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Times-Picayune columnist Chris Rose makes regular trips to Picayune, MS. He pontificated recently about the post-Katrina influx of new residents who relocated after the storm. Seems now the times are changing, and the new residents could serve as a swing vote in an upcoming referendum to allow liquor sales in the city and beer sales in Pearl River County. Rose also supposes someone new in town will also eventually have a problem with the Jesus is Lord over Picayune billboard at the town’s entrance.

Former Louisville Mayor Louis Taunton died recently. He was 65. An Army veteran and career educator, Taunton was an avid geneaologist and regular columnist for the Winston County Journal. Publisher Joseph McCain paid tribute to the mayor in an op-ed piece.

The Greenwood Commonwealth is dealing with a rash of stolen newsracks, nearly 16 in the past three months. Authorities found five the racks earlier this week. The paper is offering a $1,000 reward in the case.

“Boy, there are two businesses I wouldn’t put money into right now — newspapers and TV stations. There’s just too many other ways to get news.”

That’s numbers guru Alan Wurtzel talking in a recent edition of National Review. Ironically, he’s a TV guy, heading up NBC’s research division.