Community

Annie Oakley and Buffalo Bill’s wild west show

My Annie Oakley story is listed in my catalog of stories and is a favorite. I have often…

Community

A little art with my biscuit, please

One expects to find a mix of paintings adorning the gallery spaces of Meridian museums, walls of the…

Opinion

Dirt therapy

This past Saturday, a week ago, we were pounding the pavement in New York City—a couple of Mississippi…

Opinion

Lincoln’s 1838 warning relevant today

No matter your political alignment, the methods of President Donald Trump’s administration should give you some angst

Community

Open our eyes to the needs around us

  Winnie nestles contentedly beside me in the front room. Thunder rumbles outside my window with a large…

Community

Singing the Blues; the Mississippi Blues

When  my good friend, Sade Turnipseed, educational director at the  B. B. King and Delta Interpretive Center Museum,…

Community

Culinary advocate builds Meridian attraction

Longtime foodie Elizabeth Williams had little more than a vision back in 2019 when she and others at…

Opinion

Our View: Litter is everyone’s problem

Volunteers will take to the streets Saturday morning to pick up litter throughout Meridian as part of the…

Opinion

Decimals aside, the proposed tax compromise hits historically significant tax structures

While the typos in the tax compromise legislation sent from the State Senate to the State House of…

Opinion

New conflictive norms embrace disparagement

Perhaps you have noticed the new conflictive norms being thrust upon us. You know, norms, the standards of…