Inspired by the Saints victory, I loaded up the family and headed down to Mardi Gras. I am kicking myself for missing so many years. Mardi Gras is intimidating to outsiders, even more so when ch...
Mandates should come with proper funding In Montgomery County, new federal mandates will now require county road manager Jimmy Gant to report erosion problems on four county bridges during flood warnings over the next year. County engi...
Tea Party Convention: More solutions, less attacks Two weeks ago while observing some of the Tea Party Convention, I must admit I cannot understand some of the stuff that was being presented, revealed or loosely debated. Let me go on to say, that...
Honored to know Patti The community is mourning a dear friend this week as Patti Finley, music and performing arts teacher at Winona Elementary School, passed away last Thursday from cancer. Patti was one of my very f...
Counties saw light dusting during winter storms Sunday night, I stood on my back steps watching it snow. The icy flakes made a tap, tap, tap sound on my windows and gutters, and a light dusting of white powder coated my grill and garbage can ...
Will you dwell or excel? Here we are a little past the middle of the month of February, and I was just wondering to myself how have those of us who truly celebrate Black History month faired since the last one? Have you g...
Merger’s death was easy prediction We don’t pretend to be especially prescient, but it was obvious to us back in November that Gov. Haley Barbour’s proposal to consolidate the three historically black universities was going nowhere...
Thursday, I was a guest of Coach Hamby's speech class at Winona Christian School. The class has recently kicked off a series of guest speakers from the business community, and I (gulp) was the f...
With all this talk of budget cuts and shortfall in revenues you would think politicians would have found all sorts of alternatives for creating more revenue. I've already told you why we are in o...
Last weekend, I attended the Mississippi Press Association Mid-Winter Conference in Jackson. Every time I return from one of these bi-yearly events with newspaper people from across the state ...
The show choir from Winona Elementary School along with choir members from Winona High School and Winona Junior High made a trip to Delta State University Tuesday to record an original song, writte...
When reading about all the commotion regarding health care reform, I am reminded of an old rock song titled, "We Won't Get Fooled Again." In particular, the line, "meet the new boss, same as the ...
Thirteen dogs and one cat have been killed in Winona in the last few weeks - poisoned or shot in the New Hope Road area. A substantial reward has been offered to apprehend the person or persons ...