Community

Seeing bunnies everywhere

Everywhere I look I see bunnies. Bunny pillows, bunny figurines and I even have my very first ceramic…

Community

Celebrating Meridian’s musicians at The Temple

The idea of celebrating deceased and notable Meridian-area musicians came to Marty McCann in early February as he…

Opinion

From Capitol Hill, Medicaid is tracking to be under scrutiny for significant cuts

On March 7, the Democratic Minority of the bipartisan and congressionally created Joint Economic Committee—one of two economic…

Opinion

Tariffs and DOGE make case for caution in cutting state taxes

What impact will President Donald Trump’s tariffs and Elon Musk’s DOGE layoffs and contract cancellations have on Mississippi?…

Community

No beauty queens in politics until now

I don’t know about you, but over the years  I’ve seen some ugly women on the political trail…

Community

The party is on

“Mom, I wish you were here! Let me tell you what I’m doing that’s going to be so…

Columns

County jail remains barrier to downtown revival

Lauderdale County supervisors should be applauded for considering donation of the historic Ulmer Building on Fifth Street in…

Columns

Bird flu a dire concern to Mississippi’s almost $4 billion top agricultural commodity

Empty coolers on grocery store egg product shelves, dramatically higher prices when you can find eggs, and angst…

Opinion

Upcoming municipal elections should be prioritized

While the presidential election routinely garners tremendous attention, our local municipal elections are often drastically overlooked despite being…

Opinion

Happy, happy birthday!

In my small family, there are two significant birthday months and one solitary outlier in August. The two…