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Opinion

State leaders eyeing additional tax cuts

By Sid Salter Columnist In 1922, Gov. Tate Reeves signed the largest tax increase in Mississippi history – ... Read more

Lifestyle

Judging a book by its cover is a life mistake

By Les Ferguson Jr. Columnist In 1860, the English author Mary Ann Evans, using the pen name Georg ... Read more

Columns

Remembering the horror of 23 years ago

By Steve Stricker Columnist On this day 23 years ago…where were you? How were you? Tuesday, September 11, ... Read more

Lifestyle

Autumn is a time of reflection

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Fall seems to be the unofficial season of re-set. You know, like when you ... Read more

Lifestyle

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Larry Brown was one in a million. He struggled to graduate from Lafayette High due ... Read more

History

Civil rights pioneer McLemore shares Freedom Summer truth

By Sid Salter Columnist Think about a powerful public speaker with the clarity and power of a Barack ... Read more

News

Falling leaves, football, and family lore

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Is it just me, or did it seem that summer this year was a ... Read more

Lifestyle

It’s a dog’s world that we get to enjoy

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   My family moved from Manassas, VA, to Lubbock, TX, in the summer ... Read more

Columnists

Let’s hope we (and students) are ready for fall semester

By Bonnie Brown Columnist If you’ve been out and about recently, you likely have taken note of the ... Read more

Columnists

The world is watching

By Jan Penton Miller Columnist The oppressive heat caused perspiration to run in rivulets across my face as ... Read more

Lifestyle

Lest we forget, the bridegroom cometh

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist Last Wednesday night, I skipped our church gathering – with permission. But I ... Read more

History

Keep an open mind about our wee town

By Steve Stricker Columnist Welcome back Ole Miss Students and a special welcome to new students; you have ... Read more

History

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield For a few years, we had the run of the place. The Square was a ... Read more

Lifestyle

Don’t be shy about conversing alone

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Several years ago, I admitted to my readers that I had begun the habit ... Read more

Politics

Kudos to leaders of Stone Center event

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route I happened upon several notices of an event at the Stone Center ... Read more

Columnists

Glorious weather a harbinger of coming fall

By Les Ferguson Jr. Columnist   This past Saturday felt like Fall in north Mississippi. Paris, to be ... Read more

History

Cofield’s Corner

At 2:00 p.m. the businesses of the Oxford Courthouse Square locked their doors. The hearse carrying William Faulkner ... Read more

Columnists

Whiskey and coffee each have their place

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Watching TV westerns the other day it dawned on me that the ... Read more

Lifestyle

Some seem unable to tell right from wrong

By Bonnie Brown Columnist I’m certainly no doctor, but I listen to the news reports and articles addressing ... Read more

History

Remembering 1980 hostage crisis

By Gene Hays MSgt, USMC (Ret) The leader of Iran’s royal family, named Mohammed Reza Shah Pahlavi, was ... Read more

Lifestyle

Choose to not contribute to the chaos

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist I am outraged, frustrated, furious, and fighting mad. As the old folks used ... Read more

Opinion

Mind the present, but treasure the past

By Steve Stricker Columnist My base counseling theory is Reality Therapy by William Glasser – in an extremely ... Read more