Opinion
Like the rest of the nation, state’s Death Row population declines the last 20 years
Mississippi hasn’t executed a Death Row inmate since former grocery store butcher Gary Carl Simmons Jr. was executed on June 20, 2012, for the grisly ...
Staff Reports, Author at Prentiss Headlight
Opinion
Did I wait too long to save for my child’s college education?
By the time your child is nine years old, they are halfway to college. As the father of a 10-year-old, that’s a pretty startling sentence ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, August 17, 2021 4:38 pm
Opinion Columnists
Preparing for the Unexpected
How prepared are you for the unexpected? Let’s face it: Life happens. You lose your job. There’s an unexpected medical bill or an unplanned home ...
by Staff Reports, Wednesday, August 4, 2021 11:33 am
Opinion Columnists
Return to the Neshoba County Fair after the COVID shutdown wonderful, yet strange
With no active political races and a fairgrounds population returning after a 2020 hiatus caused by the global COVID pandemic, this summer’s return to the ...
by Staff Reports, Wednesday, August 4, 2021 10:52 am
Opinion
State’s casinos showing record growth as pent-up demand drives overflow crowds
How ready were gamblers to return to Mississippi Gulf Coast casinos after COVID and the resulting shutdowns? Big time ready, it would seem. Back in ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, July 27, 2021 3:38 pm
Opinion
End-of-Summer Learning Ideas for Kids
We are now just weeks away from the start of another school year. Summer vacations are wrapping up. Back-to-school sales have taken over retail stores. ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, July 27, 2021 3:37 pm
Opinion
Your Questions Answered by Treasurer David McRae
One of my priorities as Mississippi Treasurer is to make state government more accessible to you, the taxpayer. So, this July, I held my first ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 3:37 pm
Opinion
Neshoba County Fair’s return will be welcome after the COVIOD-19 pandemic hiatus
Even for the hot and dirty clean-up after two years of absence, it was good to get back to our Neshoba County Fair cabin after ...
by Staff Reports, Tuesday, July 20, 2021 3:36 pm
Opinion
After two years of political unrest and pandemic, is anyone shocked over UFO reports?
Over the last two years, a global pandemic rocked the international economy and the civilized world withdrew and in great measure shut down for a ...
by Staff Reports, Wednesday, June 9, 2021 9:42 am
Opinion
Partisan politics aside, contradictions abound in Miss. Medicaid expansion debate
When it comes to the provision of public health care in Mississippi, the partisan political considerations have changed little since Democratic former President Barack Obama ...