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Great nations destroyed by debt
By Douglas Carswell - Mississippi Center for Public Policy
Thu,05/21/26-9:08AM , 238 Reads 3,904 Statewide
Imagine your family spent more this year than you earned. Uncomfortable, but manageable. Now imagine your family had spent more than it earned every single year since 2001. By now you would be destitute.
That is what the federal government has been doing.
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Blissful ignorance versus mistakes of omission
By Kelley Williams
Thu,05/21/26-9:02AM , 140 Reads 4,198 Statewide
“The biggest mistakes are mistakes of omission, not commission. It’s the things you knew enough to do — they were within your circle of competence — and you were sucking your thumb. Those are the ones that hurt.” — Warren Buffett, University of Georgia, 2001
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We must never forget the sacrifice
By Wyatt Emmerich
Wed,05/20/26-3:12PM , 398 Reads 11,416 Statewide
The family photo of Billy Elmore has always haunted me. It pops up every now and then as my computer screen rotates through thousands of stored photos.
He is a handsome lad in his twenties with a long face and a serious demeanor.
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Photo by Clay McFerrin, © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

State-certified 4-H Shooting Sports instructor Raymond Radcliff, of near Charleston, looks on as a 4-H'er ejects a shell while firing at a sporting clay target at the shotgun range during the May 2 district Shooting Sports competition near Charleston.

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Tallahatchie County again hosts district 4-H Shooting Sports competition for 15 counties
By Clay McFerrin - Editor and Publisher, Charleston Sun-Sentinel
Fri,05/15/26-4:57PM , 1,504 Reads
The 2026 Northwest District 4-H Safe Archery and Firearms Education and Training for Youth (S.A.F.E.T.Y.) competition, aka 4-H Shooting Sports, was held at the Tallahatchie County Fairgrounds and adjacent former youth league athletic fields east of Charleston on Saturday, May 2.
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