Raymond Barranco: Healthcare is broken. The fix isn’t ideological

In today’s politically polarized world, it can feel like there’s almost nothing Americans agree on. One major exception is healthcare—specifically, how terrible it is.

Mississippi soybean farmers end dour year, hope for profitable ’26

Soybeans have been in the headlines a lot this year.

Layers of love: A family Christmas classic

With colorful Christmas décor like paper chain garlands, rainbow incandescent lights and whimsical, handmade ornaments trending, this Christmas has felt like stepping into the past.

Pete Golding no longer has to sell a vision. He has results

Ole Miss head coach Pete Golding no longer has to refer to the College Football Playoff experience in Oxford as a hypothetical.

Robert St. John: Showing up for Christmas

For over three decades, Christmas never really meant a day off.

Letter: Can the BOS steal Christmas?

Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the Courthouse; Not a supervisor was stirring, not even their leader. Their money buckets were placed by

The number of vacancies among teachers is going up in Mississippi, new survey shows

Nearly 4,000 teaching positions remain unfilled in Mississippi, hundreds more than last year.

Mary Means Business: Michael’s Sports Bar finds new owner

Nearly 20 years ago, Cody Fowler and her dad James Michael Fowler opened Michael’s Sports Bar at 716 Alabama St. in Columbus.

Dampier’s big night leads MRA boys past Heritage

Erick Dampier was a one-man show for MRA.

The sophomore standout poured in a game-high 36 points as Madison-Ridgeland Academy got past Heritage Academy 78-62 in an all-Patriot matchup and a key MAIS non-division contest at Richard Duease Court on Friday night.

Ole Miss wins Golding’s debut, cruises past Tulane and into CFP quarterfinals

Consider the Pete Golding Era off to a historic start.

Education: Local graduate students research honored in Mississippi State thesis competition

Mississippi State’s Graduate School is recognizing eight students for their superb research presentations given during the university’s annual Three Minute Thesis competition.

Letter: MTG’s taxpayer funded retirement

Froma Harrop wrote about Margorie Taylor Greene fleeing Congress. I wish to add a postscript. When she leaves in January, she will have been in

Education: EMCC celebrates fall graduates

East Mississippi Community College conducted a fall 2025 commencement ceremony on Friday, Dec. 12, in the Lyceum Auditorium on the college’s Golden Triangle campus.

Education: Local students honored at Belhaven University

Congratulations to Belhaven University student Mia Cade, of Starkville, who was named to Belhaven’s fall 2025 President’s List.

Education: Lewis earns degree from Central Methodist University

Central Methodist University celebrated its winter 2025 commencement on Dec. 6 in Puckett Fieldhouse on the Fayette campus. Business owner and author Rogers Strickland gave the commencement address as a packed house of family, friends, faculty, staff and other guests celebrated the graduates.

Giant lazy Susans bring people together at Mississippi restaurant

Over the course of a steaming-hot Southern lunch, served family-style on a giant lazy Susan, restaurant owner Andre Davis has watched people go from perfect strangers to lifelong friends.

Photo: Just in time for Christmas

Education: Wilson named executive director for alumni and development

Mississippi University for Women is pleased to announce alumna Elise Wilson has been named executive director for alumni and development.

Faith-based community supports farm industry

A farmer’s life has been compared to a person’s faith journey, and that faith is being tested through the recent economic uncertainty associated with high costs and low profits in agriculture.

No. 8 seed Oklahoma and 9th-seeded Alabama meet again in 1st round of College Football Playoff

Ninth-seeded Alabama (10-3) at No. 8 seed Oklahoma (10-2), Friday, 8 p.m. EST (ABC/ESPN)