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FLOYD INGRAM: That Quiet Time Of Year
By FLOYD INGRAM
Sat,08/05/23-10:30AM , 1,333 Reads
Anyone who has grown up in the sultry South knows this time of year.
It’s those hot, humid, not-a-hint-of-breeze, lazy days of summer.
The summer work frenzy is over, we’ve taken our vacation and it’s just too hot to start any major new projects.
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GARY ANDREWS: A lesson for life that never changes
By GARY ANDREWS
Sun,07/30/23-10:40AM , 983 Reads
I have read about the speech that Coach John Scolinos gave at the 52nd annual ABCA(American Baseball Coaches Association) convention at Opryland Hotel in Nashville.
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Keith Rice poses for a photo on the steps of his trailer with his dog, Rosebud. She finally came back home after she ran off when his house was overrun by numerous dogs while Natalie Patten housesat for him while he was working out of town for nearly six weeks. Rice returned home to find his home a mess and all four of his dogs missing. They have since returned home. However, Rice is having to clean up the mess and recover from this tragic ordeal. | Brent Maze/The Appeal

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Animal Shelter Case: Homeowner left to clean up mess
By BRENT MAZE - The Newton County Appeal
Thu,07/27/23-3:28PM , 937 Reads 37,800 Statewide
Housesitter for Rice brought numerous dogs to his property

Keith Rice didn’t know what was going on when he returned home earlier this month.
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This .54-caliber Eli Whitney rifle was initially donated to MDAH in 1903, along with a bullet-marred cartridge box and belt, by the daughter of Private Charles H. Gibbs of Raymond. More than 40 years ago, the rifle was stolen while on loan to Beauvoir, the home of Jefferson Davis in Biloxi.

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FBI returns historic stolen rifle to MDAH museum
By THE PRESS REGISTER
Fri,07/21/23-5:00PM , 968 Reads
A ceremony was held at the Two Mississippi Museums on Friday, July 21, for the return of a stolen rifle used in the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents and their law enforcement partners exchanged custody of the 19th century rifle with staff of the Mississippi Departm
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