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It was only right to add a day to Lent

By Steve Stricker Columnist ATTENTION: Late Wednesday night, the Vatican sent out notices that Pope Francis had extended ...

Lifestyle

Empty chairs a part of holiday gatherings

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist As I began to write this, it was Easter morning. I find Easter ...

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Coffee shop talk more questions than answers

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Drinking coffee poured right out of the pot often is too hot ...

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Giving up on fancy tooth brushing idea

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Remember the article from Cosmopolitan Magazine many years ago that said you could let ...

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Sen. Wicker must stop Bernie’s push towards socialized medicine

By Billy Landes Guest columnist Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker just introduced legislation to stop the government from forcing ...

Lifestyle

Possum treaty would help the balance of nature

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Every day the chickens are turned out to graze. I read somewhere ...

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First female dentist in the United States

By Gene Hays MSgt. USMC (Ret) In 2001, only 16 percent of all licensed dentists working in the ...

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Ending Lent season with heavenly bourbons

By Steve Stricker Columnist The English word “Lent” is a shortened form of the Old English word “lencten,” ...

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Charming warts away saves on duct tape

By Bonnie Brown Columnist My husband Tom had a wart pop up on his finger recently.  I told ...

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Easter scars from a burnt orange leisure suit

By Les Ferguson Jr. Columnist This past Sunday was Palm Sunday, commemorating Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. As ...

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Cofield’s Corner: The Gin and The Warehouse

By John Cofield The Gin and The Warehouse were the big boy bars that started an Oxford era ...

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Goon Squad: Veteran judge was right jurist for a tough job

By Sid Salter Columnist Mississippians watched along with the rest of the nation to see whether justice would ...

Lifestyle

Sunday’s Good Sense

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Letter: People must be healthy to work efficiently

Letter to the Editor Dear Editor, Three recent opinion pieces in the Oxford Eagle prompted me to add ...

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Medicaid expansion fight not over yet

By Russ Latino Magnolia Tribune When the Mississippi House of Representatives voted to fully expand Medicaid at the ...

Lifestyle

Spring Break ’24 was just dreamy

By Steve Stricker Columnist Over the past many years, I spent several quiet, peaceful, spring breaks on Iles ...

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Officer misconduct legislation moving through Legislature

By Sid Salter Columnist The Mississippi Legislature is purposefully and earnestly moving legislation through the Capitol that would ...

Lifestyle

Eyes can be tricky; be careful what you see

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist I was 12 when I got my first motorcycle. It’s been long enough ...

Lifestyle

Farm mechanics teacher passed on ageless knowledge

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route Hubert Owens taught farm mechanics at the Business and Industrial Complex. As ...

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Spring clock-changing chore completed

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Have y’all recovered from your Spring Forward time change hangover yet?   It does take ...

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Cofield’s Corner: Cedar Oaks, ‘the house that wouldn’t die’

By John Cofield With the latest local spotlight on Cedar Oaks, I thought of a shot Granddad had ...

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Goodbye to winter, hello spring!

By Susan Mah Lifestyle columnist Growing up in the South as a biracial person was often a challenge. ...

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