Our View: Too pokey on the pokey
Apparently, building a new Oktibbeha County jail is like the weather: Everybody talks about it, but nobody ever does anything about it.
Our View: A confident start at a critical moment
Outside of sparsely-attended school board meetings, Tuesday was one of the first times parents and other stakeholders had a chance to hear from CMSD Superintendent Craig Chapman for any length of time since he took the position.
Our View: The Importance of Being Earned Interest
Oscar Wilde wrote, “I can resist anything but temptation.”
Raymond Barranco: Seeing things compassionately, together
Change is inherently unsettling. People find comfort in routine and stability, and rapid shifts, especially in beliefs or values, often provoke resistance.
Letter: Game of cricket
The team USA is everywhere in the sports areas. Even in cricket too. The USA cricket team so far has shown much potential in the
Possumhaw: Birds are flying, cat’s ah sleeping
While I was beginning to write this column, I was drawn to the birds flitting outside the window. One bird made a slight bump at the window then flew on his merry way.
Letter: Academic vs athletic fundraising
I was happy to read that the preponderance of the Mississippi State alumni donor class has its heart in the right place. These people donated
Letter: We need the storm shelter
This letter is brief and written not to create contention, but to highlight what I believe is an important need in our community. The recent
Roses and Thorns: 2-14-26
A rose to the FORGE Foundation, which will be hosting 500 Career & Technical Center (CTC) students for a Forge Your Career Interview Day. The
Our View: In Oktibbeha we have a safe room but an unsafe policy
Brandi Harrington was looking for an explanation and a solution.
What she got were excuses and semantics.
Letter: Firsthand experience informs opinion on storm shelter
I recently discovered your podcast, “Between the Headlines.” As someone who lived in Columbus for more than 25 years before leaving the state for graduate
Ask Rufus: Gen BH Grierson, from horse soldiers to the Buffalo Soldiers
One of the most famous cavalry exploits of the Civil War was a Union cavalry raid through Mississippi in 1863. The raid has been the subject of several books and even a John Wayne movie, “The Horse Soldiers.”
Scott Tollison: The W: Public higher education doing its job
If you were building a public university from scratch in Mississippi, what outcomes should a taxpayer expect?
Our View: Renovations begin on Columbus post office
We generally associate “historical” with”old,” yet not all old buildings are historic and not all historic buildings are very old.
Letter: The First Amendment is fragile
Donald Trump’s good buddy, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salmon — the de facto leader of Saudi Arabia — razed the village of Qayal to make
Possumhaw: The customs of Valentine’s Day
The legends of Saint Valentine are many. Prior to many legends of Saint Valentine of Rome, he was incarcerated in jail for ministering to Christians persecuted under the Roman Empire.
Our View: The high cost of inaction at a deadly intersection
One of the most popular video games of the 1980s was a game called “Frogger,” where players used a joystick to make frogs jump as they crossed the road, dodging speeding traffic on multiple lanes.
Thom Caraccio: Uncle Sandy rides to the rescue
I was born and brought up in Mississippi and the occasional Air Force base elsewhere. Everything down to my bone marrow is Deep South, and that’s what I’ll leave as. I’m 100% fried chicken and 0% Chicken Cacciatore.
Roses and Thorns: 2-7-26
A rose to the Golden Triangle Development LINK and its new CEO Iain Vasey. The LINK Board of Directors selected Vasey from a field of
Ask Rufus: Footprints
This year, we are celebrating the 250th anniversary of our country’s independence.
Deputies searching for two suspects in Sunday double homicide
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