There is a disturbing upward trend in illegal drug use in our community in general and specifically in the use of methamphetamines.  more

The book of Acts is the inspired account of the Lord Jesus Christ building his church through the proclamation of the gospel. He commanded his apostles to begin in Jerusalem with the Jewish people, proceed to the surrounding areas in Judea and Samaria, and from there go to the end of the earth. more

fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. more

Miss Floyd Walton, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. B. F. Walton, former residents of Philadelphia, has volunteered and been accepted for the United States Naval Nursing Service. She is the granddaughter of P.W. Walton and the later Mrs. Roxie Walton of Stallo. Miss Walton, whose parents now live in Houma, La., graduated from the Charity Hospital School of Nursing on June 18.  more

If this is Joe Biden when he’s forceful and passionate, the country is better off with the passive and detached version. more

Article IV of the Constitution addresses the obligations of the federal government to the state governments that were being asked to surrender aspects of their sovereignty to form our new Union. more

Neshoba County Sheriff’s deputies are now using a state-of-the-art radio network developed after Hurricane Katrina. more

Traditionally, this psalm has been regarded as an evening prayer for the man of faith who is facing opposition to order his thoughts about the Lord and allow him to lie down to sleep in peace. The psalm is written by David, who knew what it was to be in distress. more

But he answered, “It is written, “‘Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God.’”   more

Leo Purvis, former head coach at Carthage, and Miss Margaret Myers, English teacher at Union High for the past three years, have been added to the faculty of Philadelphia High School, S.A. Bransfield, superintendent, more

It’s not easy to run a hideous dictatorship and still have fans and defenders in fashionable quarters, but the Castro regime has managed it for decades. more

Are the Democrats headed for their Little Bighorn, with President Joe Biden as Col. Custer? The wish, you suggest, is father to the thought. Yet, consider. more

We remember our independence with these excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the … more

As our July Fourth celebrations were beginning, the U.S. quietly closed and abandoned Bagram Air Base, the largest American military base between the Persian Gulf and the South China Sea.   more

I confess that my subject calls for wisdom and talent which exceeds most people and especially me, yet I see the necessity for awakening a realization of the plight of all mankind. more

The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.   more

WANTED: Trained security professionals to deal with elevated levels of crime and mayhem at risk to their own life and limb, while getting called racist oppressors and potentially thrown under the bus by elected officials. more

About that clash between a British destroyer and Russian warplanes and warships in the Black Sea last week there are conflicting versions.   more

The Lord had promised to build His church, beginning in Jerusalem and then spreading to Judea, Samaria, and the ends of the earth (Acts Chapter 1). Thus far in Acts we have seen the gospel spread in the Jewish cities as promised. Many have been converted through the good news that Jesus came to take away sin, vanquish death, and break the power of Satan. more

Here we see the gospel spreading across Judea. Peter is traveling throughout the region, and Luke first gives us an account of his activity in the town of Lydda. more