Holidays are rarely perfect days

Columnists

Guests are nice, but so are quiet weekends

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Is it safe to say that Oxford has returned to “normal” after back-to-back weekends…

Lifestyle

A few of my favorite social media finds

By Kara Kimbrough Columnist For those who prefer to err on the side of caution and avoid social…

News

Can’t keep delaying Supreme Court ethics

Dear Editor, The Supreme Court has a serious ethics problem, and the latest revelations about Clarence Thomas should…

Lifestyle

Watch for the giants among us

Sometimes we find ourselves in the presence of giants. They may not look like what we’d expect. They…

Lifestyle

Fathers and sons, and the art of unadorned fishing

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route The month of May has been the traditional beginning of the Grabbling…

Holidays are rarely perfect days

News

We should all observe the kindergarten rules

By Bonnie Brown “How do we change the world? One random act of kindness at a time.” This…

Lifestyle

Cofield’s Corner: The Stick Fence House

By John Cofield Mrs. Rogers, “Miss Collie,” took sticks from the area behind her house, broke off the…

Lifestyle

US National Debt: ‘Validity’ doesn’t forbid default

In a letter to the editor of the Washington Post (“The Constitution demands the debt be paid. Period.”),…

Lifestyle

Morgan Wallen? Never heard of her

Muffler Shop Musings Howdy, friends! I’ve been reading on social media about folks being fired up mad because…

Columns

Investing in relationships

By Jan Penton Miller Columnist My favorite eldest son stopped by for coffee and breakfast this morning. He…

News

Grannie Time

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist The world knew her as Lillie Louise Williams Ferguson. Or Bob Ferguson’s wife.…

Columnists

Cofield’s Corner

By John Cofield Yes, it was a big old deal when Jerry Lawler came to town! The Activity…

Columns

Wisdom from the garden

By Jan Penton-Miller Columnist My garden center runs have been frequent and exciting for this gardener’s heart. Anne,…

Columns

Pickering, Scalia and the unicorns of bipartisanship

By Sid Salter Columnist STARKVILLE – A fascinating facet of last week’s dedication of the papers of federal…

Columns

The Creative Economy and Rural Communities

By Wayne Andrews Columnist The creative economy is a rapidly growing sector of the economy that includes a…

Columns

Planting now for tomato ritual later

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route The weather has warmed and cooled and warmed and gotten cold and…

Columns

Blessings abound even on a Monday

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist Mondays are not often highly regarded in our society. We’ve all heard the…

Columns

Resilience on display all across our state

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Last week’s storms certainly demonstrated to us all how quickly everything can change in…

Columns

Oxford infrastructure projects presented in D.C.

By Robyn Tannehill Guest Columnist It was an honor to represent our community in Washington, DC this week.…

Columns

Perfect black box found; Vatican offers explanation

By Steve Stricker Columnist On Palm Sunday 2017, after years of restoration by a team of 50 scientists,…

Columns

Forever thankful for mean parents

By Les Ferguson, Jr. My parents were mean. I know I’m not the only person who has ever…

Garden/Outdoors

Boggy areas have good plant potential

By Felder Rushing Choosing and growing plants in normal conditions is challenging enough to hobby gardeners and home…