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Lifestyle

An easy spring dinner party

By Kara Kimbrough It doesn’t take much to impress me. In fact, I’m often inspired by the simplest ... Read more

Columns

The Beacon, and trees, had a good run

By Harold Brummett Star Denmark Route   I had never known a time in Oxford without the Beacon.  ... Read more

Columns

Don’t miss a pounding chance

By Bonnie Brown Columnist I can honestly say that I have cousins by the dozens.  My father was ... Read more

Columns

Put on your cape and be a hero

By Les Ferguson Jr. Columnist   What would life be like without a hero? For as long as ... Read more

Columns

Habemus Papam! We have a Pope!

By Steve Stricker Columnist   Fr. Joe Tonas, Pastor of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Oxford, MS ... Read more

Opinion

Melting away our hangups

By T.J. Ray Columnist   Yesterday, with a handshake, I met a fellow I didn’t know. All the ... Read more

Garden/Outdoors

Harvest time for family honey

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route   May has arrived and it feels like the June of my ... Read more

Columns

May is a month for miracles

By Steve Sticker Columnist   Writing this on Thursday, May 1st – WHEW! It’s finally May, my safe ... Read more

Opinion

How did we get so old so fast?

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Back many years ago, I had a fascination with magazines.  I remember we subscribed ... Read more

Opinion

Should we have funerals for appliances?

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   I’m gearing up for a traumatic event. It’s coming. I suspect it ... Read more

Columns

Quinn Minute

By Rix Quinn Columnist I’ve always been jealous of people who discover their talents early. There was this ... Read more

Columns

Column: Not illegal, but certainly disturbing

By T.J. Ray Columnist   Sun reflecting on the chrome grill of a huge pickup truck zooming up ... Read more

History

Cofield’s Corner

High School and Ole Miss football brought their thrills. Snow days delighted us. The last day of school ... Read more

Opinion

Not for ourselves alone

By Harold Brummett Star Denmark Route   The Department of Mississippi Disabled American Veterans met from April 24-27 ... Read more

Columns

Nothing beats a good ‘neah gebur’

By T.J. Ray Columnist   “Neah gebur” is the Anglo-Saxon origin of “neighborhood.”  It meant “nigh dweller.”  Time ... Read more

Opinion

Remembering Pope Francis

By Steve Stricker Columnist Grazie e riposa in pace, Papa Francesco. Ciao e benvenuto al nostro nuovo Papa, ... Read more

Opinion

Early morning peace starts abundant days

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   Coffee. The nectar of life. Ahhh… That first hot sip when the ... Read more

Opinion

Modified morning routine saves time

By Bonnie Brown Columnist I begin each day with coffee, breakfast, tidy up the house, then get dressed ... Read more

Opinion

Bowles kept the water running

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route   Marion Bowles was laid to rest this last week. I call ... Read more

Columns

Never been this old before now

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Few of us know how to age well.  We’ve never been this old before.  ... Read more

Opinion

Sometimes it’s more than super glue can fix

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   Cough, cough, sneeze, blow, sneeze, cough. For four days this past week, ... Read more

Opinion

Amazing data from ancient port

By Steve Sticker Columnist   Lent, April 2025, ongoing restoration by a team of 50 scientists of the ... Read more