Local Sports
Clarkdale cuts ribbon on completed softball field
Lauderdale County School District officials, Clarkdale High School administrators and softball players celebrated Monday as the school cut the ribbon on its newly completed softball ...
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News
Mississippi works to keep police officers from leaving for better pay
Mississippi lawmakers are advancing House Bill 855 to help police departments across the state retain officers by offering financial incentives. The bill, sponsored by Rep. ...
by Thomas Howard, Monday, February 10, 2025 4:35 pm
Local News
MCC hosts You Be The Chemist Challenge
Meridian Public School District’s Carver Elementary School fifth-grade students Cariah Chambliss, Jalise Herring and Avram Garbutt won the East Mississippi Regional Challenge for the You Be ...
by Thomas Howard, Monday, February 10, 2025 12:08 pm
College
Lady Lions prevail at Delta for second straight win; Men fall in OT
The East Mississippi Community College women’s basketball team completed an unbeaten week of competition by earning a 49-41 road win over Mississippi Delta during Thursday’s ...
by Thomas Howard, Monday, February 10, 2025 9:46 am
Columns
Few expected Trump’s sudden onslaught of disruption
“Double, double toil and trouble.” Not sure why the sudden troubling and unconstrained disruption engendered by President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Russ Vought, and team remind ...
by Thomas Howard, Sunday, February 9, 2025 1:01 am
Columns
Happy Day
With the big snow event behind and springtime in the not so distant future I begin to dream of a lush garden.
by Thomas Howard, Saturday, February 8, 2025 10:00 am
Columns
His name was Shadow
Come and meet Shadow at The Downtown History Walk next Saturday. The pup has a great story to tell and it is true, a wonderful ...
by Thomas Howard, Saturday, February 8, 2025 9:00 am
College
EMCC cheerleading to hold three spring stunt clinics on Scooba campus
SCOOBA — East Mississippi Community College will hold monthly spring stunt clinics over the next three months in advance of the Lions’ cheerleading tryouts for ...
by Thomas Howard, Friday, February 7, 2025 5:41 pm
Editorials
Our View: Consent decree poses tough choices for candidates
With an abundance of opponents, candidates for Meridian offices face a difficult path to winning the election in June, but the next few months may ...
by Thomas Howard, Friday, February 7, 2025 1:32 pm
Columns
How do President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China impact Mississippi?
In a move his administration says is aimed at impeding the flow of illegal immigration and fentanyl, President Donald Trump on Feb. 1 announced the ...