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Robert St. John: The sandwich principle
Sometimes I catch flak from my daughter. My wife gives me a hard time, too.
Sid Salter: Texas stirs memories of flood dangers for Mississippians
Mississippians are generally a generous and empathetic people. We sincerely feel the pain of others struggling to deal with the suffering of natural disasters and communities that are ravaged by wind, water and unrelenting storms.
Sites & Bites: Summer mission: finding shortcut versions of tempting dishes
We’ve all done it… scrolled the internet late at night and watched videos of chefs of all skill levels cooking dishes that look SO delicious that we wanted to taste them at that exact moment.
New faces at key spots for Ole Miss provide an ‘exciting’ opportunity
ATLANTA – A year ago in Dallas, Ole Miss took the stage at SEC Media Days as one of the darlings of the college football
Letter: Local news with national reach
Just wanted to tell you a cool thing that happened. Ed McNees — songwriter Dan Penn’s unofficial manager – just called me to tell me
Former Bulldog Brayland Skinner still a blur as a Mud Monster
Four years and 15 days ago, in Omaha at the College World Series, Brayland Skinner was a human blur. The score was tied at three
Holiday Handcrafts Bazaar accepting vendor applications
Starkville’s First United Methodist Church has begun accepting applications from vendors wanting to participate in its 16th Holiday Handcrafts Bazaar.
Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham to perform in Vernon
Legendary Vernon, Alabama singer, songwriter and producer Dan Penn and his longtime collaborator Dewey Lindon “Spooner” Oldham will perform together in Penn’s hometown of Vernon at 7 p.m. Aug. 2 at the Vernon City Complex, which is the old Vernon High School.
Clay Bowen: Big beautiful hill
My wife Shannon and I walk three miles a day. We begin from our home on College Street and make our way west to the Riverwalk, with a turn-around point that is measured so we complete three miles by the time we arrive home. We go back the way we came, which leads us uphill once we exit the Riverwalk.
EMCC’s Murphy and Goff selected Academic All-America First Team
AUSTIN, Texas – Former East Mississippi Community College all-conference standouts Ty Murphy and Braxton Goff have been named to the 2024-25 Academic All-America Men’s At-Large
In The Garden with Felder: Garden tools you actually use
Someone asked what garden tools I would recommend for a beginner, and it gave me pause. Not one to accumulate or hold onto unnecessary stuff, every tool I own, I actually use, and for most of them I am the main moving part. But I didn’t start out with them all.
Smooth repetition of identical steps key to good shooting
Whether at a public shooting range or an impromptu spot in your own back yard, virtually any place a shotgun can be safely fired can
Letter: A clean slate after 17 years
It’s been some 17 years since I underwent the crushing crucible of the Mississippi justice system, being found guilty of the crime “fraud OR embezzlement”
The following cases were heard in the recent Circuit Court term:
Judge Lee Howard Jalan Shaikeem Baldwin, possession of methamphetamine, dismissed after completion of pre-trial; Cory Beard, tampering with a witness, 10 years MDOC to be
Jabe Nicholson: How’s your oughtobiography coming?
Last Saturday I headed to Jackson for a hospital visit. It was a glorious day as I traversed the verdant hills of the Mississippi countryside.
Letter: Endorses Kabir Karriem
August 5th is the day and District 41, which encompasses Columbus, is the place. We have got to cast our vote for the best qualified
Conerly joins Dispatch as prep sports reporter
Jared Conerly has joined The Dispatch newsroom as prep sports reporter.
The W’s 2025-26 Community Read underway
Mississippi University for Women is continuing its partnership with the Columbus community for the annual Community Read Program, which recently kicked off its newest installment.
Some burdens are much better left behind
The disease was called “lockjaw” by all who dreaded it, and we were all taught to dread it in our turn. Neither I nor anyone
Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit near Propst Park
July 26, 2025
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