This excerpt from "Dear William," David Magee s new memoir, tells the story of a family ripped apart by addiction and trauma but rebuilt through love and faith.
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HDA, USM Archives collaborate on St. Patrickâs Day exhibit
HDA, USM Archives collaborate on St. Patrickâs Day exhibit By Charles Herrington | March 9, 2021 at 4:09 PM CST - Updated March 9 at 6:30 PM
HATTIESBURG, Miss. (WDAM) - Irish eyes are smiling on a new, temporary exhibit in downtown Hattiesburg that focuses on the upcoming St. Patrickâs Day holiday.
The exhibit is in the storefront of the former Kress Department Store on Main Street.
Itâs the result of a collaboration between the Hattiesburg Downtown Association and the University Archives at Southern Miss.
The exhibit includes items belonging to the Rev. Tommy Conway, a native of Ireland who is pastor of St. Fabian Catholic Church.
What It Was Really Like Gambling In The Wild West
By Jan MacKell Collins/Jan. 26, 2021 3:34 pm EDT/Updated: Jan. 26, 2021 3:36 pm EDT
With casinos sprinkled all across America today, most people think they have a grasp on the fine art of gambling. During the 1800s, however, gambling in the Wild West was quite different. Especially in the Wild West, the California Gold Rush of 1849 brought thousands of prospectors who enjoyed trying their luck at games of chance in places like San Francisco. Soon, primitive gaming houses were popping up everywhere, from large cities to small mining camps. Long before theaters and other forms of recreational entertainment were built, the mostly male populations of these places engaged in what History Net calls the Triple-W vices whiskey-drinking, whoring, and wagering.