Slimantics: Municipal election candidates: Don’t describe the water
Today marks the start of the qualifying period for those who intend to run for municipal office in the Golden Triangle. Although some people have announced their intentions to run for office, it won’t be official until they have completed the qualifying process.
Stanly Godbold: Jimmy Carter, 39th President of the United States
To take the measure of Jimmy Carter as a man, a President, and the creator — along with his marriage partner — of a legacy that will surely endure for many generations to come, would require many more words than possible in a brief memorial account.
Possumhaw: What in the world
That evening the Apollo 8 astronauts read from the Bible in the book of Genesis during a television broadcast. Astronauts Bill Anders read verses 1-4, Jim Lovell read verses 5-8 and Frank Borman finished out with verses 9-10. Reports say approximately one billion people in 64 countries watched the broadcast.
Thom Caraccio: Saying goodbye to a Columbus legend
I usually love to write, but I find it a miserable task to write in the guest book of a funeral home about someone I was close to and admired greatly.
Ask Rufus: The horses of the prairie
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about the New Madrid earthquakes of December 1811 through January 1812, which was when a horse from John Pitchlynn’s at Plymouth Bluff suddenly stumbled, fell and died.
Sid Salter: The ghost of TikTok Future and Trump’s return
Any way you slice, there’s a lot to unpack for fans and opponents of the social media application TikTok – the short-form Chinese-owned video platform with an algorithm that personalizes each user’s experience based on learning one’s preferences.
Slimantics: For MSMS, there’s no place like home
In 1973, my folks had a decision to make: renovate the little home they had lived in since moving to Tupelo in 1950 or purchasing a new, larger home that had been built a few miles outside the city limits.
Possumhaw: Dark night of Christmas
The young woman sitting next to me answered her phone. When she put down the phone she was crying. I waited awhile then asked, “Are you okay?” She said she just learned her aunt died.
Thom Caraccio: A trip to Illtown, more stories from the film set
Not every movie is a big budget production, but work is work.
Ask Rufus: Christmas scenes
It is interesting to see how the images associated with the Christmas season have changed over the years.
Wyatt Emmerich: Journalism battle in Mississippi
Should courts have the power to force journalists to hand over their records?
Slimantics: Dispatches from the War on Christmas
This year’s War on Christmas continues and the outcome is still very much in doubt as the final skirmishes unfold over the next week.
Nancy Loome: School choice backers keep changing their story
The “school choice” crowd can’t seem to get their story straight.
Sid Salter: GOP’s Clarke Reed fundamentally changed partisan politics in Mississippi and the South
Clarke T. Reed Sr., who skillfully and purposefully changed both the retail political allegiances and the philosophical worldview of many white Southerners, died earlier this month at his Greenville home at age 96.
Possumhaw: Bells will be ringing
During the years of the 1980s slipping over into the 90s I spent a good part of those years with the Salvation Army in Oktibbeha County where I lived at the time.
Bobby Harrison: Lawmakers dealing with finances, taxes may soon be dealing with a major headache
The fiscal year that ended on June 30, 2022, concluded the short but unprecedented period of state revenue growth that was fueled by massive federal funding and inflationary factors that occurred in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ask Rufus: When the Mississippi River flowed backward
It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for earthquakes.
Geoff Pender: Want to launder some money? Just use your Mississippi campaign account
According to federal authorities, when some crooked Magnolia State politicians wanted to launder bribe money, they didn’t use a shell business or offshore bank, they just used a good-old Mississippi campaign finance account.
Sid Salter: Congressional politics of disaster funding revisited in the wake of Helene, Milton
Mississippi has a history of natural disasters, including hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, and, on rarer occasions, ice and snowstorms.
Slimantics: CEO’s murder sparks a harsh spotlight on America’s healthcare crisis
The murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York last week unleashed an unexpected reaction: There were many who expressed no sympathy for the 50-year-old father of two while hailing the accused shooter, identified as 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, as a hero striking a blow against a system that piles up enormous profits at the expense of those who are desperately ill.
Deputies searching for two suspects in Sunday double homicide
June 29, 2025
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