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Cofield’s Corner

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

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Hoping the ship will right itself

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

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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 ...

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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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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, ...

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Finding Christmas in family traditions

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

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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 ...

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A Christmas chat with the cat

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

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Christmas Tithe good to consider

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

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Cofield’s Corner

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

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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 ...

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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 ...

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Road trip with the college boys

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

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Sharing words from Dad, laughing at memories

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

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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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Life gets in the way of good reads

By Bonnie Brown Columnist   It’s a lovely morning, chilly, but sunny.  I have finished my morning chores ...

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A shotgun story from the high seas

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   I don’t know what other military branches call it, but whenever two ...

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Timeless message in ‘Gift of the Magi’

By Steve Stricker Columnist “The Gift of the Magi,” first published in “The New York Sunday World” on ...

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Ready to take back complaints about hot weather

By Bonnie Brown Columnist I can’t tell you how often I complained about the screaming hot weather this ...

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It’s not charity, it’s community

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route   There was a Thanksgiving meal at Toccopola Grocery last Thursday. Jeremy ...

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Over the river, through the woods, and a big bird

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist   “Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go; ...

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Out of sorts when the students are away

By Steve Stricker Columnist Writing this Thanksgiving Day (pray we beat State tomorrow), slowly sipping a swell bourbon, ...

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