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Alvis: ‘A good education’ excuse was used to justify avoiding integration

By Joel Alvis - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 156 Reads
On Mon, 09/29/2025 - 01:42 PM

Below is an opinion column by Joel Alvis:

Corder: In Mississippi, safety and growth go hand in hand

By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 249 Reads
On Fri, 09/26/2025 - 09:38 AM

Below is an opinion column by Frank Corder:

State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Connie Dolan says the Academy is preparing not just for the emergencies of today, but for the opportunities of tomorrow.

Corder: In Mississippi, safety and growth go hand in hand

By Frank Corder - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 249 Reads
On Fri, 09/26/2025 - 09:38 AM

Below is an opinion column by Frank Corder:

State Chief Deputy Fire Marshal Connie Dolan says the Academy is preparing not just for the emergencies of today, but for the opportunities of tomorrow.

Ross: It’s okay to trust some science

By Kimberly Ross - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 263 Reads
On Thu, 09/25/2025 - 04:52 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Kimberly Ross:

Kimberly Ross says facts matter most of all. They should trump feelings every time, no matter how long those feelings have existed.

Ross: It’s okay to trust some science

By Kimberly Ross - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 263 Reads
On Thu, 09/25/2025 - 04:52 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Kimberly Ross:

Kimberly Ross says facts matter most of all. They should trump feelings every time, no matter how long those feelings have existed.

Fordice, Moore missed in current initiative talks

By Bill Crawford, READ MORE > 336 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 06:10 PM

A strange thing, by today’s standards, occurred in 1991. Republican gubernatorial candidate Kirk Fordice and Democratic attorney general candidate Mike Moore both championed passage of the ballot initiative process allowing citizens to amend the state constitution. After they took office in 1992, they helped push the proposal through the legislature.
That process worked until the Mississippi Supreme Court threw it out on a technicality in 2021. Since then, the legislature has squabbled over the issue.

Fordice, Moore missed in current initiative talks

By Bill Crawford, READ MORE > 336 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 06:10 PM

Hey kid, you aren’t any good

By Kendall Smith, READ MORE > 365 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 06:06 PM

This is the story of three young people.
They all shared the same story.
As young people: uncaring, uninformed…and yes, mean-spirited individuals told them they just weren’t good enough. But they each fought through the disparaging remarks, turned them into motivation, and ultimately proved the naysayers wrong.

Hey kid, you aren’t any good

By Kendall Smith, READ MORE > 365 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 06:06 PM

Ordinary Americans love Trump

By Robert Penny, READ MORE > 390 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 06:02 PM

If you take one of the recent “Sun” columns and make a few slight amendments of the name President Joe Biden to President Trump (“Is this the worst generation?” Camille Wright), it makes more sense to some of us. I cannot let that pass.
Given Wright’s apparent blindness to the incompetence of the “headless” (because the confused President could not give leadership) administration, I will undertake to answer some of her rhetorical questions.

Ordinary Americans love Trump

By Robert Penny, READ MORE > 390 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 06:02 PM

Tithing season is upon us

By matt ayars, READ MORE > 264 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 05:58 PM

Everything God commands is for our good.
But what about giving God our firstfruits? How is that for our good?
Some argue that God never commands us to give to the church. That claim simply doesn’t hold up. The Old Testament is filled with commands to give back to God, and Jesus himself affirms these practices in his dialogue with the Pharisees.
But if God owns everything, why does he need what’s “mine”?

Tithing season is upon us

By matt ayars, READ MORE > 264 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 05:58 PM

Jackson’s historic zoo is broke and close to closing

By Wyatt Emmerich, READ MORE > 505 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 04:28 PM

Is it time to throw in the towel on the Jackson zoo? The latest revelation — the zoo owes the city of Jackson a staggering $6.5 million in water fees — could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back.
The Jackson Zoological Park has been in existence since 1919, 106 years. It was first established in Livingston Park, the same place it’s located today. At the time, Hinds County had 57,000 people; Madison County had 29,000 people; Rankin County 20,000 people. That’s a total of 106,000 people.

Jackson’s historic zoo is broke and close to closing

By Wyatt Emmerich, READ MORE > 505 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 04:28 PM

Brown: Break down the barriers: How zoning reform can reignite the American Dream

By Starla Brown - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 258 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 09:58 AM

Below is an opinion column by Starla Brown:

Starla Brown says Mississippi should dismantle burdensome regulations that prohibit or disincentivize developers from building more diverse housing options.

Brown: Break down the barriers: How zoning reform can reignite the American Dream

By Starla Brown - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 258 Reads
On Wed, 09/24/2025 - 09:58 AM

Below is an opinion column by Starla Brown:

Starla Brown says Mississippi should dismantle burdensome regulations that prohibit or disincentivize developers from building more diverse housing options.

Most hangings are suicide

READ MORE > 1,165 Reads
On Tue, 09/23/2025 - 08:36 PM

It almost never fails. When a Black person dies from hanging in Mississippi, there is an immediate rush to judgment by many that the person was murdered. This conclusion first is arrived at in the absence of evidence but then clung to even when the evidence says otherwise.
The people in this state, in the nation and in much of the media have been conditioned by Mississippi’s past history — when lynching was a real and persistent threat to African Americans — to believe that a horrific crime has occurred rather than the much more likely cause of suicide.

Most hangings are suicide

READ MORE > 1,165 Reads
On Tue, 09/23/2025 - 08:36 PM

Discover treasures at Relics in Tupelo

By Meredith Biesinger - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 243 Reads
On Tue, 09/23/2025 - 04:18 PM

It’s not just shopping, it’s an adventure.

I’ll be honest: I don’t think I’ve ever walked out of Relics Antique Marketplace in Tupelo empty-handed. I’ve told myself plenty of times that I’m “just browsing,” but Relics has other plans for me. Somehow, I always end up finding something that feels like it was waiting just for me—like a Judy Blume first edition book (signed, no less!) I scooped up one afternoon, or the delicate blue glass magnolia that I spotted shining in the light, and knew I couldn’t leave it behind.

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