, Mary Kutter's song "Mississippi Votes Blue" existed in the realm of the impossible. The Kentucky-born singer-songwriter and her co-writer, Matthew Osborn, created the tune in 2022 as a playful exercise in imagining things that would never happen in America. Kentucky would stop racing horses. Texas would quit selling barbecue. Georgia would stop playing football. Nevada would abandon blackjack. And Mississippi, as the joke and the lyrics went, would vote blue . Then this year's U.S. Senate election happened. As vote totals came in from around Mississippi, showing Democratic candidate Scott Colom with a razor-thin edge over Republican incumbent Cindy Hyde-Smith, Kutter suddenly found herself at the center of a social-media storm she never expected. Then, on Nov. 11, the final votes were counted and Mississippi had, indeed, turned Blue, at least with one high-profile Senate seat. Colom declared victory over Republican incumbent U.S. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith on Wednesday evening, following the afternoon announcement that CNN had called the race for the Democratic challenger. Colom officials said that Hyde-Smith had called Colom to concede the race on Wednesday. Hyde-Smith congratulated Colom in a video released that evening. "I opened up my Instagram and all these DMs," Kutter told

Mississippi · 2d

Willow and Hearth

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10 Things That Attract Mice To Your Home

You hear it before you see it: a faint scratching inside the wall as the weather turns cold. Mice do not break in because they are sneaky villains. They come […]

Nebraska · 6d

Neshoba Democrat

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At 100, Copeland has the recipe for life

With her 100th birthday approaching on Nov. 25, Jacquita Copeland carries a lifetime of memories in the kitchen. She learned to cook out of necessity after marrying her husband, the now-late Henry Copeland, in 1945. They had four children: the now-late Brenda Butler, Jo Thomas, Kathy Moore, and Randall Copeland.

Mississippi · 2d

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6 Stunning Mississippi Camping Spots Where You Can Stay For Free Surrounded By Nature

A family camping trip in Mississippi can cost less than a tank of gas, and that surprised us the first time we pulled into a free site with a creek nearby. Across the state, national forests and a historic parkway offer campsites with no nightly fee at all. That means...

Mississippi · 2d

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10 Mississippi Restaurants Serving Amazing Portions For Thanksgiving So You Can Skip The Cooking

Last November, a wrong turn in Mississippi led me to a plain brick building with a full parking lot and the smell of cornbread drifting out the door. Two hours later, I was stuffed, happy, and wondering why I had ever spent a holiday scrubbing roasting pans. Thanksgiving is about...

Mississippi · 2d

Magnolia State Live

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No scratching, no waiting — Mississippi Lottery launches new instant games

The Mississippi Lottery Corporation is expanding its gaming portfolio later this month with the debut of a new category of instant-win terminal games, officials announced. The new product, dubbed “Fast Play,” is scheduled to launch statewide on Sunday, Nov. 22. Unlike traditional scratch-off tickets or draw-style games, Fast Play tickets are printed on demand directly from lottery terminals or self-service vending machines. Players can see immediately whether they have won without scratching latex coatings, picking numbers, or waiting for scheduled drawings. As prizes are claimed, prize pools replenish continuously.

Mississippi · 2d

Chowhound

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Forget Sonic — The Regional Drive-In Chain That's Been Slinging Cheesesteaks In The South Since 1983

You've definitely heard of Sonic, but have you heard of this iconic Southern drive-in chain? Here's how it got its start all the way back in 1983.

Mississippi · 7d

Country Herald

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Mississippi Residents Could Win $2,500 Watching Christmas Movies

Jackson-area holiday movie fans have until Dec. 6 to apply for the nationwide Chief of Cheer contest.

Mississippi · 3d

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‘Smooth and Steady’: Poppy Pies Earns Michelin Recognition After Nearly 5 Years of Operation in Jackson

Gray Welch looked inside the refrigerator of his Hinds County home in 2021, scouring over what ingredients he had available to him to make some sample pizzas for his friends to try later that day. As the cool air hit his glasses, he took inventory, seeing pepperoni, shredded cheese, cream cheese, bacon, green onions and Ritz crackers. He’d already recently made a dip using these same ingredients for his friend’s wedding.

Jackson, MS · 2d

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7 Mississippi Cafeterias Where You Can Fill A Tray With Fried Chicken And Three Sides For $12

A plastic tray, a long steam table, and a pile of golden fried chicken can turn a road trip stop into the best meal of the week. Across Mississippi, cafeteria lines and country buffets still let families eat well without blowing the travel budget. Kids get to point at what...

Mississippi · 1d

WLBT

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Holograms, kayaks, and walking trails. Here is what the city would like to see at the Jackson Zoo

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Kayaking, mini golf, and holographic animals are all ideas the city of Jackson hopes to explore to reinvigorate the Jackson Zoological Park, according to a long-awaited request for information released late last month. On October 29, the city released an RFI for the “Livingston Super Park...

Jackson, MS · 2d

Neshoba Democrat

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The Little Mercies to headline second Neshoba Now! Showcase

The Little Mercies, who are no strangers to Philadelphia, are set to headline the second Neshoba Now! Showcase at the Ellis Theater on Sunday. The free event begins at 2:30 p.m. Nov. 15, with doors opening at 1:30 p.m. The show is expected to last about an hour and a half.

Philadelphia, MS · 2d