Dear Editor, I have a problem with agencies supported by county taxpayer money tabbing ads in the paper to support Black History Month or being able to take any ads. This is money to be used to help t…
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Votes matter
Dear Editor, This mantra has taken on a new meaning in regards to voting.…
St. Francis on my mind
I was baptized in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Greenville on March of 1971, surrounded by all of my family. But life changed and we moved from there to Cleveland when I was three and I have …
Burning Fields
Dear Editor, Living in a small community like Cleveland has its advantages. …
State should keep this ranking
Gather together 1,000 of Mississippi’s more than 45,000 kindergarten students and odds are only three will not have been vaccinated.…
Study shows Medicaid spending in state exceeds national growth
When former state senator Tim Johnson announced his decision to switch from the GOP to the Democratic Party in declaring his intent to take on incumbent Republican Lt. Gov. Tate Reeves, it was a virtu…
Bryant making good on pledge for tighter controls
In the aftermath of prison kickback arrests, Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant is keeping his pledge to seek tighter controls.…
CONSERVATION CORNER: Mississippi Senate Page Wins Big
Daniel Clark of Brookhaven recently earned several top honors as part of the United States Senate Pages awards ceremony that marked the end of his time in Washington as a page sponsored by U.S. Senato…
Sports Scene with Rick Cleveland
The NFL Scouting Combine takes place next week. Indianapolis is where young men will go to be weighed, measured, timed, tested, interviewed and much more. Millions of dollars can be made — or lost — d…
Don’t deny justice
I am writing you in response to the article on the resentencing of Kelvin Dycus that appeared in your paper on January 15, 2015. My siblings and I were born in Boyle and were raised by our pare…