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August 16, 2026

Hinds County, Mississippi

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  • The Steyer Smear

    Billionaire Tom Steyer used his money to attack a lone climate researcher. Roger Pielke Jr.'s research on climate and disaster policy wins awards and is cited by the United Nations' Intergovernmental Panel on Climate...

    Columns Political
  • From the Pastor's Pen: To Be Hindered from Sin

    "Then God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know that you have done this in the integrity of your heart, and it was I who kept you from sinning against me. Therefore I did not let you touch her" (Genesis 20:6) Calvin...

    Columns
  • Rail Legacy Reborn: Museum Rises from Ashes with Community Resolve

    You can't keep the McComb railroad people down. They operate with the busyness of a locomotive's smokestack, blasting exhaust, grit and grime away from the train engineer's footplate. Soon after a young arsonist burned...

    Columns
  • Felder's Hedge Hybrids

    Something my horticulturist great-grandmother Pearl planted a century ago in her sprawling landscape is now being packaged as an exciting "new" garden feature. She created a distinct garden "room" with a row of...

    Columns
  • The Thing That Works

    Young people now blame capitalism for poverty, racism, high prices, even climate change. They listen to people like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who says, "Capitalism ... is the absolute pursuit of profit at all...

    Columns Political
  • Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord

    For the past 25 years God has been loudly calling America to repent and return to Him. Actually, God has never ceased calling us to return to Him over the past 250 years. Our founders recognized God as "the Supreme...

    Columns Editorial
  • Twists & Turns: Elroy, the Annoying Yard & Garden Pest

    Please tell me we are not the only people dealing with problems in our yard that involve a very unattractive creature taking delight in digging up the grass and turning the once golf course smooth greenery into a golf...

    Columns
  • REMEMBERING THE BATTLE OF RAYMOND

    REMEMBERING THE BATTLE OF RAYMOND--- Pictured above is the battlefield in Raymond, MS, 163 Years Later. The Battle of Raymond, fought on May 12, 1863, was a pivotal Union victory during the Vicksburg Campaign. Union...

    Columns News
  • TERRY NEWS

    The Town of Terry special call board meeting was held on Tuesday evening. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss America 250. All municipalities are requested to have some type of ceremony or program to commemorate...

    Columns
  • FREE MERCY

    "But Lot lingered. So the men seized him and his wife and his two daughters by the hand, the LORD being merciful to him, and they brought him out and set him outside the city." (Genesis 19:16) Mercy and merit are but...

    Columns
  • FELDER'S CREATIVE GARDENING

    Success in the garden is usually a matter of perception, which can be overcome with confidence. Unfortunately, indecision over how to get started, frustration by past failure, or the fear of criticism holds a lot of...

    Columns
  • DATA CENTER FREAK-OUT

    Data centers are big buildings full of machines that process what we do on our phones and computers. AI requires even more computing power, so companies are eager to build more data centers. The usual suspects are...

    Columns Political
  • How shall we then live?

    We're all in a mess now. Or, as Hardy often accused Laurel, "This is another fine mess you've gotten us in to." I have been reading Bret Baier's new book, "The Case for America." Early on Baier refers to an initiative...

    Columns Editorial
  • GEORGIA'S FORDICE? BILLIONAIRE RICK JACKSON SHAKES UP GOVERNOR'S RACE

    Kirk Fordice-like Rick Jackson is sounding a whole lot like Daniel Kirkwood Fordice as he tries to be elected Georgia's next governor. Fordice came out of nowhere--actually, Vicksburg is somewhere but you know what I...

    Columns Headline
  • THE FIRMEST FOUNDATION

    "Is anything too hard for the LORD? ....Shall not the Judge of all the earth do what is just?" (Genesis 18:14, 25) When building any sort of structure, the firmer the foundation, the better. A firm foundation secures a...

    Columns
  • TERRY NEWS

    The more things change, the more they stay the same. The James Foster Chapter, MSSDAR met on Tuesday in the Parish Hall of the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd. Dwight Odom was present and played the National...

    Columns
  • FELDER'S WEED WAR

    Did a little "tarp therapy" the other day, piling weeds atop a heavy-duty sheet to drag to my long, narrow, wildlife-friendly dead hedge. In the process I nearly got swallowed alive, looking something similar to a dog...

    Columns
  • ZYN ISN'T SIN

    Zyns are super popular. They are little pouches people tuck into their lip to get a hit of nicotine. Zyn has competitors, like Velo and On!, but Zyn has most of the market. Young people love the pouches. They are safer...

    Columns Political
  • Communist roots of the woke

    Last week House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) described his party's efforts to draw state districts favoring Democrats, "We are in an era of maximum warfare, everywhere, all the time." Well, so much for toning...

    Columns Editorial
  • A SIGN FOR FRAILTY

    "So shall my covenant be in your flesh an everlasting covenant." (Genesis 17:14) Shouldn't God's Word be enough? Over and over, Scripture forces us to ask this question. Cold, hard logic would say, "Yes, it is enough!"...

    Columns
  • LEGACIES THAT SHAPED MCCOMB

    McComb's sense of mourning-representative, no doubt, of that felt across many Mississippi towns-has been especially heavy in recent days. However, I'll speak only to my hometown, a place that can't say goodbye to people...

    Columns
  • THE RISE AND FALL OF JITNEY JUNGLE

    There are some business chains that you never see anymore. A grocery store that I can vaguely remember from my early childhood was Jitney Jungle. Jitney Jungle was a relatively short lived grocery store chain, compared...

    Columns
  • Terry News

    The MS Archives and History Volunteer Services hosted an Apprecian Luncheon on Monday in the Museum Restaurant. Fresh Cuts catered the event. Volunteers from the Welty House, Museum and MS Governirs Mansion were...

    Columns
  • Culpepper family chronicles

    Greetings from Libertyville, Illinois! The whole Culpepper crew drove 13+ hours up to my childhood hometown to celebrate my mother's birthday. It was wonderful. Great fun was had by all. I am quite blessed to have...

    Columns