3 weeks ago
The Iconic Ballet Swan Lake Glides into Hattiesburg’s Historic Saenger Theater as part of World Ballet Company’s 2025–2026 National Tour Performance on March 21 at 7:00 pm.
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3 weeks ago
The Iconic Ballet Swan Lake Glides into Hattiesburg’s Historic Saenger Theater as part of World Ballet Company’s 2025–2026 National Tour Performance on March 21 at 7:00 pm.
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3 weeks ago
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
3 weeks 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.
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3 weeks ago
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Have patience; when it comes to digging daffodils, waiting two months can save two years.
By Felder Rushing - Columnist on
3 weeks ago
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 Expansive, vague, and outdated federal oversight rules, paired with aggressive enforcement tactics, have created an environment where federal regulators can pressure banks to close accounts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
3 weeks ago
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
3 weeks ago
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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks 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
3 weeks ago
Photo by Photo Special to Times/Conservative, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Pictured from left: Mississippi Emergency Management Agency Individual Assistance Specialist Carlos Martinez, Federal Emergency Management Agency Representative Diandre Malone, Federal Emergency Management Representative Esther Pierre-Louis, Carroll County Chancery Clerk Casey Carpenter, and FEMA Operations William Aviles met with North Carrollton Mayor Ken Strachan who is Carroll County’s Emergency Management Director Thursday afternoon in North Carrollton on the Individual Assistance Carroll County is applying for to be awarded along with the three municipalities of North Carrollton, Carrollton, and Vaiden.
Carroll County Board of Supervisors have extended the Proclamation of Existence of a Local Emergency that was signed during the January 23-25 ice storm. “ The first proclamation signed in January was for thirty days, now with the board of supervisors extending the proclamation will be for another thirty days which will help with the debris cleanup that is now going on throughout Carroll County and the three municipalities.” Carroll County Emergency Management Director Ken Strachan said.
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3 weeks ago
Years ago, Jimmy Buffett wrote one of my favorite songs of all time, “A Pirate Looks at Forty.” Soothing in nature with a good beat and lyrics that probably resonate with most middle-aged men, it’s a timeless classic. The rhythm picks up when he lays out the lyrics, “Yes, I am a pirate, two hundred years too late. The canons don’t thunder, there’s nothin’ to plunder. I’m an over-forty victim of fate.” Although, I’ve been listening to that song my entire life, I don’t think I’ve ever related to it as much as I do right now sitting here writing this column.
By Ben Smith on
3 weeks ago
POPLARVILLE, Miss. — The No. 3 Pearl River baseball team couldn't have scripted a better start to MACCC play Tuesday night.
The Wildcats exploded for 30 runs across the doubleheader and sealed the sweep with a five-inning no-hitter from Drew Harrison (Madison; Germantown), defeating Southwest 20-2 and 10-0.
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3 weeks ago
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Tucker Stockman walked up to the plate with two outs and two runners on base against Ole Miss pitcher Landon Koenig. Stockman took a 96 mph fastball to the backside for a base hit, scoring the winning run and lifting No. 7 Southern Miss over Ole Miss 2-1 on Tuesday night at Pete Taylor Park.
By DIMA MIXON on
3 weeks ago
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Tucker Stockman walked up to the plate with two outs and two runners on base against Ole Miss pitcher Landon Koenig. Stockman took a 96 mph fastball to the backside for a base hit, scoring the winning run and lifting No. 7 Southern Miss over Ole Miss 2-1 on Tuesday night at Pete Taylor Park.
By DIMA MIXON on
3 weeks ago
Photo by Russ Cloy, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.
Tucker Stockman walked up to the plate with two outs and two runners on base against Ole Miss pitcher Landon Koenig. Stockman took a 96 mph fastball to the backside for a base hit, scoring the winning run and lifting No. 7 Southern Miss over Ole Miss 2-1 on Tuesday night at Pete Taylor Park.
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First-Generation Ole Miss Student Selected as Truman Finalist
Aminata Ba to interview for award next week; winners announced April 24
OXFORD, Miss. – The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation has named University of Mississippi junior Aminata Ba as a finalist for the prestigious Harry S. Truman Scholarship.
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Landowners face financial,
cleanup decisions after storm
By Susan Collins-Smith
MSU Extension Service
RAYMOND, Miss. -- In the aftermath of the recent winter storm that blanketed many areas of Mississippi in ice for days, timberland owners have some tough decisions to make.
The Jan. 23-27 storm left thousands of acres of timber damaged or destroyed and landowners wondering how to manage this financial loss.
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