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Heading toward spring of 2026, Daylight Savings Time will begin Sunday, March 8, at 2 a.m. The changing of the season will bring more springlike temperatures and longer days. With Daylight Saving Time, the clocks will “spring forward” one hour. Sunrise and sunset will be about one hour later beginning March 8, bringing longer evening. I have always preferred when Daylight Savings Time begins it feels like the true start of spring. This gives us later daylight hours to enjoy more time outside, to walk, do yard work, attend ball games and enjoy a host of other outdoor activities.
By Ken Strachan - Columnist on
1 month ago
Citizen initiatives are not the topic that will get the most attention among those who watch what the Mississippi Legislature does. Still, the persistent unwillingness to replace the initiative process ruled illegal by the state Supreme Court five years ago makes it clear lawmakers aren’t interested in this issue.
On Feb. 11, the full Senate in a voice vote tabled a concurrent resolution that would have allowed citizens to propose new state laws, or amend or repeal existing ones. The tabled bill missed a deadline for action and died the next day.
By Jack Ryan, Enterprise-Journal on
1 month ago
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 James Howard, Revolutionary Ancestor of chapter members Rebecca Whatley Cartledge and Jone Whatley Negri.
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By Dr. Katherine W. Hughes, Associate Professor of Nursing, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, PMHNP-BC, RN-TNCC
As of 2023, a woman’s life expectancy was 81.1 years (U.S.). The challenge is to maintain the extra years in good health and productivity. In the past, medical research has ignored many health issues important to women. Recently, new research related to women’s health problems has yielded insights into preventive and complementary healthcare for women.
By Special to the Winona Times and the Conservative on
1 month ago
The Rotary Club of Winona is calling on eleventh and twelfth grade high school students to consider how "The 4-Way Test" can influence everyday decision making in their lives. The “The 4-Way Test” is a nonpartisan and nonsectarian ethical guide that Rotarians use in their personal and professional relationships.
The test asks us to consider the things we think, say, or do:
By PRESS RELEASE - ROTARY CLUB OF WINONA on
1 month ago
This week is a week of excitement at school, it's CHICKEN WEEK. When Chicken Week comes around, people from Mississippi State bring chicken eggs to the classrooms that need to be hatched. Over the week, we all watch them hatch, become fluffy, start walking, learning how to eat and drink, and make all the chicken noises.
By Iva Ruth Faulk - Columnist on
1 month ago
Tuesday evening, Feb. 17 the Winona Board of Aldermen held their regular mid-month meeting. All Board Members were in attendance with the exception of Ward 4 Alderman Charles Harris. The most pressing topic of discussion during the meeting was regarding the City of Winona hiring for three positions, the most debated of which was the hiring of a new Code Enforcement/Animal Control Officer. The details on the issue are as follows.
By Peyton Poe - Staff Writer on
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JACKSON, Miss.- Firefighter Michael Johnson of the Winona Fire Department is making a difference and has graduated Class 219 from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) 1010 Firefighter I-II course held at the Mississippi State Fire Academy in Jackson, MS.
By PRESS RELEASE - MISSISSIPPI STATE FIRE ACADEMY - Staff Writer on
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The Carroll County School District Board of Education holds their regular meetings on the second Thursday of the month starting at 5:30 p.m.
Disagreement pervaded the regular Feb. 12 meeting of the Carroll County School Board. Many topics of interest were discussed over the hour and a half duration of the meeting. As the first major issue of discussion, there was a significant disagreement between Board members and legal counsel on the proper procedure for district personnel to come before the Board. The details on this matter are as follows.
By Peyton Poe - Staff Writer on
1 month 1 week ago
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Big things are happening at The Winona Times and The Carroll County Conservative! We are thrilled to announce our newest project, Crossroads Health and Wellness Magazine, is here — and that is just the beginning. A baseball poster, Diamond Day Special section and Profile Magazine are all on the way. Stay tuned, because 2026 is going to be an exciting year!
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ATLANTA – Local governments and certain nonprofit organizations in 18 Mississippi counties are now eligible for Public Assistance grants to support debris removal and permanent work to repair public facilities damaged by the January winter storm.
The newly eligible counties are Adams, Attala, Benton, Claiborne, Jefferson, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union and Yalobusha. These counties were previously approved for federal funding for emergency protective measures, including direct federal assistance.
