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Political Money-Grab

EDITORIAL Did you bet on March Madness? I did, and many of you did, too. Americans bet billions on NCAA tournaments. We also “spent $60 billion at casinos last year (and) about $12 billion on online sports betting,”...

April 10, 2025 · John Stossel

Twists & Turns: Let's See If We Can Find a Smile

of people are still experiencing shock, pain and loss from the devastating tornados that ripped through the South and particularly southern Mississippi in March. Many prayers have been sent Heavenward, and my heart goes...

April 10, 2025 · Judy Causey Love

Terry's Creek News

CATHERINE BROWN Terry’s Creek News Last Sunday was our Fifth Sunday sing. Members of our church were the ones who shared in special music. Was some beautiful singing and music for all in attendance to enjoy and be...

April 3, 2025 · Catherine Brown

Felder's Garden Rhythm

Looks like we aren’t gonna have another late frost this year, so here goes, tucking summer flowers in between winter and spring beauties still in their prime. Even before traditional Good Friday planting, which is...

April 3, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Sometimes Nothing But Homemade Cake Will Do

Everywhere I turned last week… every internet post… every magazine cover in the supermarket checkout line… every conversation I overheard in the supermarket checkout line… you get the picture… it seemed like...

April 3, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

It's Finally Spring. Better Mow Your Lawn.

It’s finally spring. Better mow your lawn. If you don’t, your town government may fine you thousands of dollars a day. Worse, if you can’t pay the fine, they may confiscate your home. Six years ago, in Dunedin,...

April 3, 2025 · John Stossel

Terry's Creek News

CATHERINE BROWN Terry’s Creek News Blessings were ours to receive as we met at our Lord’s House last Sunday to worship. Music was wonderful as we sang praises to our Lord. It so good to have our Music Leader Dennis...

March 27, 2025 · Catherine Brown

Felder's Mulch Finds

Page A6 Thursday, March 27, 2025 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Lucked up on several overstuffed bags of freshly mown oak leaves and grass clippings on a neighbor’s curb. There were no pines or magnolias, so the leaves were...

March 27, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Homemade Biscuits Make Life Worth Living

The homemade biscuit, a beloved American icon, is on the endangered species list. I blame it on supermarket biscuits marketing themselves as “homemade,” with an “old fashioned buttermilk taste.” In reality,...

March 27, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Last Week's Five Accomplishments

Last week’s five accomplishments by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette List five things you accomplished last week. US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said he secured $5 billion for the US Treasury in one day by...

March 27, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

DEI Is Dying

ED ITOR IAL President Donald Trump ended federal DE I programs. Even before, companies were having second thoughts. Victoria’s Secret changed “Diversity, Equity and Inclusion” to “inclusion and belonging.”...

March 27, 2025 · John Stossel

Twists & Turns: Putting Our Existence in Perspective

TWISTS & TURNS: PUTTING OUR EXISTENCE IN PERSPECTIVE BY JUDY CAUSEY LOVE, SOUTHEAST ALABAMA CONTRIBUTING EDITOR In case you are not aware of it, the end of February and the month of March have really been a ‘hot’...

March 27, 2025 · Judy Causey Love

Terry's Creek News

CATHERINE BROWN Terry’s Creek News Terry’s Creek is back. My computer had crashed and had to purchase a new one and my Granddaughter Prissy Craft ordered me one cause could not find a place in McComb where could...

March 20, 2025 · Catherine Brown

Felder's Essential Pruning Tools

Ironic, that a guy who hasn’t cut his hair since his navy days loves to prune shrubs. Like shaving my neck, trimming the moustache, and plucking errant eyebrows, keeping the fig compact and easy-toharvest and the...

March 20, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Keep It Simple When Celebrating Spring

The official start of spring is this week... this fact alone should be cause for celebration. After all, what’s not to love about spring? We’re in all-too-short balmy window before summer’s oppressive heat...

March 20, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Kenny Hodges' Spirit-filled life

by John Stossel Kenny Hodges’ Spirit-filled life by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette I attended a revival last week. Well actually it was a funeral for my long-time friend Kenny Hodges. I met Kenny at...

March 20, 2025 · Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette

The Good, The Bad, The Undocumented

President Donald Trump is deporting immigrants -- 11,000 last month. Some people are unhappy about that. Last week a judge ordered a stop to Trump’s removal of Venezuelan nationals. (Deportation happened anyway.) I...

March 20, 2025 · John Stossel

Felder's Garden Guardians

Who welcomes, amuses, and inspires you and visitors to your garden, and looks over it while you are not around? Most folks have garden-planting juices gushing in this month’s over-alluring balmy weather and garden...

March 13, 2025 · Felder Rushing

New Cooking Show Yielded Inspiration for One Pot Meal

Disclaimer: I haven’t watched Meghan Markle’s Netflix cooking show, “With Love, Meghan.” I admired Princess Diana and have similar feelings for Prince William, as well as his wife, Princess Kate. Stodgy King...

March 13, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Cool or common sense

sense by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette Remember when cool was cool? High school and Hollywood were cool. Substance had nothing to do with cool. Popularity is the key to cool. It’s not necessarily what...

March 13, 2025 · Daniel Gardner

Tax the Past?

EDITORIAL Climate activists have found a new way to force us to pay more for energy. New York and Vermont passed laws that will raise the price of oil, gas and electricity by taxing the past. New York’s new law...

March 13, 2025 · John Stossel

Felder's Framework of Vines

Page A6 Thursday, March 6, 2025 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE Not to put too fine a point on this, but vines need sunshine. They are simply plants with long, thin stems, and in nature they wrap or cling tightly to trees as they...

March 6, 2025 · Felder Rushing

Stay in Mississippi to Enjoy March's Main Events

Thursday, March 6, 2025 Page A3 MAGNOLIA GAZETTE I’m calling it now…March is going to a great month! Why would I make such a bold statement? For starters, it contains two of my favorite occurrences of the year:...

March 6, 2025 · Kara Kimbrough

Nothing Has Really Changed

THE DEATH OF EUROPE by John Stossel Nothing has really changed by Daniel Gardner, Special to the Gazette You know that war over there that nobody talks about over here? Yeah, the second war Biden botched during his...

March 6, 2025 · Daniel Gardner