To the Editor:
A highlight a lot of us North Mississippians share every autumn is that first look at the KZ103 Fright Page. It seems as if for as long as the…
Add a bit of flavor and health benefits to your main course with some homegrown garlic. This vegetable has been used for thousands of years as…
That was it. I wasn’t expecting it a couple of Saturday nights ago, but one bite of Poppa Millard’s “Ole Hawg Pen” at a restaurant in Fulton w…
John is 65 years of age and thought he would file for his Social Security benefit. His wife is older but did not have enough quarters to file …
To the Editor:
Since every one of us started to feel familiar enough with family members to form bonds of unconditional love and started going to school and …
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A gravel driveway dips down from Route 40 in Cumberland County, Illinois into an empty field where once stood a handsome farmstead that was pl…
When someone coughs in public, it is no longer perceived as just a bystander with a dry throat, asthma or a smoker choking on a cigarette. A c…
Autumn is upon us and with winter rapidly approaching, you’re probably not spending much time thinking about your lawn. But during the fall of…
To the Editor:
I was able to get a meeting of minds together for an interesting discussion recently when my son, Matt, was back home for a few days to check …
Social Security is available at age 62 for all those who have earned this benefit, but the age at which you claim can make a huge difference i…
Ray Van Dusen is the managing editor of the Monroe Journal. He can be reached at ray.vandusen@journalinc.com.
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We bid my mother-in-law farewell on Sept. 10. She slipped away in peace just as she had wished.
Having been a pastor in the Baptist faith for more than 50 years, I’ve seen a multitude of changes within the church family. We’ve gone from t…
Whether it is the hot weather, the age of your landscape or simply the need for change, a late summer makeover can help you increase your land…
One of the less desirable places where most of us find ourselves from time to time is the waiting room. It’s a place filled with emotions that…
Being the oldest at the office among my colleagues, I find amusement in today’s conversational English as I hear conversations around me. I fi…
Back in school, there was a nearly two-month stretch between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and spring break that seemed to last for a semeste…
To the Editor,
The infections and fatalities linked to COVID-19 continue to rise, yet we Americans appear to remain conflicted about how we cope with this pandemic.
Rage Against the Machine. Public Enemy. Charlie Daniels. Tupac Shakur. Could all those guys ever wail when they had a microphone in their hand…
To the Editor:
Life is full of natural milestones that mark different stages of life. Milestone stems from a word that refers to a stone that functions as a …
As is, Monroe County has plenty of water running through it. Take a rainy spell, and it doesn’t take much for these creeks to rise out of thei…
From staying up late hostessing for people coming to El Rey for tacos to getting up at an early hour for workouts at Tupos. From nurturing a g…
When Bro. R.D. Cline spoke, everyone in the room heard him. There was no mistake about that. He could also throw you off guard with the stern …