Articles by Abigail Sipe Rochester
Columbus Sings Messiah to return for 23rd year
“Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah! Hallelujah!”
I may be a bad southerner, but I made good biscuits
Before we get too far into this, I’m going to come right out and say it. I’m a bad southerner.
Beauty and horror meet in work of MARS artist-in-residence
Dani Clark lifts his paintbrush to a bright yellow canvas covered in brushstrokes.
Newspaper shoe designs amaze on Heritage Academy runway
Models strut down the runway, showing off their shoes. Each shoe reflects the style of their designers, who have been hard at work over the past month to get their footwear ready for fashion week.
Marry Me Chicken Orzo helps you get things done
I had too much to accomplish this week to focus on cooking.
Live portrait artist creates ‘magic’ at Festival of the Fae market
Kaitlyn Zhang’s pen flies across the paper on her easel as a small crowd watches her work in her booth at the Festival of the Fae Harvest Market. The artist, wearing fantastical red antlers on her head, produces a portrait of the person in front of her, talking with her subject as she draws.
Rolling into fall with pumpkin herb rolls
Imagine. You haven’t eaten all day, but you’re meeting up with your friends for dinner at a restaurant. You’re already a little irritable when you walk through the door, because you feel like your stomach is digesting itself.
Haunted house fundraiser to support cancer patients, Christmas programs
For the past seven years, 81-year-old Rayness Tulipan has been helping to make the dead rise at the Columbus Fairgrounds during the Community Benefit Committee’s annual haunted house.
Trick or Trot to raise funds, spirits at T.K. Martin Center
In just a few weeks, families in costumes will gather at a starting line in front of the T.K. Martin Center for Technology and Disability, preparing to make a one-mile loop on the Mississippi State University campus. But the route will be a little sweeter than a normal run.
For much of Saturday, it seemed like 2014 all over again in Mississippi
For a while Saturday, it looked as if we might be stepping back in time — at least where Mississippi college football is concerned. Back to 2014. Remember?
Breaking silence around Emmett Till’s murder
Daphne Chamberlain was in the fifth grade, living in Northaven Woods, when she saw one of the “most disturbing” images she’s ever seen.
No. 6 Oregon at No. 3 Penn State is the main event on an attractive Top 25 schedule in Week 5
Four Associated Press Top 25 matchups headline the Week 5 college football schedule, and at least a half-dozen other games involving ranked teams are equally intriguing.
Ryder Cup has power to divide or unite during fraught and fragile time in the US
Often sports, at their best, are the purest form of competition. They offer a chance to pick winners and losers in showdowns between rival teams, countries, sometimes even worldviews, in an arena where the games are played for high stakes but, ultimately, not for life and death. This week’s Ryder Cup is an example of that.
‘Hard to contain’: Trinidad Chambless remains unfazed as starting QB
The way Ole Miss quarterback Trinidad Chambliss has handled his newfound spotlight hasn’t gone unnoticed by teammates.
Combination of coaching, personnel has LSU’s defense ‘playing great’
No. 4 LSU’s defensive improvement hasn’t come by accident, according to Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin.
Ryder Cup money for the American players is about good charity and bad optics
The Americans have become an easy target for Europe at this Ryder Cup, and it has nothing to do with how they have been outplayed over the last 30 years. It’s about how much they’re getting paid.
Sponsor patches on college uniforms would raise millions but some ADs are in wait-and-see mode
The leader of the largest multimedia rights holder in college athletics is confident sponsor patches will begin appearing on team jerseys sooner than later with schools under pressure to find new ways to make money in this new era of revenue-sharing with athletes.
Blake Shapen embracing leadership under center and in the QB room
July 18, 2025
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