Military brief: Collie graduates

Military brief: Hairston graduates

Military brief: Nesser graduates

Military brief: Davis graduates

'To the roof of Africa': Five family members celebrate New Year's Day by summiting the world's highest freestanding mountain

Raising a champagne toast with tuxedoed friends at midnight is one way to usher in a new year. As is dazzling the neighborhood kids with fireworks before retiring to a cozy sofa with hot chocolate. But gulping for breath in thin, frigid air? Inching upward on leaden legs through shifting volcanic scree and then snow? In the dark? Who does that?

Dream 365: Week-long commemoration honors past, with eyes to the future

"If you look at where we are today and we try to make plans for where we will go tomorrow, you have to remember how you got to where you are," said Learnard Dickerson. With the Rev. Tony Montgomery and Lavonne Harris, he is a co-founder of Dream 365, a now week-long commemoration in Columbus of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

The W's Dickey and Sherpa to be recognized at HEADWAE program

Mississippi University for Women professor Shawn Dickey, and student Tshering Lama Sherpa, will be recognized at the Higher Education Appreciation Day, Working for Academic Excellence (HEADWAE) Tuesday, Feb. 18.

State Supreme Court Justice to speak at UNCF banquet

The Golden Triangle UNCF Committee, which includes the areas of West Point, Starkville and Columbus, will host their annual banquet to support the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) on Friday, Jan. 10 at 6:30 p.m.

Warbleland: Painter, musician, thinker -- welcome to the world of Alex Warble

Don't make the mistake of trying to pigeonhole Alex Warble's art. He'll surprise you. Just when you think he's best known for his "people party" paintings of repeating "Elvi," pimps or quirky everyday characters, one discovers his surrealistic pet portraits.

After a quarter century at Fairview's organ, Myra McAdams retires today

This is a day of mixed emotions for Myra McAdams. Fairview Baptist Church's organist is retiring after more than 25 years of Sunday morning and evening services, Wednesday night choir rehearsals, Christmas, Easter and patriotic presentations, nursing home programs, weddings, funerals and hours upon hours of disciplined practice.

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