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Winona-Montgomery Public Library
The Winona Montgomery Public Library is open
Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The library has several exciting things planned for March. Throughout the month we will have activity packets available, just come by and pick one up.
By Staff Reports on
2 weeks 5 days ago
A pair of four-run innings prove to be enough last Friday night in Canton as the Winona Christian School Stars withstood a late rally to win an 8-7 decision over the Canton Academy Panthers. Earlier this week, the Stars traveled to Starkville Academy and dropped an 11-0 decision to the Volunteers.
With the action, WCS stands at 3-1 on the season.
By Chuck Hathcock - Sports Writer on
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Photo by Becky Dees, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
The Winona High School girls fast-pitch softball team dropped its first game of the 2026 season with a 22-10 setback to visiting Calhoun City Friday.
Calhoun City plated five runs each in the first and second innings, four runs each in the third and seventh frames, three in the fourth and one in the sixth. Winona (7-1) scored three runs in the first, two in the second, four in the fourth and one in the fifth.
Calhoun made five errors on defense, and Winona had seven defensive errors.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
2 weeks 5 days ago
As a long time Mississippian and a business owner who’s seen firsthand how a strong community lifts us all, I know one truth: investing in our youngest kids is investing in our shared future. Mississippi’s economy doesn’t just grow on its own—it thrives when we build up both today’s workforce and tomorrow’s.
By Jeff Good on
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In 1971, a royal celebration was held in Iran. It was the 2,500th birthday of the Iranian monarchy, a rule which began with King Cyrus the Great of Persia in 539 BC and continued (with a few interregnums) to the reign of Shah Muhammad Reza Pahlavi in the 20th century. Shah Pahlavi ascended to the Iranian throne in 1941, making 1971 not only a celebration of the Persian monarchy lasting two and a half millennia, but also the Shah’s 30-year Jubilee.
By Johnathan Kettler on
2 weeks 5 days ago
What do JXN Water and the Amazon Data Centers have in common? Why are decisions by JXN Water’s Interim Manager (Water Czar) and the Federal Judge who appointed him now suspect? Why do Entergy’s residential customers now fear higher rates due to the secret Amazon data center deal?
Because JXN Water and Entergy customers no longer trust those in charge. Before they said: “Trust us. This is for your own good.” Now, we say: “Show us the receipts.”
By Kelley Williams on
2 weeks 6 days ago
Pictures by Becky Dees ©2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
By Special to the Winona Times and the Conservative on
2 weeks 6 days ago
The J.Z. George girls fast-pitch softball team scored 10 runs in the top of the first inning en route to a 21-8 win at Water Valley High School Friday.
J.Z. George (3-2) tacked on six runs in the second, two in the third and three in the fourth. Water Valley plated one run in the first, five in the second and two in the fourth.
Saralyn Roberts (3-2) got the win in the circle, going all four innings, allowing eight runs (four earned) on five hits, walking six and striking out five. She also drove in three runs and had a single.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
2 weeks 6 days ago
Carroll Academy got solid pitching from Cole Beckwith and Reed Thomas in defeating visiting Calhoun Academy 8-2 Friday in Carrollton.
Beckwith (2-0) went the first four innings, yielding two runs (both earned) on three hits, walking three and fanning five. Thomas went three innings, giving up one hit and striking out two.
Beckwith had two singles, two RBIs and scored a run, and Reece Jordan and Thomas drove in two runs each.
Thomas had a single and scored a run.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
2 weeks 6 days ago
J.Z. George High School was able to get in only one game on the diamond last week, as the Jaguars dropped a heartbreaking 17-16 decision to Greenwood High School on Tuesday at Whittington Park in Greenwood.
The Bulldogs scored seven runs in the bottom of the seventh inning, trailing 16-10 after six innings of play.
Greenwood tacked on five runs in the first, two in the second and one run each in the third, fourth and sixth frames.
J.Z. George (1-3) plated three runs in the first, four in the second, eight in the third and one in the fifth.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
2 weeks 6 days ago
Photo by Becky Dees, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
The Winona High School baseball team took a pair of tough losses to Eupora High School last week.
The Tigers dropped a 15-3 four-inning decision Friday to the Eagles, who outhit Winona 17-4. Tommarion Brown had a single and two RBIs for WHS, and Areon Campbell and Kentrell Crawford had a single and scored a run each.
