Master Gardener home consultations
Need some help for your garden this year? The Lafayette County Master Gardeners are offering free home consultations. For more information, call 234-4451. (January 6, 2012, Page 3B)
Improved effort not enough to top UF
Four days after challenging her team to play with better toughness for 40 minutes, Renee Ladner’s Lady Rebels played Florida down to the final buzzer.
Unfortunately for Ole Miss, it’s improved effort wasn’t enough to up-end Florida at home Thursday night and the Lady Rebels eventually lost 59-55. (more…) (January 6, 2012, Page 7A)
LHS football banquet on Thursday
Lafayette’s football team will hold its banquet Thursday night at 6 in the high school commons. Cost of a ticket is $15 and they can be purchased at the high school during business hours. (January 6, 2012, Page 7A)
Oxford tops North Panola in hoops
Oxford’s eighth-grade basketball teams earned two wins over North Panola Thursday. The Lady Chargers won 27-3 thanks to 11 points from Kayla Malone, 10 from Emma Schultz and four points from Omaya Pegues. The Chargers won 47-38 to improve to 13-2 on the year. Jack Abraham came off the bench to score 12 points. He sparked the team off the bench with four made free throws and two 3-pointers. Korbin Harmon scored 12 points, while Kyree White had 11. All four middle school teams returned to action tonight at Coldwater starting with the seventh-grade girls game at 5. (January 6, 2012, Page 7A)
OPC Hoops Scores, Jan. 6
Scores from Thursday evening’s Oxford Park Commission basketball action played at Oxford Activity Center: (more…) (January 6, 2012, Page 7A)
Learning more about caucuses, primaries
Iowa just had its Republican caucuses, while New Hampshire holds a primary next week. What’s the difference? Editor Don Whitten takes a closer look at the process states go through to allocate delegates for candidates at the national conventions, including how things are done in Mississippi. (January 6, 2012, Page 4A)
Letters to the Editor
Preston Ray Garrett writes about state Sen. Gray Tollison’s switch from the Democratic to the Republican party, and says it’s time for lots of politicians and citizens to take a look at their personal beliefs and current party affiliations. (January 6, 2012, Page 4A)
Lady Gators top Ole Miss 59-55
BLOG: Despite a much improved effort from four nights ago, the Ole Miss women’s basketball team fell to Florida tonight 59-55 at C.M. “Tad” Smith Coliseum. (more…) (January 5, 2012)
Aberdeen’s Ward picks Ole Miss
BLOG — Newly hired Ole Miss football coach Hugh Freeze received the biggest boost to his 2012 recruiging class tonight when Aberdeen’s Channing Ward picked the Rebels. (more…) (January 5, 2012)
Kennedy dismisses Nelson, Jones from Rebs
BLOG — Disappointment was a word Ole Miss men’s basketball coach Andy Kennedy used several times to describe the way he felt about dismissing guard Dundrecous Nelson and forward Jamal Jones from the team Thursday. (more…) (January 5, 2012)
