2026 Predictions: Local leaders pull out their crystal balls for the coming year

In 2025, the Golden Triangle proved truth really is stranger than fiction, from a ballot box lost during a car repossession and a rapper arrested

Legislators to debate restoring ballot initiative

For the fifth straight year, lawmakers will debate restoring Mississippi’s ballot initiative when they convene at the Capitol in January.

Andrew McLarty: The Magi and seeking a new year

Every Jan. 6, as 12 days of Christmas lights fade, the Church tells one last story from the Nativity – the visit of the wise men, or Magi, “the Epiphany.”

Sherry Ivy: God is declaring new things in your life right now

This is the beginning of another new year, and we will see the manifestation of the new things God is declaring in our lives like we never imagined.

Jiben Roy: Columnist on columnist

I have been writing columns in The Dispatch since 2013, while Birney Imes was at the helm. In fact, he helped and encouraged me in my column writing. I have written hundreds of columns and am still writing in my mother tongue, as I have since my college days.

What made the 2025 Ole Miss team different? Allow its players to explain

It turns out the thing outgoing Ole Miss offensive coordinator Charlie Weis Jr. was most worried about prior to the 2025 season may have ultimately been the Rebels’ superpower.

Mississippi man serving an illegal sentence granted clemency, weeks after his brother

A man handed an illegal prison sentence that was years longer than the maximum penalty for his crime has been granted clemency by Mississippi’s governor, weeks after the man’s brother received clemency for a similar sentence.

Rick Cleveland: Archie ‘doubtful’ for Sugar Bowl, but 56 years ago he was raring to go

If 76-year-old Archie Manning was listed on the College Football Playoffs injury report for the Sugar Bowl it would say: Ole Miss quarterback Manning (lower back) extremely doubtful.

Mary Means Business: Playtopia in Starkville holds soft opening

It’s a kid’s world and we are all just living in it.

RSJ’s Top 10 Meals of 2025

At the end of every year for the past 25-plus years, I’ve listed my top 10 dining experiences from the year that just wrapped.

Rested or rusty? Top four playoff seeds eager to show they are ready as CFP quarterfinals arrive

No. 1 Indiana spent several December weeks reveling in the luster of the best season in school history.

Rebels roar back, thump Braves in Oxford

OXFORD – Reserves Kezza Giffa and Patton Pinkins scored 14 and 13 points, respectively, and Ole Miss beat Alcorn State 79-43 on Monday night. James

Pair simplicity and flavor with seafood pasta

Simplifying family dinners after the holiday season starts with easy recipes that don’t sacrifice flavor.

Saving the sweetest bake for last

Well, y’all – just like that, another year has come to an end.

McMahon’s 21 points pace No. 15 Ole Miss

Cotie McMahon scored 21 points, and Ole Miss pulled away in the second half to defeat Alcorn State 64-44 on Sunday.

Letter: Remembering Thomas Lee Sr.

Sometimes we have to go back to a point of reference to see how far we have really come. Thomas Lee Sr., I will surely

After ‘frustrating’ first matchup at Georgia, Ole Miss defense ready for second chance

It took all of approximately two seconds for Ole Miss sophomore defensive tackle Will Echoles to recount what he remembers most from his team’s most recent matchup with Georgia.

MSU hosts international symposium on advanced vehicle technology

Showcasing its groundbreaking work in autonomous vehicles, Mississippi State University hosted the 7th International Symposium on Advanced Vehicle Technology earlier this month.

Deerly Beloved: 50 Years of MSU Research

Great Scott: Owls’ Milam earns GSPGA Assistant Player of the Year award

The W golf assistant coach Scott Milam was recently feted as the Gulf States Professional Golfers of America (GSPGA) Assistant Player of the Year for 2025 at the organization’s annual awards dinner at the Reunion Country Club in Jackson.