For Kristy Bridgers, life looked picture-perfect from the outside. She was healthy, active, well-connected in her community, and living in one of the South’s most vibrant college towns. But beneath the surface, she knew something was off. Social gatherings, weekends, and celebrations all seemed to revolve around alcohol—and she began to question the role it […]
By MORGAN MCHANEY • Photos courtesy of VISIT STARKVILLE Fall weekends in Starkville, where tradition finds its second wind
By JIM BEAUGEZ • Photos courtesy of RETTA BOYD Alyssa Killebrew and Heather Sellers find clarity in the face of tragedy on the hunt for big game On a cloudless summer day in southeastern Montana, sisters Alyssa Killebrew and Heather Sellers, née Ellis, are seated outside on a deck with an Instagram-ready view behind
With 214 entries and a whopping 5,326 votes, the Delta Dog Photo Contest is bigger and better than ever, celebrating the joy, loyalty, and spirit of Mississippi’s beloved dogs. From cuddly companions to skilled hunting dogs, our readers’ love for their furry friends shines through in every submission. This year, we introduced a
By JIM BEAUGEZ • Photos courtesy of Hammons & Associates During his 100th birthday celebration, B.B. King will once again grace the stage at Club Ebony a decade after his passing For the first time in more than a decade, B.B. King will appear onstage at Club Ebony, the Indianola juke joint where he
By JIM BEAUGEZ Will Griffith plows the fertile ground of a life on the road in The Great Dying Roughly 252 million years ago, the world as it existed for prehistoric fauna abruptly ended. Known as the Permian-Triassic extinction event and nicknamed the “great dying,” this cataclysmic reboot wiped out ninety
By JIM BEAUGEZ • Photos courtesy of SCALARIA Morgan Freeman’s Symphonic Blues Experience is taking the sound and musicians of the Mississippi Delta to concert halls around the world. The steps leading into Clarksdale’s Ground Zero Blues Club, cheekily given the postal address “0 Blues Alley,” are the entryway to the living heartbeat of
By JOEY LEE • Photography by AUSTIN BRITT Clarksdale’s new brew hub is serving up bold, locally inspired brews that are drawing in curious travelers and thirsty locals alike Located in a historic building in downtown Clarksdale, Red Panther Brewing Co. fermented from a simple yet powerful vision: to create a gathering place
By RICK CLEVELAND • Photography by JOHNNY JENNINGS Hailing from Greenwood, Cincinnati Reds second baseman Hugh Critz is still known as one of the finest fielders in baseball history It was the first week of April 1935. Greenwood—the self-proclaimed Cotton Capital of the World—was home to just over 11,000 folks, including one famous Major
By JIM BEAUGEZ • Photos courtesy BRADFORD COBB Tunica native Bradford Cobb became one of LA’s top music-biz magnates, but Mississippi is still home For football fans of Mississippi’s two largest universities, 2014 was already a season to celebrate—both the Mississippi State Bulldogs and Ole Miss Rebels were amid historic, whirlwind seasons.
