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April 17, 2026

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City of Raymond Spring Cleaning

City of Raymond Spring Cleaning

Thank you to all the amazing volunteers who participated in the City of Raymond Spring Cleaning. It was a great day of fun and community togetherness! Special thanks to the Raymond Presbyterian Church, Raymond Methodist...

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Raymond Garden Club April Yards of the Month

Raymond Garden Club April Yards of the Month

The Raymond Garden Club April Yard of the Month belongs to Chester and Elizabeth Lott, located at 433 Court Street, Raymond, MS. The Raymond Garden Club April Honorable Mention Yard belongs to Sandi Munden, located at...

Hinds CC Names Spring 2026 Idealists

Hinds Community College recently named the spring 2026 honorees of the IDEAList employee recognition program. These employees represent Hinds' college values of Integrity, Diversity, Excellence, Accountability,...

Gunn Officially Enters the Mississippi Governor Race

Gunn Officially Enters the Mississippi Governor Race

Former Speaker of the House Philip Gunn officially threw his hat in the ring for Governor of Mississippi on Tuesday. Gunn, speaking at a campaign event at the Clinton Visitors Center, launched his gubernatorial run by...

Assurance

The sense of assurance is a mystery to outsiders, but to those assured it is the very foundation of their lives. Assurance is grounded in both a person and a promise. No text better illustrates this mystery than Genesis...

Terry News

The Terry Woman's Club met on Thursday afternoon at the Episcopal Church of Good Shepherd. The members and guests enjoyed refreshments and decorations by Pam Jones and Faye Fife, hostesses. The program was conducted by...

Raymond News

This past weekend while everyone was busy cleaning up Raymond, Robert and I took our first overnight getaway (without children) in seven years to the most wonderful, most spectacular, MOST romantic place you can think...

Felder's Heat Survivors

Felder's Heat Survivors

Ever wonder if there are any flowers for a small space with grim growing conditions, that are nearly impossible to ignore to death? There actually are some that don't include the word "plastic." With spring flowers...

Tax the Rich?

Tax the Rich?

"Tax the rich!" shout progressives. Why not? America's richest people are ridiculously rich. "Five bucks to you is like $6 million to billionaire Jeff Bezos!" shrieks Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Taking more from billionaires...

Communist States of America

Communist States of America

Last week I wrote about warnings Xi Van Fleet raised in her first book, "Mao's America: A Survivor's Warning." Xi describes herself as "Chinese by birth; American by choice, survivor of Mao's Cultural Revolution,...

Final Inning for McComb's Historic Ball Field

Final Inning for McComb's Historic Ball Field

The hallowed park that housed much of McComb's youth baseball program for more than 70 years is now firmly at rest in the dustbins of history. Recently removed from the landscape were fences, flagpole, grandstands and...

City of Raymond Spring Cleaning

City of Raymond Spring Cleaning

Thank you to all the amazing volunteers who participated in the City of Raymond Spring Cleaning. It was a great day of fun and community togetherness! Special thanks to the Raymond Presbyterian Church, Raymond Methodist...