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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there!  It’s your day to be honored.  It’s your day ...

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The time to support local news is now

Congress has an opportunity to pass legislation that benefits all local citizens, businesses and even protects our democracy.  ...

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Father is a strong word in any language

“Abba” is the Aramaic word for Father, “I will obey you.”  Abba conveys intimacy and obedience.  Mark14:35-36 “Going ...

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How much do you know about Teddy Roosevelt?

Theodore Roosevelt, also known as Teddy Roosevelt and TR, was born October 27, 1858, New York, New York, ...

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Join in celebrating community-supported arts

The Yoknapatawpha Arts Council cordially invites Lafayette County and Oxford residents to attend the CSA (community supported arts) ...

Opinion

Thank you, Daddy, for saving my life

The sweltering heat caused rivers of perspiration to roll down each of our young bodies, but it was ...

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Let’s make the effort to focus on the positive

I remember “back in the day” that we got our news reports via a radio station in the ...

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Thompson’s unadopted redistricting plan could have cost Guest his seat

If the state chapter of the NAACP and U.S. Rep. Bennie Thompson had gotten their way, little known ...

Opinion

Just a reminder: Well done!

Last week I wrote about the dad of my then Scottish fiancé praising my driving in Scotland and ...

Opinion

Let’s make the effort to focus on the positive

I remember “back in the day” that we got our news reports via a radio station in the ...

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Readers ponder the future of how we pay for roads, bridges

After a recent column on the soaring retail cost of gasoline and the concomitant impact those prices have ...

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Ain’t got time for the summertime blues

I pulled the hose from one patch of parched lawn to the other thinking that it would be ...

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Wicker says leak could harm Supreme Court

U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker, a Tupelo Republican, believes the leak of the draft U.S. Supreme Court decision revoking ...

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Memories of the Queen and a fairytale time in Scotland

On my mom, hero Gert’s birthday, February 6, 1952, hero mum, Queen Elizabeth II, age 26, was crowned ...

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The mind’s artist plays tricks as we age

The mind, as you age, is an artist, it seems. Monet paints your mem’ries, Picasso your dreams.   ...

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Scalia’s words are true and prophetic

On the brutal reality of the Uvalde, Texas, school shooting – and all the others in our country ...

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A little perspective can change everything

As I scrolled through social media during the past week image after image of families celebrating special days ...

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The story of a dream car

In my last column, I posted a photo of the “last” car I wanted to own – a ...

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State has more people, diversity than Census shows

Mississippi’s population is larger and most likely more diverse than what was reported last year in the official ...

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If only the village could come together

Recent headlines once again announce mass shootings and give details of the number of dead and wounded.  We ...

Opinion

Dickey Chappelle had an eye, and camera, on history

Born Georgette Louise Meyer on March 14, 1919, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Dickey Chapelle was a trailblazing female photojournalist ...

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Local entrepreneurs offer a taste of food business

Mississippi is known for our food traditions.  Oxford is a place for foodies.  Two thriving farmer’s markets, award-winning ...

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