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Dr. June Annette Powell, an accomplished physician, psychiatrist, educator, writer, musician, artist, and beloved matriarch, died peacefully in her sleep on August 23, 2026, in Tampa, Florida. A resident of Sun City,...
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Though he was born years after September 11, 2001, Mississippi State sophomore Bradyn Long carries a deep connection to that date's national tragedy, shaped by more than a dozen childhood visits to a quiet field near...
Three students in the School of Accountancy at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) have been awarded the prestigious Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) Scholarship, a national honor that...
The Terry High School football team will play Murrah High School at 7 pm on Friday evening, (Sept 18), the date of Homecoming for the school. Every year Homecoming is an event to look forward to since the school uses...
"And as her soul was departing (for she was dying), she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin." (Genesis 35:18) How we suffer often correlates with how we walk with God. There are the occasions...
The Department of Kinesiology at Mississippi Christian University (MC) has welcomed two new full-time faculty members. Charlotte Collier, a seasoned educator, coach and former Division I athlete, has joined the...
There has been significant recent conversation about Canadian tariffs on many products, more specifically timber. This matters to Mississippi because timber is one of our state's most important agricultural and economic...
Time to face reality: There are hard decisions ahead, as I head home from a summer overseas, expecting to walk into a partially browned-out wasteland of plants left to fend for themselves. Most will be fine, but it's...
In 2022, politicians in Minneapolis and St. Paul voted for rent control. I said that would lead to bigger problems. Was I right? My update video reveals what happened. St. Paul politicians pushed rent control, saying...
I remember. Now I know. In my mom's 80s she would tell me her memories. Some went back to her childhood and some to her years before leaving home. Her last ten years here at home with us were full of her memories...
Dr. June Annette Powell, an accomplished physician, psychiatrist, educator, writer, musician, artist, and beloved matriarch, died peacefully in her sleep on August 23, 2026, in Tampa, Florida. A resident of Sun City,...
Mayor Randell Harris and the Town board of Raymond signed a proclamation designating September 17th through the 23rd as Constitution Week. This celebration is sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution to...
State Senator Juan Barnett (D) submitted his resignation from the Mississippi Senate on Monday. The announcement of Barnett's resignation was made by Lt. Governor Delbert Hosemann (R), the presiding officer in the...
