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We were sitting there watching my wife’s favorite TV show, “Ice Road Truckers” when i looked out the window and saw something black moving across the driveway. It was big and long …
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by Tommy Cadle
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6/26/23
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Editor’s Note: Be sure to read Part I through V of this series from Iuka native Carlynn Rainey-Crawford in previous issues. Available online at www.tishco.news. Back in 2006, I had no idea of …
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by Carlynn Rainey-Crawford
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6/26/23
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In their first entry in the Mississippi Press Association Better Newspaper Contest since 2012, the Tishomingo County News earned five awards in the annual contest that recognizes excellence in …
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6/21/23
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Folks, as you can tell from the headline of this column, which you can guess was either taken from Major General Douglas MacArthur’s iconic quote upon American forces retaking the Philippines …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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6/14/23
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Editor’s Note: Be sure to read Part I through IV of this series from Iuka native Carlynn Rainey-Crawford in previous issues. Available online at www.tishco.news.
At the beginning of this …
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by Carlynn Rainey-Crawford
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5/31/23
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Part III Editor’s Note: Be sure to read Part I and II of this series from Iuka native Carlynn Rainey Calvert in previous issues. Available online at www.tishco.news. There was finally some …
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by Carlynn Rainey-Crawford
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5/31/23
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Editor’s Note: Be sure to read Part I through III of this series from Iuka native Carlynn Rainey Calvert in previous issues. Available online at www.tishco.news.
The downsides to working with …
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by Carlynn Rainey-Crawford
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5/31/23
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Editor’s Note: Be sure to read Part I of this series from Iuka native Carlynn Rainey in last week’s issue. Available online at www.tishco.news. The job situation wasn’t looking good …
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by Carlynn Rainey-Crawford
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5/24/23
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As sure as the sunburn on my face, little league baseball in Iuka held its Opening Day this past Saturday. The first column I wrote exactly one year ago was about Opening Day 2022. Some things …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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4/5/23
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I do not expect most folks turn to this column for what is referred to as “hard news.” I try to go out of my way to avoid telling readers how they should live their lives. So, one can …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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3/29/23
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Spring Break loses a lot of its luster when you become less interested in college fun and more worried about paying into your child’s college fund. So, with the weather in Florida peaking in …
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by Nate Clark, Town Cryings
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3/22/23
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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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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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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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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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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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