Clay Bowen: Waiting for life to be perfect
I’ll never forget that van ride back to the hotel after being told to pack my knives and leave Top Chef.
Second Possumtown Book Fest welcomes 19 authors to Columbus
Book lovers in Northeast Mississippi will have the opportunity to meet authors representing genres spanning nonfiction, poetry, romance and more on Aug. 16 at the second Possumtown Book Fest.
Columbus Boys and Girls Club kids to take the stage this fall
Isabella Powell started performing in live theater when she was five years old.
How to clean keyboard grunge, earwax in earphones and screen smudges
Smartphones, laptops, headphones and other electronic devices are essential for work and play in our daily lives.
Andrew McLarty: Reflection on Camp Bratton-Green
Last week, I returned to Columbus after directing a session at Bratton-Green, the summer camp owned and operated by the Episcopal Diocese of Mississippi located north of Canton, MS. For 78 years, Camp Bratton-Green has formed children, youth, and adults in the teachings of Christ and the way of God.
Take dinner outdoors with grilled chicken skewers
Keep the heat out of your kitchen this summer with these grilled Chicken Skewers.
Simplify school day meals
If every moment of school days feels like a rush in your house, you’re not alone.
Mexican spinach cornbread and kicking my younger self
There’s nothing quite like your mom’s cooking.
Robert St. John: The sandwich principle
Sometimes I catch flak from my daughter. My wife gives me a hard time, too.
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.
Butter Together: Running to the border of my sanity
It’s been a busy week here at the Honey Badger Homestead.
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.
Flamingos to fill downtown for fourth year
Flamingos are about to flock downtown once again, bringing fun and prizes with them for a fourth year.
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.
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.
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.
Dancing in the Park to return downtown for 16th year
Put on your dancing shoes.
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.
Deputies searching for two suspects in Sunday double homicide
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