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Drought has been rough
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,11/08/23-2:00AM , 940 Reads
STARKVILLE – While the bulk of conversation in the state in recent days has been devoted to the election and college football fortunes, the most impactful conversation has occurred among farmers, ranchers, livestock producers and others in the state’s $9.72 billion agricultural economy.
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Ayers was Biggers’ big case
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,11/01/23-2:00AM , 1336 Reads
STARKVILLE — The jurist who brought so-called “open enrollment” to Mississippi higher education as part of settling historic racial discrimination in funding and resources died last month, but he left a powerful shadow over the state’s university system.
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Rotary still battling polio
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,10/25/23-2:00AM , 1124 Reads
STARKVILLE – U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Olympian Wilma Rudolph, actors Donald Sutherland and Alan Alda, golf legend Jack Nicklaus, NFL head coach Bud Grant, New York City Ballet principal dancer Tanaquil Le Clercq, Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee and Israeli American violin virtuoso Itzhak Perlman.
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Reeves remains the favorite
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,10/18/23-2:00AM , 1062 Reads
STARKVILLE – In incumbent Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley, Mississippi Democrats have found their most formidable gubernatorial nominee in this century. However competitive the 2023 race, the numbers still favor Republican incumbent Gov. Tate Reeves.
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