For Linzy Patterson, Amory High School has always been home — first as a student, then as a teacher and coach. Now, he’ll take on a new role leading the ...

The holiday season finds people making shopping lists that include gifts for all of the special people in their lives. Such lists also feature the people with whom individuals may ...

Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump's administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation's biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during ...

Composting is an incredible way to transform organic materials like fallen leaves and kitchen scraps into a valuable soil amendment known as compost. This process not only reduces waste and ...

Facebook, for far too long now, has set my teeth on edge. The angry and meanspirited rants about politics and beyond hurt my heart and wear me out.

Nobody likes to see a detour sign. We have our plans and our schedules mapped out, and suddenly all that is changed by the ugly orange sign that says, “Detour!” ...

The Mississippi Department of Education has announced new pathways to become certified elementary educators and special educators. The change became effective Monday.

Throughout October, monks and nuns harvested olives at the Mount of Olives and the Gethsemane garden — where, according to the Gospel, Jesus spent the last night before ...

Since 2010, Small Business Saturday has been a popular promotion to get more shoppers into local small businesses. To be sure, American Express, which came up with the idea, also benefited. Small ...

Fall is an ideal time to consider planting an oak tree. The mighty oak, America’s National Tree, is visually appealing, with this wide leafy crown and broadly spreading limbs. Yet, it is more than a ...

Pontotoc Police Chief Bob Poe reported this week that a Pontotoc man who was stabbed on October 18 in Pontotoc by another Pontotoc resident died at the North Mississippi Medical ...

Itawamba Community College sophomore Samira Brewer has been selected as one of the 2025–2026 Mississippi Automotive Manufacturers Association (MAMA) Scholarship recipients, earning designation as a To ...