Ridgeland Teen Named 2012 Poetry Out Loud National Champion

A two-time Mississippi State Champion, Dupard has made two trips to Washington, DC to compete in the national recitation contest. It was her first year to advance from the Poetry Out Loud Semifinals. Dupard’s final recitation for the evening was “Invitation to Love,” a poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar, widely acknowledged as the first [...]

Jackson Welcomes Semi-Pro Basketball Team

The Jackson Showboats, a semi-professional men’s basketball team, officially introduce team and partners to the Jackson metro-area today. The Jackson Showboats is an expansion team of the highly-competitive American Basketball Association league. Players who make it on the Jackson Showboats team have the opportunity to further their basketball career to the NBA, the NBA’s Development [...]

The Career That Almost Wasn’t

“Writing wasn’t a life long dream of mine’s, but I always felt like something was missing. I started thinking back to as early as elementary school, junior and high school and even some of my professors in college had always encouraged me to write; to really focus on writing more and to even try and [...]

Owning Your Happiness

You are responsible for your own happiness! The first time I heard that simple, yet profound statement it literally changed my life. Those words have resonated with me very strongly over the last several years and ultimately have caused me to make some major life changes. Several months before my grandmother passed, there was a [...]

Most Eligible: Meet Steve A. Gray

Savvy Lifestyle Magazine is proud to introduce a new segment for our relationship section: Savvy’s Most Eligible. Our first Most Eligible is a bachelor by the name of Steve A. Gray. Gray is a 33-year-old lobbyist from Vicksburg, Miss. Savvy: What features/characteristics do you find attractive in a woman? Gray: She definitely has to have [...]