I had a unique opportunity last week to set up a meeting between Dr. Anthony Fauci and...
Randy Weeks
In the comic strip, Kudzu, the late Doug Marlette’s preacher character, Rev. Will B. Dunn, was asked...
(from the pen of the Sundown Cowboy, self-proclaimed Poet Lariat of The Balcony) I felt you on...
Wednesday night I found myself restless—unable to sleep—my head swirling with thoughts about all that was going...
Achilles was the son of Peleus, king of Phthia, and Thetis, a sea nymph. When Achilles was...
Over the last four weeks, we’ve hosted a songwriter’s challenge open to all Mississippi musicians. We have...
by Randy Weeks By the time you read this we’ll have had a few days to venture...
The votes are in and the third winner of Yoknapatawpha Arts Council & The Local Voice‘s “Social...
Welcome to the second week showcase for the Social Distancing Song Writing Challenge! We’ve been enjoying the...
I am blessed. I know it in my head; I know it in my heart. I don’t...
I drove around Oxford a bit last weekend. The weather was amazing and I have a convertible...
By the time this issue of The Local Voice hits the streets, no one may have a...
My good friend, Leon, a very inciteful man, doesn’t exactly cotton to holidays. When Leon was a...
We have met the enemy and he is us. –Pogo A certain preacher always prays long and...
Dear Governor Reeves: Congratulations on being elected as Mississippi’s next Governor. In full disclosure, I did not...
It was around 5 pm on Sunday, January 5, 2020, the twelfth day of Christmas. The sun...
The night of the Tacky Townie party at Proud Larry’s, the upstairs bar at City Grocery was...
On Monday, November 18 at 6:20 a.m., my phone rang. There was nothing all that unusual about...
The holidays are upon us and they are legion. We know about the biggies, but there are...
On December 1, 1955, in Montgomery, Alabama, a black woman named Rosa Parks refused to give up...