Articles by Carmen K. Sisson
Creativity helps MUW light up for Christmas
Mississippi University for Women is celebrating Christmas in a big way this year, beginning what campus officials hope will become a community-wide, annual tradition.
Unemployment numbers provide reason for optimism
Unemployment figures continue to slowly drop, just in time for the holiday season, which should be a good bit brighter than last year for workers across the Golden Triangle.
MUW will crunch numbers on athletics
A decade has passed since intercollegiate sports was part of campus life at Mississippi University for Women.
Columbus School District turns down $75,000 grant
Uncertainty about donation from ministry may have influenced board members to reject money.
West Lowndes fights to recover from disheartening state review
The criticism was swift and biting — so much so that several attendees of the Lowndes County School Board meeting last week said they inwardly cringed as consultants ripped West Lowndes High School to shreds.
Church still interested in Lee purchase
Five months have passed since Point of Grace Pastor Shane Cruse’s bid for Lee Middle School was rejected, but he has not given up hope.
Role of teachers in student success emphasized during Link event at MUW
Approximately 800 teachers attended the third annual “Educators are Essential” program Wednesday at Mississippi University for Women’s Rent Auditorium.
Flying high: GTRA is busier than ever
As new economic development continues to fill the once-empty acreage at Golden Triangle Regional Aerospace Industrial Park, the adjacent Golden Triangle Regional Airport is seeing a spillover effect, with more passengers than ever.
Hospital staff makes wreaths to benefit charity
Surgeons traded scalpels for glue guns. Paramedics traded bandages for bows. And Wednesday, the public will get the chance to see the results as Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle hosts a brand-new fundraiser designed to foster Christmas spirit for a good cause.
10 years later: Survivors haven’t forgotten tornado’s fury
It was unseasonably hot that day, with temperatures hovering in the upper-80s and a strong southerly breeze kicking up the autumn leaves and sending them skittering along the quiet Sunday streets.
State casts withering look at West Lowndes High
The Mississippi Department of Education is casting a hard look at West Lowndes High School, and what they have uncovered so far is — for the most part — a troubling institutional culture of low expectations, one-size-fits-all teaching, poor academic performance and an overall lack of leadership.
Church reaps reward for special needs prom
Last April, members of Mt. Vernon Baptist Church joined together for an evening of joy, hosting a unique prom in which 62 members of the special needs community were paired with student “dates” from the church youth group and nearby New Hope High School.
On a slow night for business, election talk is subdued
There were no confetti showers of red, white and blue raining down on Columbus Tuesday night, no bunting dangling from windowsills or streamers hanging from downtown trees.
By the time Mitt Romney took the stage in Boston to deliver his concession speech, a darkened hush had fallen over our slumbering city, with the chill night air punctured only by the lone rumble of a passing train.
Caledonia audit shows town in good fiscal shape
As people around the nation gathered to hear results from the presidential election Tuesday night, the Caledonia Board of Aldermen waited for news of another kind — the findings of their 2010 full-scope audit.
Where Eagles dare: Scouts cherish lifetime lessons
They are an exclusive cadre: Only two percent of the youth who join the Boy Scouts of America become Eagle Scouts. Over the past century, more than 2 million have earned the coveted silver wings.
Deadline for e-center applications approaches
Applications are due next week for organizations interested in joining the Columbus Municipal School District’s fight to bring high school dropouts back into the classroom.
Poindexter wows patrons
More than a century ago, Chattanooga, Tenn. architect Reuben Harrison Hunt designed the building that would become the crown jewel and pièce de résistance of Mississippi University for Women.
Prayer group asks God to bless nation before election approaches
Thursday morning, in downtown Columbus, an estimated 150 people gathered to bow their heads and pray in the YMCA gymnasium.
New megasite inspires hope in struggling West Point
Vehicles crept along Sixth Street Tuesday night, edging onto the grassy shoulders, pausing in front of the Clay County Civic Center’s packed driveways before resuming the search for a parking space.
