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TV and snow cream on the farm

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route   A couple of weeks ago the legacy news organizations were telling ...

Lifestyle

New words are like old dogs

By TJ Ray Columnist   The word “lethologica” describes the state of not being able to remember the ...

Columnists

Consider a daily ‘toes up’ break

By Bonnie Brown Columnist It seems that Mother Nature has been flexing her cold weather muscle here just ...

Columnists

Have Becki, will live

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   I live with a fantastic woman. She is simply a phenomenal partner ...

Opinion

Our View: Winter Storm Cora

North Mississippi weather definitely keeps us on our toes. Last week, the weather reports changed almost hourly—first predicting ...

Columnists

Step by step, little by little

By Steve Stricker Columnist “For sound mental health, we must love and be loved unconditionally by at least ...

History

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Local lore says William Faulkner’s grandfather, J. W. T. “Young Colonel” Falkner, owned the first ...

Lifestyle

Hoping the ship will right itself

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Welcome 2025!  We say goodbye to 2024 and do a reset for the new ...

Lifestyle

The best resolution is not to make them

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   Nobody likes failure, and nobody wants to be a failure. Like most ...

Lifestyle

Christmas not over until Jan. 6

By Steve Stricker Columnist HAPPY NEW YEAR’S DAY 2025, y’all! Such an awesome Christmas made special of course ...

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Our View: 2025

As we venture into the second quarter of the millennium, it’s hard to believe that the first 25 ...

Lifestyle

Special Christmas of ‘68 full of memories

By Gene Hays USMC (Ret) Christmas can be a depressing holiday if you are a man or woman, ...

Lifestyle

Finding Christmas in family traditions

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!  Did you awake to find coal or candy?  Here’s ...

Columnists

Babies become kings; one king became a baby

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist I’ve come to realize I’m a junkie. It isn’t illicit drugs or alcohol ...

Lifestyle

A Christmas chat with the cat

By Steve Stricker Columnist Christmas Day, today, 2024 – Merry Christmas, y’all. “Steve.” “What Jag (Jaguar)?” under my ...

Lifestyle

Christmas Tithe good to consider

By T.J. Ray Columnist As strings of lights disappear from bushes and trees, our little world fades back ...

Columnists

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield “I’ll be home for Christmas, you can plan on me…” I’ll pack the car, leave ...

Columns

Our View: “Twas the Night Before Christmas in Oxford

‘Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the Square, Not a creature was stirring; no bustle, no ...

Columnists

Any rewards for people who hijack browsers?

By Bonnie Brown Columnist So, technology once again baffles me on a personal level.  My Google search engine ...

Lifestyle

Road trip with the college boys

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route   The invitation came by the way of Howard Bahr.  It was ...

Columnists

Sharing words from Dad, laughing at memories

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   I love communicating through the written word. I have plenty to say. ...

Columnists

Christmas blessings already found this year

Dear Father Christmas, it’s Steve, you know all the rest about me because you are AKA, Santa Claus, ...

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