Raymond Barranco: Improving the candidates

In my previous column, I outlined how making voting more convenient would address one of the main barriers to participation.

Notre Dame’s Love, Indiana’s Mendoza, Vanderbilt’s Pavia, Ohio State’s Sayin named Heisman finalists

Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love, Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza, Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia and Ohio State quarterback Julian Sayin are the finalists for the Heisman Trophy given to the top player in college football.

Gingerbread honey cupcakes: A sweet spin on tradition

In a holiday season crowded with everything from mouthwatering cakes, cookies and pies to “fa-la-la-la” forgettable fruitcakes, the dessert table can bring you comfort and joy or sweet-tooth dismay.

Rick Cleveland: Mississippi’s biggest sports event ever? You wouldn’t want to argue with John L.

Ole Miss will play host to Tulane in a first round college football playoffs game on Dec. 20 and some pundits already proclaim it the biggest, most important sports event to ever take place on Mississippi soil.

A new bold plan aims to help more Jackson third graders read on grade level

Michael Cormack felt like he’d been punched in the stomach.

Warm spices and crunchy goodness

Traditionally, winter is the time of year when people sleep longer.

Robert St. John: The Last Strand of Tinsel

Some families grow up with postcard Christmases – crackling fires, golden retrievers by the hearth, snowflakes on the St. Augustine.

New plaza, roundabout planned for MSU campus

Commuters passing through Mississippi State University’s campus will have to reroute next week as two major infrastructure projects get underway.

Ole Miss earns berth in College Football Playoff, will host Tulane

While Sunday proved to be a historic day for the Ole Miss football program, there was no watch party or celebration to be seen in the Manning Center. The expectation for the Rebels is to consistently compete for championships and for selection shows to become status quo.

Arizona takes No. 1 in AP Top 25 men’s basketball poll, Iowa State up to No. 4, Gonzaga into top 10

Arizona took over the top spot in the AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll on Monday, a reward for a perfect start to the season that includes a quartet of wins against ranked foes, including a lopsided victory over Auburn last weekend.

Education: Readers in the Making

Big Ten ties record with nine teams in AP Top 25 women’s basketball poll; UConn, Texas still 1-2

The Big Ten matched The Associated Press Top 25 women’s basketball record with nine ranked teams as Nebraska entered at No. 24 on Monday. The

Education: West Point native, Ole Miss senior joins national Presidential Fellows Program

With plans to eventually give back to Mississippi, University of Mississippi senior and “nonstop” political science major Edward Hunter will channel his inner Alexander Hamilton, “reading every treatise on the shelf,” as part of his new academic honor.

Monkey who escaped Mississippi highway crash has new permanent home at New Jersey refuge

A monkey who spent several days on the lam after escaping from a truck that crashed on a rural Mississippi highway earlier this year now has a permanent home at a New Jersey wildlife refuge.

Bobby Harrison: Vouchers to Mississippi schools teaching Christian values are OK, but what if other values are taught?

Mississippi private school officials have said they would welcome receiving public funds from state taxpayers to help educate their students, but not if it means governmental oversight of their faith-based curriculum and their admissions requirements.

Letter to the editor: Amy Bogue

Impressed with local production of The Nutcracker This weekend I had the joy of attending The Wherehouse’s first-ever production of The Nutcracker, and I left

Education: Documentary studies concentration launches at The W

Ken Burns. Amy Berg. Werner Herzog. Students at Mississippi University for Women have the opportunity to study these and many other documentarians, and follow in their footsteps, with the new documentary studies concentration and minor, both of which launched this fall.

Education: SBE seeks high school sophomores to apply for 2026-27 junior representative position

The Mississippi State Board of Education is seeking applications from high school sophomores to serve as the new high school junior student representative on the board for the 2026-27 school year.

Keeping pets safe this holiday season

The holiday season brings sparkling lights, cherished traditions and joyful gatherings with the people and pets you love most.

No. 13 Ole Miss rallies back from 19 down, takes down No. 18 Notre Dame

No. 13 Ole Miss might have been down Thursday night. But the Rebels never really felt like they were out.