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Fester's Facts

Whoops, scratch that. Instead, it's time for our raving correspondent Fester:

It's time again for our prophet crying out in the wilderness, our hope in a hopeless world, the voice of reason in an unreasonable universe ...

Nikki McCray-Penson

Mississippi State University hired former Old Dominion women’s basketball coach Nikki McCray-Penson to replace Vic Schaefer as the Bulldogs’ head coach.

Good Ideas: Girl Power

If we continue to tell girls that it's not acceptable to be bossy, we are setting them up for failure. We are telling them it is not their place to …

30-Second Advantage

Just before her junior year in college at Delta State University, around 1999, now the love of my life and bride, Lacey, met a young man while working at a …

Bryan's Bold Predicitons

I was on a mission. Locked in a one-window room with no air-conditioning, just a laptop and a notepad, I began to burn up the Internet with my searches, watching …

Hurricanes 2, Eagles 0

The Southern Miss football team got screwed on, all in the name of the almighty TV dollar. In the biggest non-surprise of the season, Conference USA rescheduled the Golden Eagles' …

JFP College Football Preview 2017: University of Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles

Year one of the Jay Hopson era was frustrating. USM opened the season with a major comeback victory over the University of Kentucky only to commit three turnovers in a …

New Health Care Provisions Go Into Effect

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A Long Time Coming

Mississippi State and Southern Miss announced last week that they will play a two-game, home-and-home series in football starting in 2014. It's about bloody time.

2018 College Basketball Preview

Starkville, Miss., could end up earning most of the attention in the state this college-basketball season. Mississippi State University is set up to make major noise with its men's and …

AP Exclusive: Applying for Obama Plan Not Easy

Applying for benefits under President Barack Obama's health care overhaul could be as daunting as doing your taxes.

Barbour Calls Himself a ‘Fat Redneck'

In an interview yesterday on CNN's "John King USA," Gov. Haley Barbour refused to criticize Republic National Chairman Michael Steele and characterized himself as a "fat redneck."

Taking the Side of Unions

Some Mississippians are taking sides on Wisconsin state employees who are protesting Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's proposed budget that would eliminate state employee unions' collective bargaining rights.

Mississippi artist Bill Durham included on "The United States of Americana, Vol. 4"

Bill Durhams' cover of rockabilly smash "PINK CADILLAC" was selected for inclusion on "The United States of Americana, Vol. 4." The compilation also includes hipsters BR549 and Alt-Country gem Bobby …

The Art and Craft of Dak Prescott

I love that the 23-year-old tells anyone who will listen that his success so far is about how hard he works on his craft. It's almost like he is intentionally …

Censored! 10 Stories The Mainstream Media Ignored

Just four days before the 2004 presidential election, a prestigious British medical journal published the results of a rigorous study by Dr. Les Roberts, a widely respected researcher. Roberts concluded …

GAO: Terror Suspects Bought Guns in U.S.

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Behind the Seams: 2009 College Baseball Preview

The boys of PING! (as in the sound a metal bat makes when it hits a baseball) have been on the diamond for several weeks now.

The Power of Tiny Dancers

Being a grown-up, I do now have friends who have kids—and I find that they can be fun once they reach an age where they start to become little people.

The Best In Sports In 7 Days

I am dreaming of a New Orleans Saints vs. Tim Tebow Super Bowl.