Person of the Day | Maury Schuh, Tupelo’s ‘Santa Sarge’
After dressing as Santa Claus for orphan children in Kosovo while serving in the military, Maury Schuh adopted the moniker “Santa Sarge” and began performing for children.
After dressing as Santa Claus for orphan children in Kosovo while serving in the military, Maury Schuh adopted the moniker “Santa Sarge” and began performing for children.
People often ask which is more sustainable—a real tree or an artificial one?” Curtis VanderSchaaf writes. “A more useful question is: How do I find the most sustainable tree of the kind I want to get?”
On a fall evening in 1988, Dr. Andy Harper, second conductor of the Gulf Coast Symphony Orchestra, stepped into the Saenger Theater in downtown Biloxi
What’s the point of it all? Shouldn’t the holiday season simply be about family, friends and food? And wouldn’t everyone just be better off spending their own money on things they know they want? Gift exchanges may seem wasteful and impractical. But as social scientific research reveals, the costs and benefits of gift-giving aren’t what they seem.
Shanina Carmichael encourages us all to take time to honestly assess our stress levels during this holiday season, acquire a unique self-care plan and adjust our gears effectively to reduce resistance as needed.
With the holiday season arriving and Thanksgiving imminent, public-health officials are encouraging Mississippians to gather responsibly and avoid spreading COVID-19, using a combination of vaccination, testing and other safety precautions to limit the threat of family transmission of the virus.
while these keepsakes may seem apolitical, their very circulation enables Confederate myths and symbols to become “normal” features of people’s daily lives.
With hospital resources quickly dwindling statewide, Mississippi smashed its one-day record for new COVID-19 cases as the Mississippi State Department of Health reported 1,972 new cases this morning.
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