Recent Stories & Articles Monday Profile: ‘I’m going to beat this’10/26/2009 9:46:00 AM Rashean Oliver-Hyde finished her second round of chemotherapy, Tuesday.
It went better than the first session two weeks prior, she said Sunday. ‘She was just a good person’10/26/2009 9:46:00 AM CALEDONIA — Freda Stacy sat on a park bench in Caledonia Sunday afternoon, remembering her “wonderful, wonderful granddaughter.”
Since the Oct. 25, 2008, shotgun death of Laura-Lee Godfrey Holliman, memories and pictures — like the one on the pin Stacy wore Sunday — are all she has. Lawmakers: With or without Limbert, ‘Reneau’ won’t fly10/19/2009 9:19:00 AM With the state’s next legislative session two and a half months away, questions abound as to whether or not renaming Mississippi University for Women will be on the agenda.
The proposed new name — Reneau University — hasn’t yet been taken up by the College Board. Wil Colom honored as Champion of Justice10/18/2009 12:07:00 AM Civil disobedience was a way of life. Freedom songs reverberated, setting the tone for sit-ins and protest marches.
“For a black child in Mississippi, the events of the 1960s seemed to be the dawning of a new day ...” West Point bus strike on hold through Friday10/15/2009 9:56:00 AM Union officials have agreed to hold off on a bus driver strike — which would include West Point School District drivers — at least through Friday. Impact of 9/11 felt eight years later9/12/2009 8:29:00 PM Mary Slater was at work at the Mississippi University for Women Police Department when she heard the news over the radio.
One word came to mind: “fear.” Rebuilding Caledonia school5/22/2009 I can remember riding in the back of a pickup to get to campus.
From Main Street, the wreckage already could be seen.
Rubble. Twisted metal. Broken glass. ‘Mr. Bit,’ longtime supervisor, dies at 845/19/2009 “Let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath.”
Those who worked closely with W.G. “Bit” Thompson, remember the longtime supervisor as the epitome of these words, penned by the apostle James. Back to the drawing board on health department site selection5/17/2009 Ever notice how too many choices sometimes can turn into paralysis? It’s a problem the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors seems to have run into with building a new health department.
Officers in Vicksburg flap put on leave5/14/2009 It will be Tuesday before Columbus Police Chief Joseph St. John releases the findings of an investigation probing reports of police misconduct during a training trip in Vicksburg. Local volunteers turn out to build home for family of 145/8/2009 Long before you enter the path of red clay leading the way to 859 Kidd Road in Caledonia, cars line the curves of the street. The rhythmic sound of hammers hard at work beckons you. One more something for parents to be concerned about5/8/2009 It was almost 10 o’clock last Wednesday night. I had sent my 5-year-old daughter to bed, with instructions to pick out a bedtime story. When the naming fracas gets personal4/24/2009 What’s in a name?
For Mississippi University for Women, the more appropriate question is, ‘What’s not in a name?’: Reality.
Ceco Building Systems retooling amid layoffs2/27/2009 Hit by another round of layoffs this week, Ceco Building Systems has let 67 people go since September 2008. Student focus groups split on MUW name choices2/10/2009 Expert: Nutrition, education go hand in hand2/9/2009 County schools delay unitary status petition1/31/2009 Search our archives for older stories by Garthia Elena Burnett
