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Southern Raisin': Finally the day has come
Saturday was a special day for Rosemark rednecks. If we had behaved all week and completed our chores (jobs) maybe, just maybe we could go to the Strand Theater picture show in Millington and watc...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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Letter to the Editor
Stand down and lie First of all, I want to thank The Leader for the opportunity offered to its readers to express opinions.  Whether it be a “thank you” to a local group for services rendered or i...
May 23, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend
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It takes a family
When she was First Lady, Hillary Clinton wrote a book titled It Takes A Village. Some of her concepts were not altogether wrong, but I believe she placed the focus on the wrong unit. Time and histo...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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Southern Raisin': Watch out for spurs that don’t jingle jangle
We always kept a big flock of chickens, especially for such a small area. Everybody loved fried chickens, and no way can anyone eat breakfast without eggs. With such an abundance, we sold the egg...
May 16, 2013 | 0 0 comments | 1 1 recommendations | email to a friend
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  • Bill provides groundbreaking research
    by Tom Vilsack U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
    05.16.13 - 09:53 am
  • The pleasure problem
    by Jim Hardin, Special to The Leader
    05.09.13 - 10:43 am
  • Ready to help pass a food, farm, jobs bill
    by Tom Vilsack U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
    05.09.13 - 10:39 am
  • Where are the real men?
    by Jim Hardin, Special to The Leader
    05.02.13 - 12:51 pm
  • Southern Raisin': Finally, it’s show day
    by Otis Griffin, Special to The Leader
    05.02.13 - 12:48 pm
  • How it really is
    by Jim Hardin, Special to The Leader
    04.25.13 - 12:28 pm
  • Southern Raisin': This is what I thought
    by Otis Griffin, Special to The Leader
    04.25.13 - 12:26 pm
  • Letter: Norris not a RINO
    Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 6 6 recommendations | email to a friend
    Norris not a RINO Dear editor, A recent unpleasant encounter caused me to re-examine my political posture. I witnessed crude behavior by over-zealous supporters of a political candidate in a pu...
    Letter: Tipton's Trashy
    Jul 26, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
    Dear editor, Just last month, my husband, my father, and I all traveled by car across the northwestern United States through South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho on a trip to visit four of ou...
    Letters to the Editor
    Jul 05, 2012 | 0 0 comments | 5 5 recommendations | email to a friend
    Thanks to Hadley for work on square Dear editor, If you haven’t been around the square of Covington lately, please take time to do so. There are hanging baskets on the light posts and several me...
    Letters to the Editor
    Oct 27, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 8 8 recommendations | email to a friend
    Shame and unemployment benefits?   Dear editor, With due respect, I wish to comment on the Oct. 20 Leader guest editorial that characterized unemployment benefits with an aura of shame – a “gover...
    Financial focus: Reinvesting dividends can pay off
    by Steven Jones, Edward Jones Investments
    Oct 06, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 19 19 recommendations | email to a friend
    When you invest in stocks, you want their price to go up. But of course, you can’t control the rise and fall of stock prices. However, there is a key element of investing that you can control — the...
    From the Vault - Garland School
    Aug 11, 2011 | 0 0 comments | 10 10 recommendations | email to a friend
    This photograph was submitted by Cathy Shankle in memory of the 30th anniversary of the death of her beloved father, Joe Roe, who passed away on Aug. 11, 1981 at the age of 53. Joe is pictured h...
  • Rednecks know right from dumb
    by Otis Griffin, Southern Raisin'
    07.28.11 - 12:00 am
  • Letter to the editor: A slippery slope?
    by Dave Stevens, Munford
    07.14.11 - 12:37 am
  • Southern Raisin': That is a sure-fire way to find out
    by Otis Griffin, Southern Raisin'
    07.14.11 - 12:00 am
  • From the Vault
    by Tyler Lindsey, tlindsey@covingtonleader.com
    12.15.10 - 03:28 pm
  • Southern Raisin'
    by Otis Griffin
    09.16.10 - 12:00 am
  • The day the music died
    by Tyler Lindsey, tlindsey@covingtonleader.com
    07.22.10 - 12:00 am