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Giving thanks for all the fathers of life

By Steve Stricker Columnist   Sunday, June 15, is Father’s Day…a day I haven’t celebrated since I was ...

Columns

Mother Nature has wardrobe change

By Bonnie Brown  Columnist It appears that Mother Nature has once again changed her wardrobe from winter to ...

Opinion

Storms remind of the ultimate power

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route   Once again, storms marched across our state and the family and ...

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Credit is due those summer volunteers

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   We had our VBS at church last week, and I was truly ...

Opinion

Maybe Oxford follows Oregon

By TJ Ray Columnist   Nine years have passed since this was written, perhaps making some of it ...

Opinion

Farm rooster treading on dangerous ground

By Harold Brummett Star Denmark Route There is a rooster on the farm that is treading on dangerous ...

Columns

Try the middle of the road approach

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Nothing ruins a perfectly good Saturday morning like your coffee maker popping up with ...

Opinion

The best of friends, the best of times

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   The story is about two guys who went to play a round ...

Opinion

Coach B more than a field legend

By Steve Stricker Columnist   I don’t believe in fate or luck, but my Heavenly Father, God who ...

Opinion

Old hobbies leave memories

  By TJ Ray Columnist Sd Kfz 140 Ausf M Flakpanzer 38(t) Gepard German Tank Model Kit, 1/35 ...

Columns

Good days flow just like the bad ones

By Steve Stricker Columnist   As I walked on the Ole Miss campus early on the gorgeous fall ...

Columns

What’s not to love on a big boat?

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Do y’all remember watching The Love Boat on TV?  It ran on ABC from ...

History

We were solemn, but not sad

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route   At the Lafayette County Memorial Day commemoration on Monday, we were ...

Columns

Chiggars, skeeters, and heavy duty itch cream

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   I have a complaint. As complaints go, there are plenty that are ...

Opinion

Mirror, mirror tells it all

By TJ Ray Columnist   After the fellow pushed his cart past mine in the grocery store and ...

Opinion

Remember the reason for Memorial Day

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Summer officially begins on Friday, June 20, but Memorial Day marks the “unofficial” start ...

Opinion

Be solemn, but not sad

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route   Memorial Day is next Monday, the 26th. This is a time ...

Religion

Story learned on Scouting trip has endured

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   I was never much into Scouting. I did spend some time as ...

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Our View

In the charged atmosphere of local, state and national elections, readers often turn to trusted sources for clarity.  ...

Opinion

It’s the month of miracles

By Steve Stricker Columnist   May – My favorite month, birth month, month of Mary, month of miracles ...

Opinion

Real money always feels different

By TJ Ray Columnist   The very pleasant clerk took my $20 bill and stroked across it with ...

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.  ...

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