Mississippi State University’s summer 2020 classes all will take place online to help students stay on their academic paths despite the COVID-19 pandemic, and students will have the added advantage of a number of additional course offerings.

Please be aware that although some offices are open to the public, they are they are doing so for the purpose of providing NECESSARY SERVICES ONLY.

For the last few weeks we have been talking about how to feed your family economically while not skimping on quality or flavor. It is a difficult time to be sure, but spending some time in the kitchen being creative, just might help you feel a little bit better.  

30 min workout to do while stuck at home

Make discovering nature a fun game and perhaps a good habit.

Stay in and listen to music, fill that free time with some rocking tunes by these Gulf Coast artists.

The community of Laurel has come together to support one another during this very uncertain time.

Garden Park Medical Center has announced that all staff and providers in all patient care areas throughout the hospital will now wear masks, expanding their use beyond suspected or positive COVID cases.

You went to the store in a frenzy last week and grabbed whatever food was available, and now you’re staring into the freezer full of food you just don’t feel like cooking right now. Why did you buy 20 pounds of chicken breast? And what are you supposed to do with yeast anyway?!

Nonprofit organizations that assist so many people and help enrich gulf coast communities during times of struggle could use some help themselves these days.

Last time we talked about feeding your family on a tight budget. We are living in such uncertain times for a while (and I stress the temporary nature of these hard times). I gave you several general ideas last time, but let’s get specific today, and talk in some detail about dried beans.

Lewis Grizzard, the late, great Southern humorist and columnist, once wrote a book “They Tore My Heart Out and Stomped That Sucker Flat,” which was about the major open heart surgery he endured. Certainly not comparing the relative seriousness of the two, but since I had a full knee replacement on February 26, I’m thinking of writing something like “They Ripped My Knee Apart and Forgot To Tell Me How Much It Would Hurt” (although they did tell me).

For the first time in Mississippi State’s 142-year history, all of the university’s classes are being taught using online instruction. 

Here is a short list of sassy, irreverent, comedies on Netflix. These will make you smile.

If you’re like me and obsessed with true crime (I’m not really sure what this says about me. I’ve decided not to dig into this any further), this period of social distancing can be a great time to catch up on some true crime shows on Netflix.

Three talented individuals in the Singing River Electric family are doing what they can to support our local medical community. SRE retiree Carole Merritt, Grace Allgood, daughter of SRE foreman Gary Allgood, and SRE accounts payable clerk Nikki Stork are making masks and donating them to area hospitals.