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Investing in relationships

By Jan Penton Miller Columnist My favorite eldest son stopped by for coffee and breakfast this morning. He ...

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Grannie Time

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist The world knew her as Lillie Louise Williams Ferguson. Or Bob Ferguson’s wife. ...

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Wisdom from the garden

By Jan Penton-Miller Columnist My garden center runs have been frequent and exciting for this gardener’s heart. Anne, ...

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Pickering, Scalia and the unicorns of bipartisanship

By Sid Salter Columnist STARKVILLE – A fascinating facet of last week’s dedication of the papers of federal ...

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The Creative Economy and Rural Communities

By Wayne Andrews Columnist The creative economy is a rapidly growing sector of the economy that includes a ...

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Planting now for tomato ritual later

By Harold Brummett Denmark Star Route The weather has warmed and cooled and warmed and gotten cold and ...

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Blessings abound even on a Monday

By Les Ferguson, Jr. Columnist Mondays are not often highly regarded in our society. We’ve all heard the ...

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Resilience on display all across our state

By Bonnie Brown Columnist Last week’s storms certainly demonstrated to us all how quickly everything can change in ...

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Oxford infrastructure projects presented in D.C.

By Robyn Tannehill Guest Columnist It was an honor to represent our community in Washington, DC this week. ...

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Perfect black box found; Vatican offers explanation

By Steve Stricker Columnist On Palm Sunday 2017, after years of restoration by a team of 50 scientists, ...

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Forever thankful for mean parents

By Les Ferguson, Jr. My parents were mean. I know I’m not the only person who has ever ...

Garden/Outdoors

Boggy areas have good plant potential

By Felder Rushing Choosing and growing plants in normal conditions is challenging enough to hobby gardeners and home ...

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Will inflation spur elimination of grocery tax?

By Sid Salter STARKVILLE — François-Marie Arouet – known by his literary nom de plume Voltaire – was ...

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Book Review: Demon or superhero? Rise or fall?

By Susan Mah Like Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction or Trevor Noah’s Born A Crime Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead ...

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Fiddle-Dee-Dee Is this spring?

By Jan Penton Miller With sub-freezing temperatures expected for the first day of spring I took all the ...

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SBA Mississippi celebrates Black History Month

By Janita R Stewart District Director SBA Mississippi District Office Since 1976, the month of February has been ...

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Thinking hard about who is middle class

By Bonnie Brown There are many definitions of social class in the United States: upper class, new money, ...

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Need ideas for the Big Game? Look here!

By Kara Kimbrough As host or guest, it’s time to get ready for the biggest football game of ...

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Waiting to walk the streets of Bakersfield

By Ricky Swindle Howdy, friends! As the saying goes, the best laid plans of mice and men. I’ve ...

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Hosemann expected to take primary fight to McDaniel

By Sid Salter Back in 2014, Mississippi politicos underestimated Tea Party zealot State Sen. Chris McDaniel and it ...

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Different art sales are examples of service avenues

By Wayne Andrews The past weekend’s three arts sales approached how the arts impact the  community. The Powerhouse ...

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Filing things the old fashioned way

By Jan Penton-Miller On this beautiful sunshiny day I think I will take Missy, my faithful dachshund, on ...

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