by mcl | Dec 4, 2017 | Columns, Lagniappe, Lifestyle
By Anna McNeill Lewis The story starts with a baby boy named Jonah, who needed a family to take him in when he was born to a mother who was in prison. But this is not an adoption story. This is a story about how that family, and over a hundred since,...
by mcl | Nov 1, 2017 | Columns, Lagniappe, Lifestyle
By Marilyn Tinnin William Carey University Rebuilds After Devastating Tornado When an EF3 tornado swept through the campus of William Carey University in the wee hours of Saturday morning, January 21, 2017, it left the campus in shambles. Dr. Jim Futral,...
by mcl | Oct 1, 2017 | Lagniappe, Lifestyle
By MARILYN TINNIN Same Kind of Different as Me A Movie That Just Might Change Your Life MCL: What do you think is the biggest “Aha!” moment in the story, Same Kind of Different as Me? Ron: My biggest Aha moment was our catch-and-release meeting....
by mcl | Sep 1, 2017 | Columns, Lagniappe, Lifestyle
By KAREN WHITE Stop. Breathe. Be Intentional. By the time you read this, the back-to-school preparation and rush will have died down and the routines of another school year will be going full steam ahead. So many things on the agenda—for children...
by mcl | Jul 1, 2017 | Columns, Lagniappe, Lifestyle
By ALLISON TALLEY Jackson’s Remarkable Heroes A history teacher asked her 10th-grade class one day to research and submit a brief history of the American Revolution. The next day, the brightest student in the class turned in a one-page report that simply...
