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By Glynn Kegley, READ MORE > 121 Reads
On Thu, 02/05/2026 - 11:28 AM

Dear Editor:
With all due respect to the one or more state leaders who believe antifa (anTEEfuh) and basement dwelling keyboard warriors are the problem in Minneapolis, they are not. It is clearly the Gestapo like tactics of ICE.
Those leaders are glad we don't have that going on in Mississippi. I am, too, but I know why. They do, too. It is not because we don't have quite a few undocumented residents and a large city with a Democratic mayor. The difference is we have a Trumpublican leadership. Minnesota does not.

Our tournament will be missed

By Peter Gilderson, READ MORE > 148 Reads
On Thu, 02/05/2026 - 11:20 AM

Steve Jent, the exec director of Century Club Charities, announced recently that the Wayne-Sanderson Farms PGA golf tournament will no longer be held this year. So, after having a PGA professional golf tournament in Mississippi for 58 years we will have no sponsor, and therefore no tournament. Last year Century Club Charities, which organizes the tournament, gave $1 million to Blair Batson Children's Hospital, and $700m to several other charities.

Our tournament will be missed

By Peter Gilderson, READ MORE > 148 Reads
On Thu, 02/05/2026 - 11:20 AM

Stupid Senator Kennedy?

By Luther Munford, READ MORE > 156 Reads
On Thu, 02/05/2026 - 11:16 AM

Louisiana’s U.S. Senator John Kennedy has written a national best-seller, “How to Test Negative for Stupid And Why Washington Never Will.” The preposterous conceit that drives the book is that everybody, or almost everybody, in the nation’s capital is stupid, with the exception of Senator Kennedy.

Stupid Senator Kennedy?

By Luther Munford, READ MORE > 156 Reads
On Thu, 02/05/2026 - 11:16 AM

Breazeale: The Weight They Carry: Life as a teacher in Mississippi

By Grace Breazeale - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 104 Reads
On Thu, 02/05/2026 - 10:58 AM

Below is an opinion column by Grace Breazeale:

The question before lawmakers this session is whether we will protect that progress or allow it to erode by continuing to ask teachers to carry more than any profession reasonably can.

Breazeale: The Weight They Carry: Life as a teacher in Mississippi

By Grace Breazeale - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 104 Reads
On Thu, 02/05/2026 - 10:58 AM

Below is an opinion column by Grace Breazeale:

The question before lawmakers this session is whether we will protect that progress or allow it to erode by continuing to ask teachers to carry more than any profession reasonably can.

DeAngelis: Mississippi Senate betrays families

By Corey DeAngelis - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 79 Reads
On Thu, 02/05/2026 - 10:32 AM

Below is a political opinion column by Corey DeAngelis:

Mississippi families can’t wait another year while politicians dither. And the Senate Republicans who sided with the radical left to block this education freedom must be held accountable at the ballot box.

Parents and students in Mississippi deserve better than the status quo that’s failing them. This week, the Mississippi Senate Education Committee killed the House’s universal school choice bill on a voice vote Tuesday, after it had already passed out of the House.

DeAngelis: Mississippi Senate betrays families

By Corey DeAngelis - Magnolia Tribune, READ MORE > 79 Reads
On Thu, 02/05/2026 - 10:32 AM

Below is a political opinion column by Corey DeAngelis:

Opinion: There are two ways of viewing job cuts

READ MORE > 270 Reads
On Wed, 02/04/2026 - 06:58 PM

There have been recent reports of large job cuts across the country. E-commerce and technology giant Amazon, for example, is eliminating 16,000 corporate jobs, partly to reduce its organizational structure — but also because it expects “efficiency gains” as artificial intelligence is used more extensively across the company.
Almost at the same time, United Parcel Service said it will eliminate 30,000 delivery jobs — in part because it is getting less business from Amazon.

Opinion: There are two ways of viewing job cuts

READ MORE > 270 Reads
On Wed, 02/04/2026 - 06:58 PM

Recent weather confirms extremes

By Wyatt Emmerich, READ MORE > 218 Reads
On Wed, 02/04/2026 - 03:58 PM

Maybe there’s something to this notion that weather extremes are getting greater. We had record breaking high temperatures in December and record breaking low temperatures in January.
January 31 beat the all-time low for that day by one degree. This year’s low was 16 degrees, lower by one degree than January 31, 1966. The high that day this year was 28 degrees, a whopping five degrees lower than the January 31, 1996 high of 33 degrees. And the wind was blowing at 25 knots. Brrr!

Recent weather confirms extremes

By Wyatt Emmerich, READ MORE > 218 Reads
On Wed, 02/04/2026 - 03:58 PM

Hard to prepare for storms this rare

READ MORE > 595 Reads
On Wed, 02/04/2026 - 02:48 PM

As of early this week, there were still tens of thousands of homes and businesses in Mississippi without electricity, running water or both following the storm that coated a large portion of the state in ice Jan. 24-25.

The hardship is getting old. People are tired of being cold, feeling grungy or going without hot meals. There’s also been a couple of dozen deaths attributed to the storm and its aftermath.

Hard to prepare for storms this rare

READ MORE > 595 Reads
On Wed, 02/04/2026 - 02:48 PM

The hardship is getting old. People are tired of being cold, feeling grungy or going without hot meals. There’s also been a couple of dozen deaths attributed to the storm and its aftermath.

Salter: Talented Guy Hovis orchestrated a memorable Neshoba County Fair day in 2000

By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, READ MORE > 196 Reads
On Wed, 02/04/2026 - 02:38 PM

Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

Guy Hovis had a gift for storytelling and genuinely enjoyed talking with fellow Mississippians. He will be missed.

Guy Hovis, the “other” Tupelo native whose singing talent captured national attention, passed away on Jan. 22 in Oxford at age 84. He rose to fame on the Lawrence Welk Show, combining humility, talent, enthusiasm, kindness, and generosity into a successful career and life.

Salter: Talented Guy Hovis orchestrated a memorable Neshoba County Fair day in 2000

By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, READ MORE > 196 Reads
On Wed, 02/04/2026 - 02:38 PM

Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:

Guy Hovis had a gift for storytelling and genuinely enjoyed talking with fellow Mississippians. He will be missed.

Harrison: Gov. Reeves says ice storm in Mississippi not as bad as ICE protests in Minnesota

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 191 Reads
On Tue, 02/03/2026 - 04:16 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:

Harrison: Gov. Reeves says ice storm in Mississippi not as bad as ICE protests in Minnesota

By Bobby Harrison - Mississippi Today, READ MORE > 191 Reads
On Tue, 02/03/2026 - 04:16 PM

Below is a political opinion column by Bobby Harrison:

St. John: Tea, over time

By Robert St. John, READ MORE > 471 Reads
On Thu, 01/29/2026 - 05:58 PM

Robert St. John says some drinks come and go. Trends pass through fast and leave just as quickly. Iced tea never left.

Iced tea has been called the house wine of the South. Rick Bragg once wrote that a glass of iced tea can tell you just about everything you need to know about where you are and who you’re with, and he wasn’t wrong. Around here, iced tea is just part of how things are done. It shows up early and sticks around.

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