2 months 1 week ago
Recently, I was listening to an interview with Dr. Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, TX. During the conversation, the interviewer displayed a graphic showing the age groups of Americans who plan to “pray more in 2026.” I was inspired to see the group leading the way was adults ages 30–44.
As they discussed the reasons behind this trend, my mind drifted to the numbers for my own age group—those 65 and older. Only 12% of seniors said they plan to pray more.
By Andrew Oldham on
2 months 1 week ago
Recently, I was listening to an interview with Dr. Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, TX. During the conversation, the interviewer displayed a graphic showing the age groups of Americans who plan to “pray more in 2026.” I was inspired to see the group leading the way was adults ages 30–44.
As they discussed the reasons behind this trend, my mind drifted to the numbers for my own age group—those 65 and older. Only 12% of seniors said they plan to pray more.
By Andrew Oldham on
2 months 1 week ago
Recently, I was listening to an interview with Dr. Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas, TX. During the conversation, the interviewer displayed a graphic showing the age groups of Americans who plan to “pray more in 2026.” I was inspired to see the group leading the way was adults ages 30–44.
As they discussed the reasons behind this trend, my mind drifted to the numbers for my own age group—those 65 and older. Only 12% of seniors said they plan to pray more.
By Andrew Oldham on
2 months 1 week ago
Book Review: Reagan: In His Own Hand (2001: Free Press, 546 pages)
By Robert Penny on
2 months 1 week ago
If you have followed my writing for any length of time, there should be no doubt about my love for the outside world. Whether I’m watching the foliage slowly turn from the deep green that growing seasons dictate to the fire of crimson and gold leaves gently falling to the earth, I wholeheartedly embrace the change. During the onset of the fall migration of waterfowl, I crane my neck with an ear towards the sky listening for faint cries of geese urging their leaders southward.
By Jeff North on
2 months 1 week ago
Keep an eye out for the February 5 edition of the Pine Belt News for the story!
By Amanda D. Lee - Reporter on
2 months 1 week ago
If you have followed my writing for any length of time, there should be no doubt about my love for the outside world. Whether I’m watching the foliage slowly turn from the deep green that growing seasons dictate to the fire of crimson and gold leaves gently falling to the earth, I wholeheartedly embrace the change. During the onset of the fall migration of waterfowl, I crane my neck with an ear towards the sky listening for faint cries of geese urging their leaders southward.
By Jeff North on
2 months 1 week ago
January 2026 is the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Mississippi River freak winter flood. It was only the third such flood ever recorded. It flooded habitat inside the levees and along the river and caused the deer season to close early.
By Kelley Williams on
2 months 1 week ago
It’s a cool fifty-one degrees here on Circle S Farms this morning and it feels quite good as I am bracing for one of the worst ice storms ever predicted coming into our area in just a few hours. It’s hard to even imagine what these news casters are talking about.
By Peggy Sims - Columnist on
2 months 1 week ago
It’s a cool fifty-one degrees here on Circle S Farms this morning and it feels quite good as I am bracing for one of the worst ice storms ever predicted coming into our area in just a few hours. It’s hard to even imagine what these news casters are talking about.
By Peggy Sims - Columnist on
2 months 1 week ago
January 2026 is the 10th anniversary of the 2016 Mississippi River freak winter flood. It was only the third such flood ever recorded. It flooded habitat inside the levees and along the river and caused the deer season to close early.
By Kelley Williams on
2 months 1 week ago
She is only six. . .
but she has a generous helping of common sense.
I am visiting our eldest son and his family, and the youngest granddaughter, Addie Sue, and I are playing what she calls, “Babies.”
In this playing scenario, she has about a dozen of her smaller stuffed animals enrolled in “Baby School.” She has the stuffed animal students line up, go to the rest room, get lunch, and learn different skills.
By Connie Bunch - Columnist on
2 months 1 week ago
She is only six. . .
but she has a generous helping of common sense.
