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Another week of eighty-degree February weather in beautiful, crime-free Iuka, Mississippi, and something has to break soon - while I was sitting down to type this column, I pulled a tick off myself. …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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3/1/23
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“You can take the girl out of the small town, but you can’t take the small town out of the girl.” True story when it comes to this small town girl. I moved away from Iuka in 2002 to …
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by Carlynn Rainey-Crawford
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2/22/23
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As I type this column, the temperature the next two days (days that are occurring during the calendar month of February) is going to be above eighty degrees. That’s right, February is going to …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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2/22/23
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It’s been a busy week in beautiful, crime-free Iuka, Mississippi. In the span of just three days, we’ve managed to squeeze in two formerly pure joyful celebrations slowly spoiled by …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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2/15/23
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As the Seniors stepped on the TC basketball court Friday night for their final regular season game, emotions were high. The girls were pumped with excitement from a big win, while the boys were …
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Perspective by Thayer Glidewell
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2/9/23
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According to the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) Office of Vital records, in 2021 more Mississippians died of heart disease than cancer and diabetes combined. This trend has been …
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by Sonya Sanderson
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2/8/23
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Welcome to Mississippi in February, where it’s sixty degrees now because of course it is. Last week it was so cold I was Googling “Jobs in Venezuela If You Don’t Speak …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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2/8/23
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In one of the most egregious examples of government overreach, legislation passing along state-mandated pricing to hard-working Mississippians while excluding the legislators’ personal health …
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by Scott Waller
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2/8/23
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Remember when most everyone took vacations every year, frequently spending a week or more getting away from the busy routine of work and everyday life? Nowadays, the cost of fuel, food, lodging, and …
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by Bruce Hartfield
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2/1/23
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On one blissful summer day at the lake, I received a text from a local friend: “Grimey has a food truck with smashburgers set up today by your place and they are amazing.” Had my friend …
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by Mary Beard Grodsky, The Local Tourist
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1/25/23
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We are not out of January yet and I’m thinking about a do-over on my New Year’s Resolutions. I mean, I haven’t lost a pound. I haven’t eaten more leafy vegetables. I have not …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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1/25/23
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We are so thankful for the support of our readers, subscribers and the whole community through this past year of rebuilding the News, and we have plans for expansion and more features telling the story of Tishomingo County, Pickwick Lake and all the great people who live here.
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by Pamela McRae, Managing Editor
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1/25/23
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Growing up in beautiful, crime-free Iuka, Mississippi, you learn certain life lessons the rest of the world is deprived of. “Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,” for example. …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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1/18/23
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Six Years, ago we had the dishonor in Tishomingo County of the most roadside trash, according to MDOT! We have come a long way in Iuka and Tishomingo County, but we can do better, we can do more. A …
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by Nelson Johnson
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1/18/23
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“It’s over,” my sainted wife woefully proclaims to me every year, usually around a day or two before Thanksgiving.
“What is, dear?” I reply, not taking my eyes …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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1/4/23
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In Ecclesiastes, an Old Testament book supposedly written by King Soloman 2,500 years ago:“Meaningless, meaningless. Utterly meaningless. Everything is meaningless,” mourns the king.This …
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by Wyatt Emmerich, Northside Sun
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12/28/22
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Friends, we are 360 odd days from New Year’s Day 2022 and, I am sad to report, I still do not have six pack abs. To be honest, that always felt like more of a 2023 kind of resolution. New …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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12/28/22
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I just walked into the house from attending the Tishomingo 2022 Christmas parade. It was a great parade for a small town and brought back so many memories from when I was teaching at Tishomingo High …
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by Ruth Dawson, Sweet Memories
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12/14/22
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We are basically one week until Christmas here in Northeast Mississippi. For those of you who don’t regularly work in the local criminal courts, it’s the time of year where the lyrics to …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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12/14/22
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Last Friday, as it does every first Friday in December, beautiful, crime-free Iuka, Mississippi held its annual Christmas parade. The temperature was downright mild and the rain held off. We have had …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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12/7/22
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I spent my Thanksgiving holidays like I do most years: watching a soccer game being played in a small Middle Eastern country. That’s a joke. I don’t watch soccer … ever. I prefer …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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12/1/22
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Today I am getting off a plane on the west coast, eager to spend Thanksgiving with my daughter’s family. Although I visit often, it’s been years since the whole family has been together. …
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by Betty Compton
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11/22/22
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I have committed a sin. One that, in the South, is barely forgivable. Even though I am a former season ticket holder to Ole Miss, my two boys have never been to an SEC football game. Now that they …
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by Mary Beard Grodsky, The Local Tourist
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11/16/22
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Well, it’s time for Autumn poems to come to an end since we are into November, overnight lows are in the 20s, and Thanksgiving is next week! But before we end this I need to remind you that the …
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by Kirby McRae
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11/16/22
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It’s the middle of November here in beautiful, crime-free Iuka and it’s already too cold for me to be expected to attend any event where I’m not contractually obligated to show up. …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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11/16/22
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