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Historian Charles Sallis Transformed the Teaching of Mississippi’s StoryHeadline
The recent death of retired Millsaps College professor William Charles Sallis silenced a truthful voice in this state’s ongoing struggles over race and how that subject was originally taught to Mississippi’s public...
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Raymond Garden ClubHeadline
RAYMOND GARDEN CLUB--- Raymond Garden Club Members recently spent the morning working on the Raymond Clinton Road and Courthouse flower beds RAYMOND GARDEN CLUB JANUARY MEETING HOSTESSES--- The Raymond Garden Club...
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Governor Tate Reeves’ Proposed Tax Cuts: Good for Mississippi?Headline News
The late Mississippi Gov. Kirk Fordice delighted in saying that his photograph accompanied the definition of “tax cut” in dictionaries, as in tax-cutter supremo. Current Gov. Tate Reeves is apparently trying to...
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MC Law Graduate, County Judge Shares Secrets to Leadership Success with Student Council LeadersHeadline
The first rule of being a good leader, according to Judge Carlyn Hicks, a Mississippi College School of Law graduate and Hinds County Court Justice, is to be a good listener. When she told dozens of high school students...
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McComb - Brookhaven RivalryHeadline
It used to be, back in the halcyon days of yesteryear when McComb and “Ole Brook,” Brookhaven, played a football game on Thanksgiving afternoon, the towns’ biggest yearly argument was over high school athletics....
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Raymond Garden Club January Yard of the MonthHeadline
RAYMOND GARDEN CLUB JANUARY YARD OF THE MONTH--- Pictured above left, the Raymond Garden Club January Yard of the Month belongs to Rebecca and Sidney Risher, and is located at 236 Oak St.; Pictured above right, the...
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A Different Type of Christmas GiftHeadline
Charles B. Gordon (Dec. 7, 1909 - Nov. 15, 1982) ED. NOTE: (Written in December 1962 as a Christmas present to himself.) If someone had told me, say in 1944, that a day would come when for 25 years – close to 40 per...
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Raymond Library Open HouseHeadline
RAYMOND LIBRARY CHRISTMAS OPEN HOUSE--- The Raymond Public Library was full of warmth, cheer and the Christmas spirit. The Raymond Community came out to support the Library’s Christmas Open House. Patrons enjoyed...
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Many challenges confront our state which must be addressed: Gov. Tate Reeves’s Re-Election Offers Opportunities For LeadershipHeadline
Like a stout defensive unit making a goal line stand late in a tense football clash, Gov. Tate Reeves repelled formidable opponent Brandon Presley and national Democrats in winning his second term. Reeves’ victory...
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Raymond Garden Club November NewsHeadline
RAYMOND GARDEN CLUB NOVEMBER YARD OF THE MONTH-- Located at 311 Port Gibson Street, Raymond, MS is the home of Mary Knight and son Larry Knight ,Jr. RAYMOND GARDEN CLUB--- The November Garden club meeting hostesses:...
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Twists & Turns: Things Happen in the Fall, Y’all!Headline
Let me catch you up from last month. My husband, Teddy, recovered from his bronchitis and sinusitis after a second go-round of antibiotics and steroids. However, he did get a little nervous when a typo on one of the...
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The Heart of BoltonHeadline
THE HEART OF BOLTON--- The heart of the town of Bolton, which was established in 1830, can be found at the corner of West Madison Street and Bolton-Brownsville Road marked and overseen by the Bolton water tower. Gaddis...
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Central Hinds Academy Girls Soccer State ChampionshipHeadline News
CENTRAL HINDS ACADEMY WINS FIRST GIRLS SOCCER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP-- Raymond’s own Central Hinds Academy won their first-ever girls Soccer State Championship! The Lady Cougars beat Washington School of Greenville at the...
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Raymond Garden Club NewsHeadline
RAYMOND GARDEN CLUB-- The Raymond Garden Club October meeting Hostesses were Mary Ann Woods, Dixie Ishee, and Suzanne Pegues. A lovely fall table with delicious food was provided for club members. The speaker, Jarlene...
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Twists & Turns: It’s That Time AgainHeadline
Yep, it’s that time of year again and I do not mean football season. People all around me have been dropping like flies with flu, Covid-19, sinus infections and various other upper respiratory ailments. Several...
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McComb’s Will Price Taught Hollywood How to Speak Southern (then Married Maureen O’Hara at Chatawa)Editorial Headline
Will Price, we no longer need your services. Price was a native of McComb who taught Hollywood actors and actresses how to speak southern as needed for their films, including “Gone With the Wind.” He must’ve had...
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Central Hinds Academy Lady Cougars Soccer Team Advance to State Semi-FinalsHeadline News
CENTRAL HINDS ACADEMY LADY COUGARS SOCCER TEAM ADVANCE TO STATE SEMI-FINALS-- On Tuesday, October 3, the Central Hinds Academy Lady Cougars soccer team won 4-0 over Indianola and advanced to the State Semi-Finals!...
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The Passing of a MatriarchHeadline News
A TRIP TO ST. LUCIA IN 2011--- Patsy and Guy Geller travelled the world together. Here they are on a family trip to St. Lucia in the Caribbean in 2011. This week Guy celebrates the life of his beloved wife of 66 years,...
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Never Forget 09/11/2001Headline
NEVER FORGET is the phrase we all associate with September 11th and the terrorist attacks on Americans in 2005. We all remember where we were on that Tuesday morning as we witnessed the deadliest attack of terrorism in...
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Training Program Developed by MC Business Faculty, Students Helps Hondurans See Entrepreneurial LightHeadline
Sal y Luz Ministry staff proudly wear their Choctaw shirts during “MC Day” at the medical clinic in the Lake Yojoa region of the Republic of Honduras. The Lake Yojoa region in the northwestern portion of the...
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Does Mississippi Have the Deadliest Roads in America?Editorial Headline
How many more national surveys and ratings can Mississippi take that show us to be outright rapscallions, rogues, scamps and scoundrels? Not to mention wretches, meanies, caitiffs, devils and knaves? All of those words...
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Experienced Financial Aid Professional Returns to Her Baptist ‘Roots’ at Mississippi CollegeHeadline News
When it comes to financial aid at a Christian university, Tawesia Colyer could easily be called an expert. The Byram resident spent almost two decades honing her craft at Belhaven University, starting as a records...
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What’s So Funny About Getting Older?Headline
Well, first off, I didn’t think it would happen so fast. One day I was 39 and I was traveling, working, laughing, going to parties, playing games, and the next I was seeing visions of the Milky Way when I leaned over...
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Let Us Now Consider the LiliesHeadline
DITCH LILY-- A Ditch Lily showing-off in Dr. South’s flowerbed. The central figure of this month’s Southernism is locally known by a rather unsavory and unjust moniker... the Ditch Lily. My introduction to...
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