I am visiting our eldest son and his family, and the youngest granddaughter, Addie Sue, and I are playing what she calls, “Babies.”
In this playing scenario, she has about a dozen of her smaller stuffed animals enrolled in “Baby School.” She has the stuffed animal students line up, go to the rest room, get lunch, and learn different skills.
By Connie Bunch - Columnist on
2 months 1 week ago
She is only six. . .
but she has a generous helping of common sense.
I am visiting our eldest son and his family, and the youngest granddaughter, Addie Sue, and I are playing what she calls, “Babies.”
In this playing scenario, she has about a dozen of her smaller stuffed animals enrolled in “Baby School.” She has the stuffed animal students line up, go to the rest room, get lunch, and learn different skills.
By Connie Bunch - Columnist on
2 months 1 week ago
Photo by Photo Special to Times/Conservative, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
“The Agitators: A Reminiscence” is a powerful new work of historical fiction about media influence on local issues. It is written by John Mark Pitner, a Carroll County native.
The narrator, Shadrach Greenwood, is sitting on the courthouse steps in Carrollton, Mississippi, gazing at the town square’s Confederate flag flapping in the breeze. He’s reminiscing about the adventures he had 50 years ago with teen friends Matthew and Penny while the adults around them fought over social issues.
By Paid Press Release on
2 months 1 week ago
Photo by Photo Special to Times/Conservative, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
“The Agitators: A Reminiscence” is a powerful new work of historical fiction about media influence on local issues. It is written by John Mark Pitner, a Carroll County native.
The narrator, Shadrach Greenwood, is sitting on the courthouse steps in Carrollton, Mississippi, gazing at the town square’s Confederate flag flapping in the breeze. He’s reminiscing about the adventures he had 50 years ago with teen friends Matthew and Penny while the adults around them fought over social issues.
By Paid Press Release on
2 months 1 week ago
Photo by Photo Special to Times/Conservative, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
“The Agitators: A Reminiscence” is a powerful new work of historical fiction about media influence on local issues. It is written by John Mark Pitner, a Carroll County native.
The narrator, Shadrach Greenwood, is sitting on the courthouse steps in Carrollton, Mississippi, gazing at the town square’s Confederate flag flapping in the breeze. He’s reminiscing about the adventures he had 50 years ago with teen friends Matthew and Penny while the adults around them fought over social issues.
By Paid Press Release on
2 months 1 week ago
Photo by Photo Special to Times/Conservative, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
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North Carrollton Fire Department assist the water operations crew with placing a generator at the pumping station in North Carrollton’s Industrial Park. Fire Chief Jake Hurst and Water Operator Josh Pearson began preparing days before the ice storm for the generator to be placed.
Water Operator Josh Pearson inspects the pumping station on Highway 35 which runs North Carrollton’s rural Boyd Water System during the ice storm that began last weekend.
By PRESS RELEASE - TOWN OF NORTH CARROLLTON on
2 months 1 week ago
Photo by Photo Special to Times/Conservative, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
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North Carrollton Fire Department assist the water operations crew with placing a generator at the pumping station in North Carrollton’s Industrial Park. Fire Chief Jake Hurst and Water Operator Josh Pearson began preparing days before the ice storm for the generator to be placed.
Water Operator Josh Pearson inspects the pumping station on Highway 35 which runs North Carrollton’s rural Boyd Water System during the ice storm that began last weekend.
By PRESS RELEASE - TOWN OF NORTH CARROLLTON on
2 months 1 week ago
Photo by Photo Special to Times/Conservative, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
North Carrollton Fire Department assist the water operations crew with placing a generator at the pumping station in North Carrollton’s Industrial Park. Fire Chief Jake Hurst and Water Operator Josh Pearson began preparing days before the ice storm for the generator to be placed.
Water Operator Josh Pearson inspects the pumping station on Highway 35 which runs North Carrollton’s rural Boyd Water System during the ice storm that began last weekend.
By PRESS RELEASE - TOWN OF NORTH CARROLLTON on
