Living out leadership values
The value of leadership was important to Lafayette High School grad Joey Griggs even before he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Senior staff writer Lucy Schultze sat down to talk with Griggs about how his relationships of looking up to others — and of being looked up to — are setting his course, in this week’s “A Conversation With…” (December 1, 2011, Page 3)
Adoption makes family life richer
The Williams family of Water Valley get around town in a 27-seat bus. A year ago, Robin and Craig Williams added four to their family when they adopted a set of siblings from the Jackson area. They now have four biological children, five adopted children and every year, they sponsor two exchange students. (November 24, 2011, Page 1B)
Celebrating an American tradition on foreign soil
Columnist Joanne Wilkinson shares her experience of celebrating an American holiday overseas. (November 24, 2011, Page 1B)
Mississippi 11th and the Battle of Ball’s Bluff
Historian and columnist Jack Lamar Mayfield brings us back to the Lamar Rifles and the Battle of Leesburg in 1861. (November 24, 2011, Page 3B)
Embracing life with open arms
In a time of year that’s all about being with loved ones, how wide do you draw the circle of family? Senior staff writer Lucy Schultze sat down to talk with Oxford’s Bev Thompson, as Thompson shared her story of adoption, in this week’s “A Conversation With…” (November 24, 2011, Page 3A)
What does family mean?
Columnist Ryan Miller tells us there are always things to be thankful for, even during a terrible Ole Miss football season. (November 18, 2011, Page 3B)
Ole Miss only team to beat 1977 Notre Dame
In 1977, the Ole Miss Rebels were the only team to beat the undefeated Notre Dame in Jackson. (November 18, 2011, Page 2B)
New Grove rules designed to ensure safety
Recent changes at the University of Mississippi in the Grove will make Game Day lighter and faster with new lamp posts and faster cell phone speeds. (November 18, 2011, Page 1B)
It’s all about the patients
That’s Rosie Goolsby’s refrain as she works to maintain quality practices among surgical staff at Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi. Senior staff writer Lucy Schultze sat down to talk with the longtime local nurse in this week’s “A Conversation With…”. (November 17, 2011, Page 3)
Ole Miss coach accused of using ‘ringers’
In 1909, the Red and Blue had hired an ear, nose and throat physician to teach at the medical school on campus. He came to Oxford from Pennsylvania where he had taught and coached at Dickinson College and Widener University. Dr. Nathan P. Stauffer had been one of the first men in college football history to be paid to coach. He also brought along with him some players that had played for him in Pennsylvania. He was dismissed in 1912 for allegedly paying his players he brought with him. (November 11, 2011, Page 3B)
