Articles by Dispatch Editorial Board
A house of a different color
Tennessee Williams scholars, actors, and even some friends and family of the famed playwright have been gathering in Columbus this week for the tribute and tour held each year in the Pulitzer-winner’s honor.
Editorial: An un-American, un-Christian act
Religious extremists do extreme things, no matter their religion. That’s why we’re not surprised that the wrong-headed leader of a small church in Florida plans to burn a Quran, Islam’s holy book, in a bonfire on Sept. 11.
Letter: Think Barbour would make a great president
If (the biggest word in the English language) memory serves me correctly Steve Mullen came here from California.
Harper’s Stallions ready to face Funk’s Raiders
On his way to becoming a head coach, Josh Harper learned a lot about football from Rusty Funk.
Harper will get a second chance at 7 p.m. Friday to show what he learned when his South Lamar Stallions play host to Funk’s Marion County Red Raiders in an Alabama High School Athletic Association Class A, Region 5 game.
Goodwin is busy man on Itawamba campus
It isn’t hard to distinguish between Will Goodwin and the other students at Itawamba Community College.
The freshman from Starkville Academy is the one being chauffeured in a golf cart across the Fulton campus from football practice to soccer practice.
Goodwin is the lone kicker on Coach Jon Williams’ football team and a forward on Coach Mike Sullivan’s soccer team, and being escorted on a golf cart makes it easier for him to get to both team’s practices.
Rob Hardy: “A Brief History of Nakedness”
If you are like me, you take off all your clothes in order to change into other clothes, to bathe, to sleep, or to make love. You do not get naked to advance your religion, nor promote a good harvest, nor to support a political or social cause, nor gain money, nor participate in artistic display.
Musings on newspapers and how they are changing
As the Internet gets more and more common, even dinosaurs like me are becoming comfortable using it. At the same time, various methods of print media are fading from use.
Roses and thorns 9-5-10
Roast-n-Boast barbecue contest participants and organizers; organizers of Travis Outlaw Day; Starkville volunteers; and Leroy Brooks
Sidewalk plans comply with city rules
Let’s set the record straight. In the August 30th edition of “readers comment,” an anonymous posting asked questions about the sidewalk conflict at GTP&DD in Starkville.
Shannon Bardwell: Eccentricity runs in families
Sam and I attended the wedding of my cousin, Mandy Powell. Momma and her nine siblings were from Natchez. Then “Powell” came to visit one day and stayed.
Betty Stone: Leaving Sunflower
Later this week, Sept. 10, Maxine Mason will retire from the Sunflower Store on Military Road. She has worked there for 31 years, 28 of them as manager. Now she says she and her husband, Bill, want to do some traveling, “while we still can.”
David Creel: The Hairdo Hall of Fame
Aunt Trucene had a flair for hair. Backcombing was her specialty. I hear tell that her beehives could and did hold their own through several hurricane-force winds back in the early 1970s.
A website that’s worth something
Today, we began charging for some content on our website, cdispatch.com. This decision, and exactly how we should go about it, came after much internal discussion and debate.
Anne Freeze: Goodies out there, to share
A week ago Terry and I drove to Chattanooga, Tenn., for a wonderful weekend. The impetus for the trip was another of the Southern Foodways Alliance event, this time a Potlikker Film Festival held at Warehouse Row in Chattanooga. Two of my favorite people (who happen to be married) live on Lookout Mountain, so we needed little incentive to go.
Editorial: Budget issues loom for W, Brigham
Allegra Brigham, Mississippi University for Women’s interim president, is locked in a game of good cop, bad cop.
Letter: Too many attack ads
Attack ads and negative campaigning have become all too common in the United States.
South Lamar motivated to avenge losses
In struggling to a 1-9 record a season ago, the South Lamar Stallions were served their share of humble pie..
South Lamar lost eight games by 26 points or more, and for the season was outscored 370-121.
Using last season as motivation, this season has started off much better for the Stallions.
South Lamar kicked off the season Friday by beating rival Lamar County 27-20 to avenge a 61-20 setback, its worse loss of 2009.
Rob Hardy: “Flight of the Century”
There are a number of aeronautical or aerospace accomplishments that might be called “the flight of the century.”
Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit near Propst Park
July 26, 2025
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