Batesville & Beyond

Copelands reflect on four decades of business and customers

Dale and Angie Copeland minding the store on the Downtown Square with the help of Layla. Photos from the beginning of The Clock Shop and ... Read more

5 months ago by Davis Coen.

Magnolia Heights’ McMinn has the winning formula

Tucked away behind a clump of hills on Hwy. 51 a couple miles north of the Panola-Tate County line is a two-acre field of dirt ... Read more

6 months ago by Jeremy Weldon.

Shepherds aren’t allowed to use the glue gun for costumes

I always wanted to be a Wise Man. I think about this every Christmas season when the plays and programs begin, and it’s my duty ... Read more

7 months ago by Jeremy Weldon.

Marching for the Rebels

Kaylan Aven of Batesville, a member of the Pride of the South marching band at Ole Miss, was part of the overflow crowd on campus ... Read more

8 months ago by Jeremy Weldon.

McMinn molding young men on the diamond at Magnolia Heights School

. By Jeremy Weldon Tucked away behind a clump of hills on Hwy. 51 a couple miles ... Read more

9 months ago by Jeremy Weldon.

Residents can help cut down on holiday thefts

By Myra Bean As we get closer to Christmas, the number of packages people have delivered to their homes increases every day. Those people are ... Read more

2 years ago by Jeremy Weldon.

Remember the old lady in the shoe?

By Jeremy Weldon Editor Some days and weeks are mundane, and some are not. This was not a mundane week in Batesville by any account. ... Read more

2 years ago by Jeremy Weldon.

When celebrating Christmas was criminal

By Roger Campbell Commentary In 1644, the English Parliament outlawed Christmas. No celebrations of any kind were to be tolerated that commemorated the season. What ... Read more

2 years ago by Jeremy Weldon.

Weldon mourns the loss of President George H.W. Bush

By Jeremy Weldon Editor President George H.W. Bush died over the weekend, the last American president to have served in WWII. A national day of ... Read more

2 years ago by Jeremy Weldon.

It’s Friday

By Peggy Walker, R.D. Decorating for Christmas is a multi-stepped, never ending process for me. I’m somewhere between steps number 24 and 55 on this ... Read more