The Power of purses: Donating handbags makes a difference to a ministry to Mexico

If Angie Basson ever wondered what a couple of thousand purses look like, chances are she won't have to wait long to find out. The spare bedroom of her east Lowndes County home is already overflowing with about 1,000 handbags of every color and configuration -- and the stockpile keeps growing.

Jimmie Rodgers Foundation honors legend with CD release

In recognition of the 80th anniversary of the death of "The Father of Country Music," Meridian native son Jimmie Rodgers, and in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Meridian's Jimmie Rodgers Festival, the Jimmie Rodgers Foundation on Thursday released a unique CD recorded in Meridian's Jimmie Rodgers Museum.

School news: Hill joins liaison group

A sacred space: Time-worn graves on a remote ridge remind of Indian heritage and church roots

Sunlight performed a dappled dance through new growth overhead, as a gentle wind sent tall grasses brushing against tombstones that have stood vigil for almost two centuries. The peace was palpable on this rural ridge in Oktibbeha County.

Fan drive: Small acts become big blessings

When a Mississippi summer hits its stride, those unable to cool their homes suffer miserably. The results can be life-threatening.

School news: Brooks recognized

Organic gardens? One-stroke art? Self defense? LEP offers it all

Learning a new skill, an innovative exercise, or a better way to tackle almost anything from scrapbooking to eBay is at the community's fingertips. Those subjects, plus many others, are among course offerings in the Mississippi University for Women Life Enrichment Program's upcoming summer terms.

Riding the rails: 'All aboard' for West Point's transportation museum

Gardens, getaways and hunting trips headline CAC gala

Organizers of the annual Columbus Arts Council gala may have outdone themselves this time around.

Four-year-olds receive early music training, thanks to sorority

To the Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, sounds emanating from 13 pre-K students at Coleman Head Start recently were music to the ears. Since February, 13, the children have been learning to not only love music, but how to play the violin and recorder.

MSMS students to present Emancipation Day program

On Wednesday, May 8, students from across Mississippi will turn an historically African-American cemetery in Columbus into a dramatic setting for a musical lesson in local history.

Vintage gets a makeover: Everything old is new again for first-time Market Street Festival jewelry vendors

Mike and Becky Childs are into recycling. But we're not simply talking plastic bottles or aluminum cans here. The New Hope community couple rescue well-used vintage china and silver plate flatware from obscurity and transform it into jewelry.

Stitches and Stories: Quilters interpret titles by Columbus' most famous writer

"What's in a name?" Shakespeare once posed. But it is a writer of a much later era whose plays, screenplays and short story names inspired a quilting challenge within the Possum Town Quilters guild. For the quilters, the name was everything.

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