2025 Municipal General Election Day Reminders
Mississippi’s 2025 Municipal General Election Day is less than one week away. The June 3 ballot features municipal offices across the state. Polls for the Municipal General Election will open at 7:00 a.m. and close at 7:00 p.m. Any voter in line at 7:00 p.m. is legally entitled to cast a ballot. To familiarize…
Read MoreMovie Review: “Lilo & Stitch”
By Bob Garver The latest edition of Disney’s trend of remaking its animated classics in live action or “realistic” CGI is “Lilo & Stitch.” I remember seeing the 2002 original with my mom, both of us huge Disney fans, and we agreed that the studio’s magic from its mostly-90’s “Renaissance” era was long gone. I’ve…
Read MorePastor’s Perspective: The shade they gave us: Honoring those who paved the way
By Guest Columnist Rev. J.D. Yates As Mother’s Day approaches, our hearts turn toward the women who shaped us—not just with their hands, but with their hearts, sacrifices and prayers. And yet, despite the magnitude of their contribution, we often fail to fully recognize the extent of a mother’s selflessness. Mothers have historically been the…
Read More‘Secret’s in the sauce’ this summer
By Kara Kimbrough I’m stealing this phrase…”Secret’s in the sauce” from an old TV commercial and claiming it as the motto for Summer ’25. More specifically, I’ll use it anytime I’m serving burgers, steaks, pork chops or basically any type of grilled meat that need a “little something extra.” I’ll also utter it when preparing…
Read MoreLooking back down a long road
By Guest Columnist Billy Johnson I got to spend an afternoon with one of my favorite people, Albert Bassi. His son, James Bassi, and his nephew, Frankie Cascio, were classmates of mine. We grew up hunting and fishing together. The Bassis lived north of Elizabeth in the heart of our hunting and fishing territory. Mr.…
Read MoreGehrke newest Rotary member
Miller Gehrke (left) was recently welcomed as a new member of Leland Rotary Club.
Read MoreJim Henson focus of Study Club for April
By Carole Kelly A guest appearance by a well-known Muppet brought smiles to members of the Clinton Study Club when Roland Roberts discussed the life of James Maury “Jim” Henson, American puppeteer. The presentation is the eighth in the club year’s “Mississippi celebrities” theme. Roberts introduced the subject by sharing a history of puppetry, noting…
Read More1,434 Washington County, Mississippi electricity customers without power
Washington County, Mississippi – 1,434 out of 15,243 tracked meters (9.41%) are without power in Washington County, Mississippi. There are currently 1,456 homes and businesses without power in Washington County, Mississippi. This represents 9.55% of the 15,243 customers we track in the county as of May 25, 2025 8:15:03 PM Central Daylight Time. Washington County, Mississippi currently has the 4th most power outages of any state and the 13th highest ratio of customers out…
Read MoreMS Delta CC MLT students place 1st in competition
The Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) Medical Laboratory Technology (MLT) Program’s sophomore students and faculty recently attended the 2025 American Society for Clinical Laboratory Science’s (ASCLS) Bi-State Meeting held in Lafayette, Louisiana. Two teams from MDCC competed in the MLT Student Bowl Competition. Team A , which included Leland students Ashlynne Ross and Amethyst Washington,…
Read MorePope Francis dies at 88
By Guest Columnist Jacob Venuti Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, was born December 17, 1936, and was ordained a priest on December 13, 1969. Bergoglio dedicated his life to public service; he was appointed as a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II and, later, went on to be elected as 266th pope…
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