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I’m blaming politics for my latest bout with COVID-19. CO stands for corona, VI for virus, D for disease and 19 for 2019. I was attending a “meet and greet” for a certain candidate for high office (a Republican,...
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South Pike School District Eva Gordon Lower Elementary School Honor Roll List 2025-2026 School Year KINDERGARTEN Superintendent’s Scholar Royalti Janae Brumfield Kannon Liam Byrd Geonna Cammack Karleah A. Cockerham...
Blessings were ours to receive as we met at God’s House last Sunday to sing and worship. Was our Fifth Sunday singing. Several shared in special music and it was a blessing to have been there. Then everyone gathered...
Esther Marie Johnson Alexander, 82, of Bogue Chitto, passed away June 6, 2026 at KDMC in Brookhaven, surrounded by her loving family. Graveside services were held at 10AM on June 10, at Johnston Chapel United Methodist...
Jerry Carruth, 76, a resident of McComb, passed away on June 7, 2026. at the SWRMC in McComb. Services to be announced at a later date. Hartman-Jones Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Jerry was born on February...
Michael D. Rebold, age 82, passed away on June 5, 2026 at Aston Court in McComb. He was born August 17, 1943 to the late Houston C. Rebold and Steavie Goings Rebold. He was a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Branson,...
Carolyn Ruth Jackson McGehee, 79, of Summit, passed away May 25, 2026. Visitation was held on May 29, at Hartman Jones Funeral Home from 9AM until 9:30AM. Graveside services followed at Whittington Cemetery beginning at...
School is officially out, temperatures are rising and summer is in full swing. But before you pack for the beach, the golf course, or a family barbecue, prepare to keep your loved ones safe. In the June episode of...
Tired of leggy perennials flopping over? Got to get out the ladder to reach ready-to-eat okra? Time for the Chelsea chop, which is a special pruning technique, not an English dance style. I have never been known as...
I don't remember celebrating June 6 growing up. I remember people talking about D-Day, and reminiscing about the allied invasion of western Europe on that date in 1944, but celebrating is not quite the right word for...
Is your business "needed"? Bizarrely, in many states, if you want to start a business, you first must convince bureaucrats that your business is "needed." Four years ago, Louisiana blocked social worker Ursula...
I’m blaming politics for my latest bout with COVID-19. CO stands for corona, VI for virus, D for disease and 19 for 2019. I was attending a “meet and greet” for a certain candidate for high office (a Republican,...
How is it possible that four months have now passed since every person in north Mississippi was afflicted with the new ailment I have labeled “The PITS”... Post Icestorm Traumatic Stress Disorder? Yes, it was and...
