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Folk music is an entity based on tradition. With that tradition, there is a purity in holding the songs in their best possible state to transcend generations. However, the process of preservation (or even memory) is subject to the influences and inspirations of the player. Travelling from place to place, songcatchers like Lead Belly could collect at least 500 songs.
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A thoughtful column on the Mississippi Today website laid out a couple of education ideas that have nothing to do with the pending school choice proposal that would allow families, with state assistance, to enroll their children in whatever school they wish.
Bradley Roberson, superintendent of the Oxford School District, wrote that a state lawmaker challenged him: “If not school choice, then what?” Roberson has a couple of good ideas worth considering. Anything like them would transform education in Mississippi.
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Every holiday season, online forums and social media revive the debate: real trees or artificial trees? Claims circulating online often frame the issue as environmentally “good” versus “bad,” but scientific research shows the truth is more complex.
Real Trees
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Pictured from left to right: Al Herring, Treasurer; Melissa Carpenter, Secretary; Alana Carpenter-Parker, President Elect; Patricia Brewer, President.
University Civitan Club held installation of new officers for 2025-2026 on September 11, 2025 at Mugshots.
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Pearl River Community College recognized 51 Practical Nursing graduates at a pinning ceremony at the Ethel Holden Brownstone Center for the Arts on Thursday, Dec. 4. Students were from the night and weekend programs held on the Forrest County, Hancock County, and Poplarville campuses.
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All Republicans in the chamber voted in favor of state Supreme Court Justice Robert Chamberlin’s confirmation while all Democrats cast their votes in opposition.
Mississippi state Supreme Court Justice Robert Chamberlin has been confirmed by the U.S. Senate to serve on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.
All Republicans in the chamber voted in favor of Chamberlin’s confirmation while all Democrats cast their votes in opposition, making the final tally 51 to 46.
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Twelve artists from Mississippi will begin the year with an exhibition at University of Southern Mississippi’s Hurst Gallery of Art and Design, 3000 Pearl Street. A public reception is scheduled on Thursday, January 22 from 5:30-7 PM. The show runs from January 22-February 12.
This is the first of several shows that the Collective has scheduled in 2026.
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Development of a new performance-based funding model is up for discussion as lawmakers and IHL consider ways to improve degree outcomes and workforce needs.
How Mississippi funds its institutions of higher learning was a topic of discussion during the first day of the Senate Committee on Universities and Colleges.
Committee members also heard updates on the status of the college savings programs as well as an update on recent graduation rates.
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From the Coast to the Tennessee line, see what projects are being funded throughout Mississippi.
Governor Tate Reeves (R) announced the state will invest more than $100 million in economic development, infrastructure improvements, workforce training, tourism, and conservation initiatives during a press conference on Thursday.
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Oxford does not ease into Christmas. It makes a complete entrance—coat on, lights up, carols playing, the whole deal.
There are a lot of places to enjoy the holidays in Mississippi, but Oxford has always been my place. I don’t mean that casually—I mean “load up the boys, grab a Sonic drink for the road, and head toward the Square with the kind of excitement usually reserved for Christmas morning.”
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The Youth Challenge Academy, just three days shy of their graduation, prepares to sing “Here Comes Santa Claus” in preparation for Santa’s arrival.
Camp Shelby hosted its third annual Christmas Tree Lighting, a winter wonderland of family fun, Tuesday evening. Complete with caroling by the Youth Challenge Academy Choir, an ensemble from The University of Southern Mississippi and independent Christian music artist, Petrina Pacheco, the evening was sure to create the happiest of holiday memories for service members and their families.
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Southern Miss has its next leader.
Blake Anderson was named the next Southern Miss head football coach on Thursday afternoon. Anderson, Southern Miss’ offensive coordinator under Charles Huff in 2025, was named the interim head coach following Huff’s departure to Memphis.
After just a five-day search, Southern Miss athletic director Jeremy McClain named Anderson the full-time head coach.
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Mom tried hard to protect her sons. Young boys can eat you out of house and home. Add a father who had a hankering for sweets and snacks and that is a recipe for disaster and a whopping grocery bill. My dad insisted that my mom buy crackers, cookies, cakes, donuts, chips, and every kind of snack food on the grocery shelf. He nibbled, chewed, and crunched his way through each workday and on weekends, munched right in front of his growing, ravenous sons.
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I recently downloaded ChatGPT and asked: What are the three top reasons why an undecided person would choose to support President Trump? It replied: (1) Economic Priorities and Policy Preferences; (2) Immigration and Border Policy; (3) Distrust of Political Establishment. Let’s see what the scoreboard says about each.
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I only recently learned what a “groyper” is - you may or may not be familiar with the term?
From what I can tell, a groyper is a hardline white nationalist. Often anti-Semitic, groypers are hostile to mainstream conservatives. To the extent they have a coherent agenda, groypers seem more national socialism than free-market capitalism.
Having been involved in the conservative movement for three decades, I’d hesitate to call anyone with such views conservative. Indeed, I’d argue people that think like that are essentially hardline leftists.
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For the most recent decades of my 87 years, Vietnam’s position on my vacation bucket list mirrored the rank of casinos on my list of steps to ensure a comfortable retirement. I have friends who vacationed there and loved it, and I had friends who got sent there and came back in a box. Other friends returned damaged, and a disturbing number of them died young. My own years of military service during the 1960s took me nowhere near Vietnam; even so, I wasn’t interested in seeing the place. That changed last October.
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My grandmother lived on Cloverleaf Circle in my early years. Her home was located just a few blocks west of Bailey Avenue, just off Palmyra Street. Homes on her street were wood- framed, simply- built houses of no more than 1,000 square feet.
My family would go for an obligatory visit each Sunday, following lunch at Morrison’s cafeteria in the old Milner Building on South Lamar Street. My brother and I quickly became bored with the small talk and heavy cigarette smoke from the adults in the tiny living room and would retreat to her backyard.
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I thought retirement meant no more corporate meetings, no more trade shows, no more deadlines, etc. However, last week I found myself in Baton Rouge doing what I have been doing for the last 25 years. Before I continue, Coach Kiffin was not part of the equation even though he was still “talk” of the town in tiger land. I suppose old habits are hard to break as I helped old colleagues with the booth preparation at the annual Louisiana Mosquito Control Association meeting.
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Funeral homes may submit obituaries to obits@hubcityspokes.com. Death notices are printed free of charge; obituaries with photos and detailed information will incur a charge. For assistance, call (601)-268-2331.
Linda C. Atwood (75) of Sumrall passed away on December 4, 2025. Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home handled the arrangements.
Dr. James C. “Jim” Bishop (78) of Hattiesburg passed away on December 4, 2025. Hulett-Winstead Funeral Home is handling the arrangements.
Hilda Sue Chester (90) of Hattiesburg passed away on December 5, 2025. Moore Funeral Service is handling the arrangements.
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