Luckett named Juco pitcher of the week
Philadelphia High School graduate Nia Luckett, now a member of the Jones College softball team, has been named the MACCC Pitcher of the Week.
Tucker bridge construction continuing
Work on a $11.7 million two-lane bridge replacement project at Tucker which began last May is scheduled to be completed by the fall.
Mayor Young 'took nothing for granted' winning Dem nomination
Three-term Philadelphia Mayor James A. Young says he is thankful he won't have to mount a runoff campaign in the Democrat Primary.
The Heritage Patriots won two of three games from Leake Academy last week in prep baseball action.
Ronald Reagan's 1980 Neshoba County Fair speech
I think you all know without my saying it that Nancy and I have never seen anything like this, because there isn't anything like this any place on earth.
BUCHANAN/Fight Russia or China?
Last Monday, in a single six-hour period, NATO launched 10 air intercepts to shadow six separate groups of Russian bombers and fighters over the Arctic, North Atlantic, North Sea, Black Sea and Baltic Sea.
LOWRY/Wokeness worse than the Russians
Why do the Russians need to bother spreading disinformation when our own domestic sources do a much better job at it?
Jenkins enjoys cooking Southern staples
Anne Smith Jenkins, the fifth child of 14, grew up in the Plattsburg community near Noxapater and can remember her mother making fresh biscuits in the mornings.
Just Among Friends
Tyler Jordan Greer is looking forward to a spectacular summer surrounded by talented musicians from all over the world. He will also have the opportunity to be coached by a world-class faculty, and study under Dr. Josh Bynum from the University of Georgia.
Sonya Denise Young to wed Edward Salisbury this Fall
Sonya Denise Young of Philadelphia, Mississippi, is to be married to Joseph Edward Salisbury of Bradenton, Florida at Ely Mills, Gatlinburg, Tennessee in the fall.
Patty Sue Williams of Philadelphia was elected 1941-42 President of the Women’s Student Government Association at the University of Mississippi. A junior in the School of Commerce and Business Administration and retiring secretary of the association, she defeated Catherine Winn of Laurel 178 to 148 votes. She will succeed Norma Shuford of Batesville as President.
EDITORIAL/Public safety vs. early parole
Habitual offender Robert Leon Jackson had been out of prison for seven months on the state’s Earned Release Supervision Program when he murdered clerk Megan Staats and customer Jeremy Apperson at the CEFCO convenience store here on Highway 16 west in August 2018.
Christ has been raised!
In Colossians 3:1-3, the apostle Paul writes: “If you then have been raised with Christ, seek the things that are above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things that are above, not on things that are on earth. For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.”