Editorials | Newton County Appeal

By Brent Maze, READ MORE > 10,550 Reads
On Tue, 09/29/2020 - 04:21 PM

Before you hit the comment button, please read the whole column first.

We watched the conclusion of the Breonna Taylor investigation, as Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron announced his findings this week. The thing that I’ve begun to realize is that there was a crime committed, but it’s not the one that everyone thinks of.

Our Opinion: Supreme Court history lesson

By From staff reports, READ MORE > 9,521 Reads
On Tue, 09/29/2020 - 03:47 PM

Most Republicans are overlooking the amusing degree of hypocrisy in the decision to fill the Supreme Court vacancy at the end of a presidential term.

The unusual election of 2020

By Brent Maze, READ MORE > 14,541 Reads
On Tue, 09/22/2020 - 04:54 PM

By now, all of our local municipalities have passed budgets for the upcoming year. And the way sales taxes have gone for most areas, cities may have to look for other sources of funding.

Our Opinion: Such a sad situation

By From staff reports, READ MORE > 17,541 Reads
On Tue, 09/15/2020 - 01:31 PM

Last week, Newton County was shocked as a woman was allegedly kidnapped and murdered, according to the Newton County Sheriff Joedy Pennington.

Spending haste is asking for waste

By Tim Kalich, READ MORE > 10,961 Reads
On Tue, 09/15/2020 - 01:30 PM

When Congress earlier this year enacted several trillion dollars worth of COVID-19 relief funding, it wanted to be sure the money got spent quickly.

Our Opinion: Board’s illegal action should be rescinded

By Editorial Staff, READ MORE > 15,648 Reads
On Wed, 09/09/2020 - 02:46 PM

The Mississippi Ethics Commission issued a preliminary ruling on an ethics complaint filed by Newton County Appeal Publisher Brent Maze regarding the Newton Board of Mayor and Aldermen’s decision to raise the city capital improvement fee in executive session.

OUR OPINION: Voters get a chance to have say on flag

By Editorial Staff, READ MORE > 12,199 Reads
On Wed, 09/09/2020 - 02:44 PM

Voters will have a chance to say if they want to adopt the new flag design released by the Mississippi flag commission.

Whether it goes by its newly official name, the “In God We Trust” flag, or its more descriptive common name, the magnolia flag, voters will get their say on whether they want this banner to represent the state.

Our Opinion – No way to win an argument

By Jack Ryan Enterprise-Journal, READ MORE > 13,321 Reads
On Tue, 09/01/2020 - 02:19 PM

No matter what the subject, the true believers — the zealots — always are the worst to deal with. That’s what happened this week in Washington D.C., when a well-intentioned Black Lives Matter protest went crazily off the rails.

Our Opinion: State inflexible on mail-in voting

By Editorial Staff, READ MORE > 10,617 Reads
On Wed, 08/19/2020 - 03:31 PM

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Mississippi has largely adopted the approach that people need to be given alternatives that make them comfortable as long as there is a virus raging that has killed more than 2,000 in this state and more than 170,000 nationwide.

Get used to spikes

By From staff reports, READ MORE > 12,419 Reads
On Tue, 08/11/2020 - 04:49 PM

Gov. Tate Reeves and his leading health adviser, Dr. Thomas Dobbs, are saying that if people will just behave for the next two weeks — that is, wear masks, social distance and not go to crowded parties — Mississippi can turn the corner on COVID-19.

That’s wishful thinking.

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