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LESLIE CRISS: Moving on to next chapter both exciting, bittersweet
Twenty years and 23 days ago, I walked into the Daily Journal to start a new job. → Read More
LOCAL FOLKS: Couple on mission to give away copies of co-authored book
TUPELO • Stephen and Patti Thompson are on a mission. They are determined to give away hundreds of copies of a specific book. → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Purloined pottery pumpkin's presence profoundly missed
Something important to me has gone missing and I am not happy. → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Classic song provides impetus for sleep, inspiration for tattoo
Whatever the clouds plan to do, I always trust in the sun which never fails to come out.” – Munia Khan → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Despite heat, candy corn and trees foreshadow coming of fall
"I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house. So I have spent almost all the daylight hours in the open air." – → Read More
Miranda Lambert bound for BancorpSouth Arena
TUPELO – Country music singer/songwriter Miranda Lambert will make a stop in Tupelo early in 2020. → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Useless info might garner prize during trivia night
I had hoped to write some wise and pithy prose in this space, but then I came across an old email I’d squirreled away about a decade ago. → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Library fines for late book returns mortified young reader
Before I started first grade, I fell in love with the library. Back then, it was the Grenada County Library. Later the name was changed to honor an amazing woman → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Hurricanes a huge hunk of history for folks who call Coast home
Right about this time 50 years ago, I was in Biloxi with my friend June and her parents. → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Wailing wall no remedy but possibly a reprieve
World history is not a large presence in my wheelhouse. → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Game of bingo brings luck to otherwise unlucky
When it comes to winning prizes, I’m not abundantly lucky. → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Presley's report card as clean as a hound's tooth
Presley the pug went to school last Tuesday. → Read More
ROBERT ST. JOHN: Condensed milk, mac and cheese don't mix
There were a lot of crappy foods in my childhood meal rotations – cereals with way too much sugar, cheap meats, odd sandwich combinations, and frozen dinners – but I → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Abandoned pair of pups barely scratches surface of animal cruelty
When it comes to the negligence and abuse of animals, I am very judgmental. → Read More
NICHOLAS PHILLIPS: An American surprise in Scotland
Six years ago, my church took part in a “pulpit exchange” with two churches in Scotland. Essentially, this involved my wife and I spending five weeks in the Scottish Highlands around Inverness where I served Cawdor and Croy, two Church of Scotland congregations while the minister of those churches came to Mississippi where she was temporary pastor at New Hope. Realizing our parishioners would… → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Crayola take note: There's room in box for all colors
Way back in 1885, cousins Edwin Binney and C. Harold Smith started a business manufacturing shades of gray – carbon black, printing ink and slate pencils. → Read More
NICHOLAS PHILLIPS: What we know, who we love, what we do
In a Dennis the Menace comic strip several years ago, Dennis is shown talking with his neighbor Mr. Wilson, who is working in the yard and wearing shorts and a → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: A dark and stormy night: The rest of the story
A phone call from my friend Jean Bailey Kirk early last week brought kind words and a gentle reminder. → Read More
Museum hopes new branding means bright future
NEW ALBANY • McDonald’s has its arches, Target has its bullseye and Lacoste its alligator – broadly recognized logos that, along with branding, help these companies communicate their messages. → Read More
LESLIE CRISS: Surprise summer storm strands Piggly Wiggly shoppers
The weather these days continues to be as unpredictable as a politician. → Read More