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Let’s resume conversation
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,01/03/18-1:00PM , 200 Reads
STARKVILLE — If you will allow, gentle readers, I’d like to resume our four-decade conversation on these pages after an eight-month hiatus. I have sorely missed the interaction with you.

My return to writing after this unexpected interruption brings to mind one of my favorite tales from the history of journalism in America.
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Sens. counting on custom count on custom
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,05/03/17-2:55PM , 189 Reads
STARKVILLE — Despite substantial missteps and self-inflicted political wounds on any number of fronts, President Donald Trump’s administration has been impressive in moving quickly to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the death of the late Presiding Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Wicker tougher to beat than Cochran
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,04/26/17-3:58PM , 151 Reads
STARKVILLE — Much has been made of late of potential 2018 challengers to Mississippi’s junior Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Tupelo.
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Holland has been a hoot
By SID SALTER - Contributing Columnist
Wed,04/19/17-1:00PM , 252 Reads
STARKVILLE — Of all the characters I’ve come to know in almost four decades of writing about Mississippi politics, none is more memorable than state Rep. Steve Holland, the Democrat from Plantersville.
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Greenwood, 38930, MS

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Chance of Rain: 80%
Max Temp: 81°F
Min Temp: 61°F
Feels Like: 65°F
Dew Point: 65°F
Humidity: 64%
Sunrise: 6:21 AM
Sunset: 6:02 PM

Wind Speed: 0 to 5 mph
Wind Direction: SSW
Wind Gust: 20 mph
Sky Cover: 83%
Visibility: 10 mi
Dew Point: 65°F
Moon Rise: 10:27 PM
Moon Set: 8:16 AM

Showers and thunderstorms. Some of the storms could be severe. Cloudy. Low around 61, with temperatures rising to around 65 overnight. South southwest wind 0 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New rainfall amounts between a quarter and half of an inch possible.

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