Archive for July 7th, 2006

Editor Turns Over New Leaf

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Star-Herald editor and publisher Mark Thornton is putting the gloves back on in Kosciusko. He’s finished taking people to task. He promises. No, really. He he means it.

Weekly Morphing Into Magazine

Friday, July 7th, 2006

The weekly Hattiesburg Independent announced this week it was ceasing publication and changing into a new regional magazine to debut later this summer.

More on the Convention

Friday, July 7th, 2006

Matt Coleman, a columnist for The Daily Leader in Brookhaven, reacts to his first visit to the coast since Katrina.

The Oxford Eagle details its fine showing in this year’s BNC competition, including first place honors for convention-goers Don Whitten and Steve Griffin, as well as posthumous honors for longtime assistant publisher Dan Phillips, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame and recognized by having his name added to the FOI award.