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May 27, 2026

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Mississippi Makers Fest Featured State's Music, Art & Vendors Outdoors at 2MM

Mississippi Makers Fest Featured State's Music, Art & Vendors Outdoors at 2MM

More than 4,000 people gathered at the Two Mississippi Museums in downtown Jackson on Saturday, May 9, for the 2026 Mississippi Makers Fest. The highly anticipated, free annual event showcased the state's creative...

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Hinds CC Class Pays Off for Entrepreneur

Hinds CC Class Pays Off for Entrepreneur

Shinita Payton took one more step in her carefully laid plans when she walked across the stage to receive an associate degree from Hinds Community College on May 14. Payton, 38, of Brandon is a licensed cosmetologist...

Raymond High School Bench Dedication

Raymond High School Bench Dedication

On Saturday, May 16, 2026 the Raymond High School graduating classes of 1976 and 1977 honored Mr. Booker T. Ducksworth -- a teacher, coach, minister, mentor, and the first black principal of Raymond High School -- with...

Terry News

The Terry Woman's Club members enjoyed the Annual Luncheon at Old Capitol Inn in Jackson on Thursday. Officers were installed for the incoming year. Meetings will resume in Sept. Happy Summer! It is with sadness to...

From the Pastor's Pen: To Be Hindered from Sin

"Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her" (Genesis 20:6) Calvin...

Raymond News

Raymond News

When I was 9 years old, a fellow school mate invited the whole 3rd grade class to her house for a big pizza-filled birthday party. While my classmate's father, Mr. Mehta, left for Pizza Hut to pick up dinner, we played...

Felder's Hedge Hybrids

Felder's Hedge Hybrids

Something my horticulturist great-grandmother Pearl planted a century ago in her sprawling landscape is now being packaged as an exciting "new" garden feature. She created a distinct garden "room" with a row of...

The Thing That Works

Young people now blame capitalism for poverty, racism, high prices, even climate change. They listen to people like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who says, "Capitalism ... is the absolute pursuit of profit at all...

Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord

For the past 25 years God has been loudly calling America to repent and return to Him. Actually, God has never ceased calling us to return to Him over the past 250 years. Our founders recognized God as "the Supreme...

Twists & Turns: Elroy, the Annoying Yard & Garden Pest

Twists & Turns: Elroy, the Annoying Yard & Garden Pest

Please tell me we are not the only people dealing with problems in our yard that involve a very unattractive creature taking delight in digging up the grass and turning the once golf course smooth greenery into a golf...