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Fire up griddle for blueberry pancakes
By ERNEST HERNDON - STAFF WRITER
Sat,07/12/25-10:00AM , 7,958 Reads
Pancakes, hotcakes, flapjacks, hoe cakes, fry bread, griddle cakes, flannel cakes — there are all sorts of names, but if there’s ever a time of year for making them, it’s blueberry season.
My bushes have finally played out after a month of picking, but we froze plenty of berries.
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Amite River dam projects under consideration
By ERNEST HERNDON
Sat,06/28/25-1:00PM , 56,111 Reads
Plans to dam the Amite River, which were shelved in the early 1990s, are back on the table after a 2016 flood that devastated swaths of Livingston and East Baton Rouge parishes, La.
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- The Tanglefoot Trail crosses Main Street above. Below is one of New Albany’s downtown murals. The northeast Mississippi town has won several awards. (Photo by Ernest Herndon. Copyright 2025, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)
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New Albany: from Tanglefoot to Tallahatchie
By ERNEST HERNDON - STAFF WRITER
Sat,06/21/25-2:00PM , 1,810 Reads
I feel sure I’ve passed through New Albany at some point, but I never spent any time there until this past Tuesday. That’s when I found out why this northeast Mississippi town was named USA Today’s Best Southern Small Town (2017) and House Beautiful’s Most Beautiful Town in Mississippi (2018).
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- Daryl Redditt, right, and business partner Bart Allen stand beside a company truck at Gator Sign. (Photo by Ernest Herndon. Copyright 2025, Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.)
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Perspective 2025: Daryl and Cindi Redditt started with 2 employees. Now they have 75.
By ERNEST HERNDON - Enterprise-Journal
Thu,06/19/25-11:29AM , 2,682 Reads
Thirty years ago, Daryl and Cindi Redditt mortgaged their house and bought a small McComb company called Gator Sign.
They started out with two employees. Now they have 75, a partner and several other businesses, including a 350-acre ranch in Smithdale called Stubborn Heifer Cattle Co.
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