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3 months ago
Below is an opinion column by Sid Salter:
Columnist Sid Salter writes that you don’t have to be from Mississippi to respect its complexity. You do have to resist the urge to simplify it.
The brutal, disturbing murder of iconic Hollywood actor and filmmaker Rob Reiner in recent days brought to mind his time making a movie in Mississippi in the 1990s.
By Sid Salter - Contributing Columnist on
3 months ago
Below is a religion column by Matt Friedeman:
At the end of one year and the beginning of a new one, it’s possible to place too much emphasis on what should happen in the coming days, weeks, months.
Maintaining a perspective towards the future is a necessary part of a well-rounded mind that operates in the real-world realm of activity. How we view tomorrow is a significant indicator of spiritual and emotional health and of our ability to accomplish what God has called us each to do.
By Matt Friedeman - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months ago
Below is a political opinion column by Russ Latino:
The former Fox News host has taken a break from shilling for Russian dictator Vladimir Putin just in time to shill for radical Islam in his holy war against Israel.
For months, former Fox News host Tucker Carlson has trained his sights on Israel, echoing claims from the far left that the nation’s response to October 7th in Gaza is “evil” and describing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a “threat to Western Civilization.”
By Russ Latino - Magnolia Tribune on
3 months ago
Mississippi Today health reporter Allen Siegler and health editor Laura Santhanam give an update on the state’s plan to spend its initial pot of opioid lawsuit settlement money. Siegler’s in-depth reporting has chronicled some issues and raised serious questions about how the state and local governments are spending the money, which is supposed to help address the scourge of opioid addiction, which has cost at least 10,000 lives in Mississippi since 2000.
By Geoff Pender, Allen Siegler and Laura Santhanam - on
3 months ago
For much of Thursday night’s Sugar Bowl showdown with Georgia, it looked as if Ole Miss’ dream football season was careening toward a rude wake-up call.
Luckily for Rebel fans, Trinidad Chambliss found the snooze button.
The Ole Miss quarterback put together a performance for the ages, passing for 362 yards and two touchdowns to rally his team to a stunning 39-34 win over the SEC Champion Bulldogs.
By Tyler Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
3 months ago
Trinidad Chambliss continues to write one of the most fascinating stories in college football history. If this wasn’t football, you’d call it a fairy tale. All that’s missing are magic beans and silver slippers.
Here Thursday night at the jam-packed Superdome, one of the world’s most famous sports venues, Chambliss willed the Ole Miss Rebels to a scintillating 39-34 Sugar Bowl victory over the proud Georgia Bulldogs. He did it with his strong right arm. He did it with his legs. He did it with courage and with uncommon flair.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
3 months ago
J.Z. George High School’s basketball teams played in the Murry Dixon Holiday Shootout Monday at Water Valley High School.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
3 months ago
The Carroll Academy Lady Rebels upped their record to 8-2 overall with a 50-36 win over Columbus Christian Monday at the Calhoun Academy Tournament.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
3 months ago
Mississippi has been getting noticed lately for its academic and economic improvements. But other measuring sticks remain stuck, such as the high numbers of premature births and infants who die before their first birthday.
By Jack Ryan, Enterprise-Journal on
3 months ago
Photo by Becky Dees, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Pictured, from the left: Dee Hudson, Ayden Johnson, Coach Deangelo Ballard, Alejandro White
Winona High School was represented by three players at Sunday's Magnolia Sports Association Super Sophomore All-star football game at East Central Community College
By Special to the Winona Times/Conservative on
3 months ago
Smoke billows from the home of the McKay family of Duck Hill early New Year's Eve morning. | Submitted Photo
A Montgomery County family counted their blessings as the New Year was ushered in following an early morning fire that destroyed their home New Year’s Eve morning.
The family of five, including three boys – ages 14, 9 and 5 – lost everything as a result of the blaze, which occurred in the 2800 block of Mississippi Highway 404 in Duck Hill.
Community members in both Montgomery and Grenada counties immediately began rallying together to assist the family with immediate as well as future needs.
By Adam Prestridge on
3 months ago
Notes and quotes from the Sugar Bowl:
The biggest news of Sugar Bowl Media Day Tuesday was splendid news for Ole Miss football fans.
All American running back Kewan Lacy pronounced himself “ready to go” for Thursday’s Sugar Bowl match with Georgia, and his coach, Pete Golding, confirmed Lacy’s status, saying, “I couldn’t agree with him more!”
“I am excited to watch (Lacy) got out and play and play really well,” Golding said.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
3 months ago
The similarities of these two Sugar Bowl head coaches are many. Georgia football coach Kirby Smart’s dad was a high school football coach. So is Ole Miss coach Pete Golding’s daddy.
Smart played defensive back, safety to be exact. So did Golding.
When both Smart and Golding finished their playing days, they hired on as graduate assistant coaches at their alma maters.
Following those apprenticeships both Smart and Golding cut their coaching teeth in the Division II Gulf South Conference, Kirby at Valdosta State and Pete at his alma mater, Delta State.
By Rick Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
3 months ago
The following arrests were reported by local law enforcement agencies last week. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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3 months ago
The awards keep coming in for the 2025 Winona Christan School Stars. Ten members of the team who were instrumental in helping WCS to an 8-3 mark and the district title and a Class AA – Division 1 semifinal berth were named to the Class AA, All-District 2 squad recently.
By Chuck Hathcock - Sports Writer on
3 months ago
Oh, come now. That’s only one out. Patrick Taylor has a whole batting order to face. He claims Trump is out with three strikes. (“Trump Has Not Met Expectations of His Supporters,” Northside Sun 12/12/26). OK, but we’re in only the second inning. I’m more than pleased with Trump’s performance after months and it’s a lot better than I thought it would be. There are inaccuracies coming out of Taylor’s hand and sloppy conflation of fact with fiction. Now Taylor is out of strikes and is beginning to throw only balls. My diagnosis: a debilitating case of TDS.
By Robert Penny on
3 months ago
On Wednesday, November 12th, 2025, I attended a breakfast at the Hilton Hotel on County Line Road. It was sponsored by the Jackson Greater Chamber with Mississippi Senator Cindy Hyde Smith being the keynote speaker.
By Camille Wright on
3 months ago
After a parent dies, children commonly wish they had asked more questions about their family’s history. Anyone who has ever had that wish would find Christine Kuehn’s new book, Family of Spies, more than just interesting.
In her case the questions came late in her father’s life. And, as it turned out, they were not just about her father’s fighting on Okinawa, the Japanese island where, at age 19, he survived a 1945 battle in which 12,000 Americans were killed. All he would say about that was that he was glad he survived.
By Luther Munford on
3 months ago
This one slipped away in a hurry. You may be thinking I am referring to the 2025 hunting season, though it is fleeting, I am talking about the past year in general. Everyone told me the older you get the faster the years pass, though we all know time is constant. They must know something though because we’re in a brand-new calendar year now. So, what went well for you in 2025 and what did not? We all have challenges, but what can we do to somewhat ensure that the new year will go as we hope it will?
By Jeff North on
3 months ago
We talk Tulane-Ole Miss, the Blake Anderson hire at Southern Miss, Coach Larry Ladner’s legacy in Mississippi basketball, and the New Orleans Saints and their new franchise quarterback.
By Rick Cleveland and Tyler Cleveland - Mississippi Today on
