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Columns

Welcome to new students, even young wolves

By Steve Stricker Columnist Monday, July 8, 2024, in my home office closest dangerously risking being buried in there, looking for something else ran across ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 17, 2024 2:04 pm

News

Ole Miss’ Jackson Ross selected by the Washington Nationals in 2024 MLB Draft

Ole Miss Baseball’s Jackson Ross became the first Rebel selected in the 2024 Major League Baseball Draft Monday evening, as he was picked by the ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Tuesday, July 16, 2024 11:07 am

Columnists

Summer is for lying in grass, counting the stars

BY BONNIE BROWN Columnist What are your favorite summer-time memories? Perhaps it was a summer job, maybe as a lifeguard or camp counselor. Maybe it ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 10, 2024 2:00 pm

Columnists

Many thanks for a wonderful, patriotic parade

By HAROLD BRUMMETT Denmark Star Route The Parade in Oxford on the 4th of July was wonderful. Wayne Andrews started months ago getting things lined ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 10, 2024 1:52 pm

Columnists

Good marriage advice helps you sleep better

By Les Ferguson Jr. Columnist I was the officiant at a wedding this past Saturday. Like most wedding ceremonies, it was sweet, and love was ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 10, 2024 1:43 pm

Arts

One request led to two books for Lawrence Wells

By Allen Boyer Out of a strange quest, Lawrence Wells has fashioned a strong, uncommonly sensitive pair of books. In 1987, when Wells had one ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Tuesday, July 9, 2024 10:00 am

Columns

Bizarre? Yes; Stupid? Far from it

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route When doing research for this column it was with some dismay several references called Guineas unintelligent or even stupid. ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 3:07 pm

Obituaries

For some, it’s best to ‘shake the dust’

By Steve Stricker Columnist Mt 7:2. “Why do you notice the splinter in your brother’s eye, but do not perceive the wooden beam in your ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 3:00 pm

Obituaries

Boomers face healthcare crisis of personnel shortages

By Sid Salter Columnist Last year and likely next year as well, the Mississippi Legislature was focused on the question of Medicaid expansion. The tenor ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 2:52 pm

Columns

Avoid walking on your bottom lip

By Les Ferguson Jr. Columnist I have a friend down in Gulfport who has unique ways of expressing himself. When he doesn’t want to get ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, July 3, 2024 2:45 pm

Arts

UM video production team wins Emmy

By Edwin Smith University communications A video story about the Ole Miss Wish for the family of Army warrant officer Kyle Rodgers last November has ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Tuesday, June 25, 2024 2:00 pm

Columns

Major education legislation advanced during the 2024 session

By Delbert Hosemann  MS Lieutenant Governor    Our students and schools are excelling in Mississippi. We are one of only five states in the nation ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Friday, June 14, 2024 10:41 am

Arts

The secret life of Bobbie Gentry, pioneering artist behind ‘Ode to Billie Joe’

By Tara Murtha Rolling Stone Magazine/Aug. 21, 2017 How the singer-songwriter who knocked the Beatles out of the Number One spot 50 years ago quietly ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Monday, June 3, 2024 12:48 pm

Columns

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Oxford has produced many leaders, icons, and famous citizens. But some were…infamous! Motee Daniels led a colorful life, to say the least. ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, May 23, 2024 9:33 am

Columns

The rest of the four-car trade story

By Steve Sticker Columnist   Last week’s column was miraculously about getting my bought new, perfect, cherished, loved, missed, many spanner hours and memories, 1971 ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, May 23, 2024 9:25 am

Columns

Remember for those who can’t on Memorial Day

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route   John 15:13. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, May 23, 2024 9:20 am

News

Many robberies happening without guns

By Bonnie Brown Columnist   A few nights ago, when I went into the bedroom to get ready for bed, I turned on the TV ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, May 23, 2024 9:11 am

Columns

It’s finally time for our empty nest

By Les Ferguson Jr.,  Columnist   Six. Read ‘em and weep. Between my wife and I, we have raised six young men.  That’s a lot ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Thursday, May 23, 2024 9:08 am

Letters to the Editor

DAR chapter celebrates Constitution Week

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Communities across the nation will celebrate the spirit and meaning of the country’s Constitution beginning Sept. 17. On this ... Read more

by Jeremy Weldon, Wednesday, September 13, 2023 8:44 am

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