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May 17, 2026

Hinds County, Mississippi

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  • Armchair Ponderings Should this be the death knell of winter Olympics?

    Twenty years ago, there was “Skategate” the awarding of the gold medal to Russia when it was apparent to the entire arena that Canada should have won. The Canadian National Post wrote in part “proved that many of...

    Columns Editorial
  • Raymond News

    Well, it is the 19th of December and the temperatures outside are way too warm. We certainly won’t have any snow. The houses are decorated and people are happily awaiting the big day. The churches in town have all had...

    Columns News
  • Pages from the Gazette’s Past: 1932?

    Hinds County Gazette December 1932? RAYMOND CHURCH TO HOLD PROGRAM Members of the Raymond Presbyterian church will present at the church Sunday night at 7 o’clock the Christmas Service. “There was No Room,”...

    Columns
  • Utica Area News

    Sharon Henriques, wife of Rev. Dr. Rocky Henriques of Utica Baptist Church, Utica, passed away on December 18, 2021, after a long and courageous battle with cancer and its complications. Arrangements are incomplete at...

    Columns News
  • Armchair Ponderings A Christmas Tale based on facts

    A Christmas tale based on facts, First printed as an award-winning Armchair Ponderings in the Magnolia Gazette on December 16, 1998 There he was again peering through the shop window. The young fisherman walked home...

    Columns Editorial
  • Armchair Ponderings Then and now.

    This past Tuesday, December 7th was the 80th anniversary of Japan’s attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 and the beginning of the war against Japan on December 8th. It is amazing how few people now alive, have no idea of...

    Columns Editorial