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1 month 1 week ago
The Winona Chrisitan School Stars finished the basketball season with a 65-34 loss to West Memphis (Ark.) Christian on Feb. 3, in the North AAA Tournament held at Oak Hill Academy in West Point.
With the loss, Coach Joey Johnson’s Stars finished the season with an 11-7 mark.
On the girls side, the Lady Stars finished with a 6-16 record. Greg Watkins’ girls were scheduled to play in the Class AAA, District 2, but Winter Storm Fern forced the tournament cancellation with the Top 4 moving on to the North AAA, which ended the season for WCS at 6-16.
By Chuck Hathcock - Sports Writer on
1 month 1 week ago
The J.Z. George High School softball and baseball programs will be hosting a Meet the Jags and Hit-A-Thon fundraiser to help support both programs in their upcoming seasons.
This will be an opportunity for players to participate in a fun event while helping their programs by signing up family, friends, neighbors and local businesses as sponsors.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
1 month 1 week ago
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The Winona High School baseball team opened its 2026 season under first-year coach Steven Helms last week by going 1-1.
The Tigers started with a 20-4 rout of visiting Amanda Elzy on Friday. They tallied two runs in the first frame and 18 in the second, only collecting five hits but taking advantage of 12 walks and five hit by pitches by Elzy pitching. Jake Pearson got the win in relief of starter Alejandro White. Pearson went 2 2/3 innings, allowing two runs, walking four and striking out seven. White got just one out in the first, allowed two runs and walked three.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
1 month 1 week ago
The Carroll Academy baseball team opened its season with a 12-0 loss at Washington School last Tuesday.
The Generals plated six runs in the first, three in the second, two in the third and one in the fourth.
Reed Thomas had two singles for Carroll, and Hayes White (0-1) took the loss on the mound. He went 1 1/3 innings, allowing eight runs on four hits, walking four. Cole Beckwith relieved and went 1 2/3 innings, giving up three runs on four hits, walking one and striking out four. Jake Truitt got the final out but not before giving up one run on one hit and walking one.
By Calvin Stevens - Sports Writer on
1 month 1 week ago
I have always loved to read and study about the Amish people. If I were not a true Southern Baptist, I believe I would convert to the Old Order Amish religion. I so appreciate their peaceful calm tranquility in the ways of working and doing for others. I believe we could all learn from these serene people. The work ethic is so ingrained into them that they rise in the early morning hours to begin their workdays and end with the dark to stop the laboring. The most worthy attribute of the Amish is their desire to care for their own.
By Peggy Sims - Columnist on
1 month 1 week ago
What if no one came . . . to help?
What if no one offered a hot meal to those who had no way to heat their home or prepare food?
What if no one brought supplies for the sick and the babies?
What if no heavy machine arrived to do what a man and his chain saw couldn’t?
What if no one checked on you to be sure you had some kind of heat or helped get you to a place that was warm? Brought water?
By Connie Bunch - Columnist on
1 month 1 week ago
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It is pruning time for shrub roses, hydrangeas, gardenias, and other summer-blooming shrubs. And yes, even crape myrtles and vitex, for those who choose to do so.
In fact, last week somebody beat me to a crape myrtle tree I harvest every year for material to maintain a woven-wattle herb border at the Ag Museum in Jackson. I expertly pollard the tree by pruning long, limber stems back to thick knobs.
By Felder Rushing - Columnist on
1 month 1 week ago
Just around the corner, Mississippi approaches its important 2026 midterm elections. The first primary will be Tuesday, March 10, and the national spotlight is already turned to the congressional races, including a U.S. Senate seat that will be on the ballot in the Magnolia State. There will be a host of potential kitchen table issues in the state’s congressional districts.
By Ken Strachan - Columnist on
1 month 1 week ago
Photo by Photo Special to Times/Conservative, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Pictured from left: Anthony Cobbins, Kyle Bullard, Brandon Murphy, Dana Nix, and Lonnie Trotter.
On Saturday, Jan. 31, five Winona firefighters attended a CO2 training program at the Mississippi State Fire Academy. The program, which was sponsored by ExxonMobil, trains firefighters to respond to incidents related to carbon dioxide, a common, naturally occurring molecule that is increasingly important to industrial and economic activity.
By Special to the Times/Conservative on