Alejandro White had an RBI single, and Darrion Crawford scored a run.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
2 weeks 6 days ago
Photo by Photo Special to Times/Conservative, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Molly Tompkins, daughter of Joey and Betsy Tompkins of Winona and a 2023 graduate of Winona High School, was recently crowned Most Beautiful 2026 at the University of Mississippi.
Tompkins is a junior majoring in integrated marketing communications with a minor in sport administration. She is a member of Kappa Delta sorority, the Ole Miss Baseball Diamond Girls, Order of Omega and Phi Eta Sigma. She also serves as an Ole Miss Social Media Ambassador and a Luckyday Scholar.
By Special to the Winona Times and the Conservative on
2 weeks 6 days ago
Photo by Photo Special to Times/Conservative, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
2026 Holmes Community College Goodman Campus Hall of Fame inductees are (front row, left to right) Diana Garcia , Jayden Neal, Makayla Kast, Lennie Kate Wood, (back row, left to right) Maeson Jolley and Lawson Nichols.
GOODMAN — Holmes Community College recently recognized outstanding student leaders from the Goodman Campus with induction into the 2026 Holmes Hall of Fame, the college’s highest student honor.
Students selected for this distinction demonstrated academic excellence, leadership, service and commitment to the Holmes community. For the Goodman Campus, honorees include Diana Garcia of Kosciusko, Maeson Jolley of Sallis, Makayla Kast of Kosciusko, Jayden Neal of Pearl, Lawson Nichols of Benton and Lennie Kate Wood of Winona.
Lennie Kate Wood
By PRESS RELEASE - HOLMES COMMUNITY COLLEGE on
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In recognition of the Semiquincentennial of America’s Independence on July 4, the Thomas Rodney Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution continues its yearlong celebration to honor our patriot ancestors. During the weeks and months leading to America’s 250th Birthday, chapter members are spotlighting the service of our Revolutionary War Ancestors. This week, we honor the service of Miles Jennings, Revolutionary Ancestor of chapter members Barbara Alldread McClellan and Deborah McClellan Bourn.
By PRESS RELEASE - NSDAR on
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An excellent medical column in The Washington Post predicts the next target in Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s anti-vaccine campaign. At the same time, the column debunks the claim that this target is hazardous to children’s health.
Dr. Leana S. Wen, an emergency physician and clinical associate professor at George Washington University, believes Kennedy, the Health and Human Services secretary, may seek the removal of “aluminum salts” from vaccines. He believes this ingredient can cause conditions from autism to asthma to food allergies.
By Jack Ryan, Enterprise-Journal on
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Well, here we go again, DAYLIGHTS SAVINGS TIME!
How many of you are as excited and eager as I am to have my entire routine disturbed (nearly traumatized), with adhering to moving our clocks forward one hour? Spring forward, Fall back. I’d rather gain that hour than lose an hour.
It’s not only my slumber it bothers, it’s my entire lifestyle for the next six months and then, we do it again. Yes, it takes me the full spring forward thing to acclimate my lifestyle and then when I get okay it all goes in the opposite direction once again.
By Peggy Sims - Columnist on
2 weeks 6 days ago
I am still surprised. . .
When driving to familiar places, when walking over the land, and when on back roads.
Our landscape has changed.
As it regrows, heals, and is cleaned up our landscape will continue to change. The wounds of the ice storm will leave scars, even though grass, new plants, and new trees may cover them.
I love to wake up and spend some time drinking my morning coffee and looking out the window at my flower garden (whether dormant or blooming), the bird feeders, the little pond, and the trees within my sight.
By Connie Bunch - Columnist on
2 weeks 6 days ago
Photo by Photo Special to Times/Conservative, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Have patience; when it comes to digging daffodils, waiting two months can save two years.
By Felder Rushing - Columnist on
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Concerns about politically motivated debanking deserve serious attention. We must ensure Americans have fair access to financial services – access that cannot be denied due to political pressure or vague regulatory standards. But Mississippi’s HB 1597 is not the right path forward.
This problem starts and ends in Washington. Expansive, vague, and outdated federal oversight rules, paired with aggressive enforcement tactics, have created an environment where federal regulators can pressure banks to close accounts for certain people and industries.
By Ken Strachan - Columnist on
2 weeks 6 days ago
As President Donald Trump has acknowledged, America’s war on Iran will not be as easy or quick as the previous military incursion he authorized, the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The goals for the South American operation were much simpler: Take out the incompetent and criminal Maduro and put in his place a regime of his lieutenants who are more inclined to take orders from Washington.
By Tim Kalich on
