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The financial damage from the deadly Texas blackouts is quickly spreading FacebookTwitterEmail Brazos Electric Power Cooperative, the largest generation and transmission cooperative in Texas, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection early MondayYi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer The financial damage of the recent power crisis is quickly spreading, rolling across retail power companies, electric cooperatives and the state’s grid manager itself. The Electric Reliability Counc...

Corinth and Petal students picked for 2021 US Senate Youth Program Wicker, Hyde-Smith commend students picked for the program Share Updated: 6:37 AM CST Feb 27, 2021 USSYP Logo TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE Wicker, Hyde-Smith commend students picked for the program Share Updated: 6:37 AM CST Feb 27, 2021 On Feb. 23, U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith commended Jacob Pearson of Corinth and Weston "Archer" Taylor of Petal on their selection to represent M...

Unsung Heroes of the Greek War of Independence “Karaouli” (guard), Theodoros Vryzakis. Public Domain When one thinks of the Greek War of Independence, the first things that comes to mind are the names: Kolokotronis, Karaiskakis, Papaflessas, Bouboulina, Diakos, and Kanaris. The next thing that springs to mind are the heroic battles at Gravia Inn, Alamana, Valtetsi, Dervenakia, Navarino. Yet the 1821 Greek Revolution had many unknown heroes who fought alongside the legendary ones, or fought ...

1 Timothy is the first of the three “pastoral” epistles—as they are called—which also include 2 Timothy and Titus. The books of Timothy were written by Paul to his disciple, Timothy—his son in the faith who had ministered with Paul in Berea (Acts 17:4), Athens (Acts 17:15), and Corinth (Acts 18:5; 2 Corinthians 1:19). Timothy also went with Paul to Jerusalem (Acts 20:4). In 1 Timothy, Paul lays out the how’s and why’s of godly leadership within the church. Imprisoned in Rome, Paul...

Paul W. Barada | Local Columnist Feb 23, 2021 Feb 23, 2021 When I was a kid growing up in Rushville, we just referred to it as the Hackleman Cabin, and pretty much let it go at that. We didn’t pay much more attention to it, as I’ll bet most people don’t today, than that. It’s not a Lincoln Log-type of cabin because the logs have all been squared off rather than just the right-size trees notched together, (I’m sure there’s a name for the type of construction it is – I j...

Tupelo Community Theatre up for spot in national festival TUPELO • Tupelo Community Theatre is one of 38 theatre groups in the nation being considered to perform virtually during the American Association of Community Theatre’s annual festival. Eleven out of the 38 will be chosen to have their performances livestreamed during the online festival June 14-20. A 12th production will be selected from community theaters on U.S. military bases in Europe. TCT, the only Mississippi theatre gro...

Sacandaga region looks to grow while keeping its character FacebookTwitterEmail 1of20 Jason Kemper, right, with his sons Cal and Cole, ice fishing on the Great Sacandaga Lake.  (Photo provided)Jason KemperShow MoreShow Less 2of20 From left, Harper Richardson, Ella Hammons, Macy Weaver, Carter Richardson, Cole Kemper, Callan Kemper, Logan Hammons and Parker Kemper Brown (in orange) with a pike that was released in February of 2020.Jason KemperShow MoreShow Less 3of20 5of20 A shot of the 2016 "R...

A winter storm continued to move across the Northeast Mississippi area on Wednesday and Thursday, bringing heavy snowfall and ice accumulation. According to the National Weather Service (NWS) in Memphis, a mixture of sleet, snow and freezing rain came across the area late Wednesday night with light to moderate snow continuing in counties northwest of the Tupelo area. In Lee County, data reported to the NWS showed areas in south Tupelo receiving up to 2 inches of snow overnight Wednesday into Th...

Three top officials in Ursula von der Leyen’s green-oriented European Commission – Josep  Borrell, Stella Kyriakides and Adina Vălean – have until recently had ties with the fossil fuel industry, according to new research revealed exclusively by EURACTIV.  The research by international NGO Global Witness has uncovered close links between the three EU commissioners and companies involved in the fossil fuel business.  Although all of them had severed ties with their previo...

Launching the European Green Deal in December 2019, European Commission (EC) president Ursula von der Leyen called it the continent’s “man on the moon moment”. The plan aims to achieve net-zero emissions in the European Union (EU) by 2050, and while it has been criticised for not being ambitious enough it does suggest that Europe is waking up to the need to face climate change head-on. Von der Leyen is backed up by the EC’s 27 commissioners – professional politicians responsible for l...