Letter: Notes on recent events
Finally, I have a few personal reliefs. After 50 years of my academic career, I retired as Professor Emeritus from MUW. I can’t expect anything
Letter: Appreciated Stringer Freedom Trail marker unveiling
It was quite refreshing to see many in our community put aside their differences, their politics and their agendas to come together to honor Emmett
Our View: When online, caveat emptor
The old saying, “A fool and his money are soon parted,” has always seemed harsh, though unquestionably accurate. As long as humans have lived in groups, some people have been trying to pull a fast one on others.
Thom Caraccio: Slackers and loafers… my people!
I have written much about my early life as a full time rock musician and the middle part as a motion picture scenic and graphic artist. It does provide me with stories to put down on paper, best as I can remember.
Roses and Thorns: 5-10-25
A rose to all of our dear mothers as we approach Mother’s Day on Sunday. Down through the ages, people have tried to define the
Ask Rufus: Celebrating Emancipation Day for 160 years
In the Columbus area, the “Eight O’May” has long been called “Emancipation Day.”
Slimantics: Fossils fuel a kid’s imagination
When I was a kid, our elementary school librarian in Tupelo, a lady named Mrs. Cook, turned us on to hunting for arrowheads and pieces of pottery found near our school. The Tupelo area was once a major Chickasaw village and fort. In fact, the area was the site of a great Chickasaw victory over the French and their Choctaw allies in 1736.
Letter: Comparing leaders
In Saturday’s performance by the Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra, I heard Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait.” Lincoln’s speeches as his nation was being rent by civil war
Our View: ‘Show Me the Money’ Mickens pushes for one more trip on the taxpayers’ dime
Ordinarily, when a long-time elected official nears the end of his tenure it is a time to reflect on the achievements made on behalf of the citizens.
Our View: Oktibbeha residents deserve more details on hospital sale
In free societies, governments own nothing, but are entrusted with much.
Sid Salter: Four decades later, a cold case arrest may fill in the blank on Shondra May’s tombstone
In the lonesome isolation of the small, rural Clark Cemetery in the Pea Ridge community in northern Scott County, the grave of Shondra Denise May is difficult to miss and almost impossible to forget.
Possumhaw: Wild flowers, turkeys, oh my
Just as I finished writing down all the flowers, plants and seeds I’ve been putting out around the flowerbeds and in the greenhouse, I stopped a bit to look for someone out there with a good quote about seeds and flowers.
Our View: This graduation season, let’s celebrate dreams
High schools will soon be holding their graduation ceremonies, and we’ve noticed one trend we hope will be a passing phase.
Letter: Educational double standards?
I read in the May 2nd Commercial Dispatch about a leaked internal draft for the Department of Health and Human Services, reported by the Associated
Thom Caraccio: Why I hate helicopters
Stories from the film set.
In the movies and in TV shows, there seem to be more helicopters than you would actually see in real life.
Roses and Thorns: 5-3-25
A rose to the carpentry students at the Starkville-Oktibbeha School District’s Millsaps Career and Technology Center, who are using their skills on a project that
Letter: Celebrates government cuts
Oh, no! The U.S. taxpayers won’t pay me to be an “arts assistant” in Starkville! Oh, no, what horror! I might even have to get
Ask Rufus: Columbus and America 250
The 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, which marked the beginning of the American Revolution, was April 19.
Our View: Cuts in VISTA will have terrible consequences for area nonprofits
Waste in government is largely in the eye of the beholder. One person’s essential service may be another’s frivolous use of taxpayer dollars.
Slimantics: The war we lost and the lives Mississippi gained
Wednesday marked a 50th anniversary that most Americans have forgotten, and those who do remember don’t feel like celebrating.
