From the southernmost point of the Mississippi Gulf Coast all the way north to Memphis, nearly 200 dark blue markers commemorate the Mississippi Blues Trail and a history that has led to the Magnolia State being called “the birthplace of America’s music.” The influence of the blues, however, isn’t limited to the B.B. Kings and […]
Author Archives: Mary Margaret Halford
Mary Margaret Halford is a Vicksburg native and graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. While at Southern Miss, she served two terms as the executive editor of The Student Printz campus newspaper, where she won awards for breaking news coverage, feature writing and general excellence. She spent three years as a news intern at The Vicksburg Post before working at The Sun Herald in Biloxi as an education and weather reporter. Mary Margaret now lives in Vicksburg, where she is an editor at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Engineer Research and Development Center.
