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Samir Husni tipped us off to his new blog during a recent visit with us at the Silver Em ceremony in Oxford. Check it out.

Described as a “jack of all trades” for The Vicksburg Post, where he had worked as a reporter for 38 years, and a lover of “the great outdoors,” Fred Messina died Thursday at his home. He was 61.

“He knew everybody, always worked to get his stories right and was a lifelong fan of life in what he would call ‘this neck of the woods,’” said executive editor Charlie Mitchell, who worked with him for 32 years.