Possumhaw: Hoy, hoypoo, koillee

Partial to Home: Tennessee Williams comes to visit

On the front page of the May 9, 1952, edition of this newspaper, a page that has stripped across the bottom: "Week's best slogan: We'll get more done if we work together," is a story about Tennessee Williams' visit to Columbus. This was the playwright's first time back in his birthplace, according to the article, since he was 3 years old.

Ask Rufus: A New City Hall and Fire Station

Last week Carol Brown took her fourth grade class from New Hope Elementary School on a walking tour of downtown Columbus to discover the history found in the buildings there. They had some questions about City Hall's history and the old bell that is displayed in front of the building.

Slimantics: Through the lens of Willie Nash's cellphone, stories of contraband

Today's topic is prison contraband and what happens to you when you're caught with it -- or rather what happened when Willie Nash got caught with it.

Scott Colom: Two proposals for addressing the state's prison crisis

This week communities gathered to celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Americans of all backgrounds -- rural, urban, rich, poor, black, white -- commemorated the sacrifices King made for freedom and equality. But King's holiday is also a time to challenge ourselves to live up to our nation's commitment to freedom and equality, a reminder of the need to see the humanity and dignity in others as King preached.

Everette Cribb: You can't impeach connection

Everywhere you turn this week you're reading and hearing about a Donald Trump presidency in a free fall, in turmoil, in disarray. It's as though the media which can't get enough of this guy also can't get enough of piling on him at the same time.

Possumhaw: Nothing with a face

Blue Zones are calling my name. The magazine Worthwhile arrived in the mail with an article on Blue Zones. The Parade insert in the Sunday Dispatch (Jan. 12) ran an article on Blue Zones. By then I was intrigued and continued reading at their website (bluezones.com).

Birney Imes: Oak Slush Creek revisited

While battling a case of cabin fever on a cold, rainy afternoon the Sunday before Christmas, I sent Craig Hill a text asking if he wanted to go paddling. We'd had a lot of rain and the river was high.

Ask Rufus: A Town Called Mill Port

I have been asked about the history and story behind Millport, Alabama, which is located 24 miles up Highway 50 from Columbus.

Wyatt Emmerich: Lack of funding is choking state-run parks system

Mississippi has a lot of wonderful people. One of them is Sam Polles, 27-year executive director of the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks.

Possumhaw: A good day for somebody

Once I lived where there were four distinct seasons all within their proper boundaries. It was quite predictable, though the winter seemed long and ice and snow turned to brown slush lasting well into spring. There's a certain advantage to growing up and living in the South. Very often all four seasons come within the same week.

Partial to Home: Mission Mississippi

It is not every day you drive down Seventh Avenue North in Columbus -- a timeworn neighborhood made more so by a tornado 10 months ago -- and see young Amish women in calico skirts toting power tools through red clay mud.

Ask Rufus: The Land Pirates

The headline in Friday's Dispatch read "A Pirate Comes Ashore," referring to Mike Leach's arrival in Starkville on Jan. 9 to become Mississippi State's new football coach. Also, on Jan. 9 -- but in 1836 -- The Natchez Daily Courier ran a notice that "The Western Land Pirates" had arrived at the Natchez steamboat Landing.

Possumhaw: Time is not on my side

Some of the suggestions from A. J. Jacobs' book "Drop Dead Healthy" bear repeating since it's January and we've all overindulged a bit -- and a lot of the gyms were closed for the holidays and, even if they were open, we weren't able to go because we had all the holiday festivities and guests to attend to.

Ask Rufus: The Year of Wonders

Recently I have had people ask me about an old Indian trail that crossed Tibbee Creek near the location of Highway 45 Alternate, about early steamboats and about the New Madrid earthquake.

Slimantics: A Reeves-Hosemann showdown seems inevitable

When the Mississippi Legislature convenes for its annual session on Tuesday, it may be business as usual on the House side, but the Senate is under new management.

Possumhaw: Something has got to go

Another Christmas is behind us, and soon another year. All the wrappings, boxes, bags, ribbons, and bows lay strewn across the floor, crammed into garbage bags, or neatly hand-pressed and folded for another year.

Ask Rufus: A Sporting Heritage

With the holidays and the approaching new year, many friends have had to decide between watching ball games or going hunting. The Golden Triangle area has a grand and centuries-old heritage of both.

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