OpinionFielder’s Choice By Barry Burleson Enjoyable beach time The arrival of some cold temperatures this week made me long for another week at the beach. The
family’s annual trip to the Alabama coast Thanksgiving week was once
again a fabulous break from the day-to-day work and school routine. Full Story
Close to Nowhere
By Linda Jones
It’s beginning to look...
...a lot like Christmas! Finally!
I guess the global warming
trend is even hitting the South, as this has been as warm a winter as
last year’s. I don’t mind warm winters; in fact, I don’t like cold at
all, but in December, to get in the Christmas mood, you need cold
temperatures and gray skies that look like it might snow just at any
minute now. Full Story
Wicker applauds passage of Defense Bill U.S. Senator Roger F. Wicker Every
year for the past five decades, the Senate has passed an outline of
defense spending for the coming year. Known as the National Defense
Authorization Act (NDAA), the legislation is instrumental in making
sure our troops have the resources they need to fulfill their missions
around the world. I am honored to have an active role in producing the
defense bill as a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Foremost among my responsibilities is supporting America’s defense
priorities and the well-being of our brave men and women in uniform. Full Story
Letters to The Editor Exciting book To the Editor, In
case you didn’t know yet, an exciting book relating to Holly Springs
has recently been published. The author is our own Margaret Delashmit,
who not too terribly long ago wrote beautiful articles in The South
Reporter about gardening and other topics. The South Reporter figures
in her book, “Thief.” Also in there is Phillips Grocery, a bicycle
shop, and many individuals that we might think we recognize, or at
least wonder about. Full Story
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