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Iam a competent, if not proficient swimmer. At least, I used to be.

The city of Columbus has witnessed a fair share of memorable days since its founding in 1821. Most of those red-letter days were captured in local newspapers, the first of which began publishing in 1833. For the past 101 years, The Dispatch has recorded those historic events.

In the fall of 1977, I began my freshman year of college at Itawamba Community College in Fulton. Among my classes was English Literature 101, taught by Nan Comer, who I’ll always regard as one of my most important teachers. It was in her class that I was exposed to real literature.

Sunday is National Pet Day. If there were a parade for the event, Tess and I could make a fair claim to be grand marshals.

Deep down, Delbert Hosemann must hate all of this.

Joshua McLemore died of multiple organ failure after he was kept isolated in a padded cell at Jackson County Jail in Southern Indiana for 20 days.

April is Confederate Heritage Month in Mississippi, and April 24 is Confederate Memorial Day in Mississippi.

Dick Durbin, U.S. Senator, Illinois: I don’t generally write letters to Senators for the same reason I quit writing letters to Santa about 50 years ago: I never get what I ask for.

John Polk talked to a handful of voters at a veterinary clinic back home a while back, where he learned some things that might be a surprise to voters throughout the state.

Ole Miss will pay its new men’s basketball coach $13.6 million over the next four years.