Entertainment calendar 2-13-11

Upcoming entertainment events in the Golden Triangle.

Special cat honored through MSU scholarship

Stephen and Dava Imes of Columbus will always remember their cat Mac as being one of a kind, and they are ensuring his legacy lives on through a Mississippi State University College of Veterinary Medicine scholarship.

Dead or alive? A glance at bills in the Miss. Legislature

Here’s a glance at the status of selected bills in the Mississippi Legislature. Thursday was the deadline for the House and Senate to act on general bills filed in their own chamber.

Four die in north Miss. fire

Four people have died in a mobile home fire Friday south of Crenshaw on Mississippi Highway 3 on the Panola-Quitman county line.

Ala. coated with snow, but few problems reported

The latest round of winter weather to hit north Alabama dumped as much as 4½ inches of snow in some areas but didn’t cause many major problems Thursday.

Franklin Academy postpones birthday celebration

Due to school closures today, Franklin Academy has postponed its 190th birthday celebration until Friday.

MSU decides to remain closed through today, Friday schedule undecided

Mississippi State University, which had planned to resume classes this afternoon, decided to remain closed for the full day and make a decision about Friday’s schedule as weather develops through tonight.

Okolona man dies in fire

An Okolona man has died in a mobile home fire.

Snow, hard freeze lock up activity in Golden Triangle

Golden Triangle schools and businesses ground to a halt again today as up to four inches of snow blanketed the area late Wednesday and early this morning, followed by a hard freeze that coated some roads and bridges with patches of ice.

New racially charged words at Univ. of Alabama

Disparaging words about several ethnic and racial groups were written in chalk on a University of Alabama sidewalk, the school said Wednesday, the second time in less than a week officials have had to deal with such language.

Sid Salter joins MSU as journalist-in-residence

Sid Salter, a Mississippi State graduate and longtime syndicated columnist, returns to his alma mater March 1 as journalist-in-residence.

North Mississippi under winter storm warning

Snow and sleet began falling in parts of central and north Mississippi on Wednesday afternoon and authorities said icy precipitation was already accumulating in nearly three dozen counties.

Miss. Senate OKs two animal cruelty bills

The Mississippi Senate passed two bills Wednesday aimed at strengthening the state’s animal cruelty law by making it a felony to maliciously injure, torture or kill a cat or dog.

MSU proposes nursing program at Meridian campus

Mississippi State University has asked the state College Board to approve a nursing program for its Meridian campus.

Students ‘in shock’ after deadly school bus accident

A tractor-trailer sideswiped a school bus then collided head-on with a second Tuesday, killing the trucker, a bus driver and a teacher and injuring at least 17 high school students along a rural highway bridge in northern Mississippi, authorities said.

Butch Brown ousted as MDOT director

Within moments of taking office Tuesday, a new Mississippi transportation commissioner voted with one his colleagues to give embattled agency director Larry “Butch” Brown an ultimatum: Resign by Wednesday or be fired.

Ala. senator says ’empty clip’ remark not violent

An Alabama legislator who told a Republican audience it was time to “empty the clip” when addressing illegal immigration said Tuesday he wasn’t advocating violence, but others found his remarks frightening and reckless after a deadly Arizona rampage.

Oktibbeha school board handles Sturgis land questions

Oktibbeha County school board officials handled three 16th Section land issues in Sturgis, trying to correct some mistakes that had been overlooked in the past.

Alabama unveils newly renovated Foster Auditorum

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — The University of Alabama women’s basketball program unveiled its newest — and oldest — crown jewel on Monday.

A $16M renovation has given Foster Auditorium a face lift and a new life as home to Alabama’s women’s basketball and volleyball teams. The Crimson Tide showed off the historic facility Monday to media members, administrators, and fans. At 1 p.m. Sunday, Alabama will play its first game in the facility when it plays host to the University of Florida.

Men hunting beavers rescued from Tenn-Tom

A boating accident sent five men into the Tenn-Tom Waterway for more than an hour Saturday.