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Gourds make perfect homes for Purple Martins, which can help with mosquito control.

By Peggy Williams, 139 Reads
Thu, 06/24/2021 - 09:30 AM

Each evening and sometimes in the early morning you can step outside and immediately be attacked by mosquitoes! I know its part of living in the South, but it doesn’t make us like it any better.

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Don’t ride the rumor mill

By Stephanie Cunningham - Publisher, 184 Reads
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 10:45 AM

Cat got your tongue?

Funny how small towns invite the rumor mill, don’t ya think?

We all know how rumors get started. Someone hears something juicy and wants to tell their friend. From there it spreads like wildfire. We say things like “Well, don’t tell anyone, but this is what I heard…” Then BAM…it spreads.

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SALTER: McCoy’s commitment to improving highways and education remembered, celebrated

By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist, 351 Reads
Wed, 06/23/2021 - 09:15 AM

Below is a political opinion column by Sid Salter:

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Growing towns have best schools

By Charles Dunagin , 313 Reads
Mon, 06/21/2021 - 08:03 AM

Good public schools and vibrant communities go hand in hand.

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Thoughts on rebuking others, Part 2

By Brenda Parsons, 174 Reads
Sun, 06/20/2021 - 08:45 AM

Rebuking someone who is living in grave sin that causes your heart to grieve over them is one thing, but when a person pursues someone to rebuke them over the way that they may dress or how they may parent or spend their money, need to be mindful about how or what they themselves allow and do.

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A look at being too deep

By Clifton Angel, 178 Reads
Sun, 06/20/2021 - 08:30 AM

It is a very scary thing to be too deep. I may desire to go deep-sea fishing, but I do not desire to go deep-sea swimming — it is too deep. I may desire to go on a guided tour in a cave, but I do not desire to enter a cave alone and unguided — it is too deep.

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It’s not over until it’s over

By Nettie Pennington, 179 Reads
Sun, 06/20/2021 - 08:15 AM

We know triumph is in the power of God, and He gave us the ability to overcome the troubles of this world. Grow in the faith, accept the power of God, and build the confidence to get up when you fall. Embed these words in your heart: "We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God.

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We all need a little help sometimes

By Dawn Hayes , 176 Reads
Sun, 06/20/2021 - 08:00 AM

Years ago I did something that I never thought I’d do. I sat down and watched a boxing match on the television. Being a tenderhearted person, I had never been one to watch two people punching each other in the face. But, for some odd reason, I decided to see if it was as bad as I had envisioned in my mind.

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Internet driven conspiracism undermines civil society

By Bill Crawford, 329 Reads
Sat, 06/19/2021 - 08:45 AM

Real conservatives know who Peggy Noonan is. Read her latest column “What Drives Conspiracism” where she laments that irrational conspiracies “fueled and powered” by the Internet are “helping break up America.”

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White- right for MDOT

By Sid Salter - Mississippi State University, 342 Reads
Sat, 06/19/2021 - 08:00 AM

The decision of Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves to tap his own chief of staff as the new leader of the Mississippi Department of Transportation bodes well for an organization that has seen more than its share of discord over the last two decades.

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June 23, 2021