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Movie Review: “By Any Means”
By Bob Garver “By Any Means” is a movie about two desperate FBI employees that can’t decide if it wants to be a “Buddy Cop” movie or not. The pair are mismatched, but are they “comically” mismatched? The pair banter, is there enough banter to qualify for the “Buddy Cop” label? There’s action, but is…
Read MoreWashington School football team visits St. John’s Episcopal Church
The Washington School football team joined the congregation of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Leland for the 9 a.m. service Sunday, August 16. Visiting priest, Rev. Andy Andrews, welcomed the team during a sermon centered on a simple message: God delights in us and loves each of us. Preaching from Matthew 15:10-28, Andrews reflected on…
Read MoreBack to School!
It is official: summer has come to an end. The leaves on the trees are beginning to turn colors, and the familiar smiling faces are returning to the classrooms. Students are practicing their favorite sports, some are meeting new friends, while others are experiencing school for the very first time in their lives. As this…
Read MoreLeland-Deer Creek Garden Club shares the wonder of Monarch butterflies
Recently, Washington School welcomed special visitors from the Leland-Deer Creek Garden Club, who brought monarch butterflies in the caterpillar stage to our school. Patti Livingston and Gwin Cumbaa read the Dr. Seuss book “My, Oh My—A Butterfly! All About Butterflies” and taught students in grades 1, 2, and 3 about the life cycle of a…
Read MoreCoach Davis earns Delta’s Best of the Best Award
For the Delta’s Best of the Best contest – Congratulations to Coach Davis, who was voted Best of the Best – Women’s Coach! St. Joseph Catholic School is so proud to have Coach Davis leading the St. Joe Lady Irish! Her dedication, leadership, and commitment to the student-athletes make an impact both on and off…
Read MoreSomething special from the Editor
There’s always something I am always asked over and over again, “Jacob, how do you make time to do the things that you do?” or “Jacob, aren’t you a little too young to be involved as much as you are in things?” The truth is, I don’t know how to properly answer those questions. I…
Read More“The Stories of Home” released
Rachael Hester of Leland has announced the release of The Stories of Home, a collection of writings, calendars, keepsakes, and memory books. Included in the collection are several books, an educational book about Mississippi, and even some books that can be filled in with information about loved ones as their stories relate to Mississippi. Many…
Read MoreLooking for God on the left-handed side of life
By J. D. Yates Have you ever noticed how much of the world seems designed for right-handed people? From school desks to scissors, from tools to table manners, the left-handed person often has to adjust to a world that was not built with them in mind. They learn early how to reach across, shift their…
Read MoreLelanders open Stray Dog of the Delta
There is a new business making its way to the Mississippi Delta: Stray Dog of the Delta is located at 328 Main Street in Greenville. The Stray Dog of the Delta is Greenville’s neighborhood craft beer bottle shop and beer garden, located in historic downtown Greenville. Owned and operated by Mary Catherine and Nolan Brooks…
Read MoreMemorial Note: Frederick Joseph Smythe, 1946-2026
By Guest Columnist Jon Meacham He contained multitudes. Sweet and stubborn, charming and rugged, conservative and iconoclastic, strong and sometimes vulnerable, Rick Smythe was forever entwined with this place and its people; forever wed to this land, and to what grows out of it. He was blessed with a world of his own—the world of…
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