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But we are proud to say that Nan Shiverdecker contributed 44 entries already.
Privatization efforts are under way to move even Traditional Medicare into the control of chosen for-profit entities. Many seniors have already been auto-aligned into organizations they have neither chosen nor been informed about.
It is true that politics makes strange bedfellows, but there are other causes, as well – at least at our house.
A recent discovery, found while sorting through piles of my past, made me remember many reasons why I loved growing up in Memphis. Unfortunately, the treasure is undated, but I know by life circumstances that it was created sometime in the late 1970s or early 1980s. It was the first valentine I ever sent […]
A driver lost control of a vehicle and crashed into a building in downtown New Albany Thursday night, Jan. 14. The accident occurred about 10 p.m. The vehicle, eastbound on Bankhead St., was apparently attempting a left turn onto Railroad Avenue when it crashed into the building at the northeast corner of that intersection. The […]
GOP-led Senate stalls on $2000 checks. Newly-elected Louisiana Congressman, 41, dies of COVID. US, EU pressure China over jailed journalist.
Mississippi continues to spiral upward in COVID-19 deaths; a more contagious strain could soon be on our doorstep.
Brandon Presley, North Mississippi’s representative on the Mississippi Service Commission (PSC), presented a “virtual” version of the signature town-hall type meeting of which he is a master. He is always a well-informed, well-prepared provider of information. Tonight’s virtual version was no exception and over 700 folks dropped in to hear what he had to say. […]
New Albany, Miss., September 2020 Revitalizing and improving New Albany’s city park system has become a top priority for the the city’s Community Development office. Grants from private sources have financed many of the improvements made thus far. Speaking of a grant that will be spent on improvements of Northside Park, Community Development […]
COVID-19: Week of September 8 – 14, 2020 Note: The MSDH did not report full hospital data last week on either September 7 or 8. The most recent days reported are through 9-10-2020: This week’s report is adjusted to include data not reflected in last week’s report. STATEWIDE MISSISSIPPI Mississippi had 2639 new COVID-19 […]
New Albany, MS – When I was eight, my six year old brother, Phil, was one of the many US polio fatalities in 1954, the very year that field trials began for Salk’s vaccine. Phil fell ill on a family visit to my grandparents in Pontotoc. A physician assured my parents that, while he […]
Once upon a time there was a house in New Albany, where Indoor (Lilly & Busty) and Outdoor (Jackie & Whitey) cousins lived lives of mutual, periodic dissatisfaction. The Indoor cousins never missed a chance to attempt escaping to the freedom of the outdoors, where adventure awaited them. The Outdoor cousins, bored with their lives […]
Yesterday, in the middle of a busy day, I learned that Yogi Berra had died on September 22nd. It brought my day to a screeching halt as memories of watching Yankee games with my father rolled over me, and tears suddenly filled my eyes. My dad, who grew up in Brooklyn, loved baseball. But the […]
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