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MUW lends talents to regional theater
Two theater veterans from Columbus are part of “The 39 Steps,” one of contemporary theater’s most thrilling and riotous comedy hits, being presented by New Stage Theatre in Jackson Jan. 25 through Feb. 6.
French history expert to visit MSU for Distinguished Lecture Series
The Institute for the Humanities Distinguished Lecture Series returns for the spring semester at Mississippi State Jan. 27 with a presentation from noted Princeton University professor and author David Bell.
Bryan Library hosts Still exhibit
An exhibit on the Mississippi native who was known nationally as the dean of African-American composers is on display at the Bryan Public Library, 338 Commerce St., in West Point through the end of January.
Georgia’s Bulldogs have bigger bite
ATHENS, Ga. — Mark Fox believes it is becoming more difficult to devise a defensive plan against his balanced University of Georgia men’s basketball team.
Georgia, a strong inside team in December, showed off its 3-point shooting against Mississippi State while also remaining tough on the boards.
Alabama spoils Auburn’s party
AUBURN, Ala. — University of Alabama men’s basketball coach Anthony Grant sensed a “perfect storm” brewing for his team, but they navigated it just fine.
Tony Mitchell and JaMychal Green each scored 15 points and the Crimson Tide pulled away for a 68-58 victory against Auburn on Saturday before a sellout crowd of 9,121 fans stirred up by a preceding celebration of the football national championship.
Hot-shooting SMU defeats USM
DALLAS — The Southern Methodist University men’s basketball team shot 69.8 percent from the floor Saturday to defeat Southern Miss 79-65 at Moody Coliseum.
Catfish Alley magazine will celebrate area’s wealth of talent
The area will soon have a new glossy magazine, Catfish Alley, to celebrate local food, art, music, ideas and most of all, local people.
CAFB chaplain to speak at annual Town and Tower Community Prayer Breakfast
Major Leslie A. Janovec, chaplain of the 14th Flying Training Wing of the Columbus Air Force Base, will be the guest speaker at the 11th annual Community Prayer Breakfast on Thursday, Feb. 3.
City of Columbus honored with Altus Award
The city of Columbus was selected as the first Air Education and Training Command community to receive the AETC Community Support Award (Altus Trophy), sponsored by the Altus, Okla. Chamber of Commerce’s Military Affairs Committee, during a presentation at the AETC Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, Thursday.
Ask Rufus: History surrounds the Golden Triangle airport
Over the last several years there has been much industrial development both built and planned around the Golden Triangle Regional Airport. However, people do not realize the long and fascinating history of that land.A
2010 casino take drops 3 percent
Mississippi’s state-licensed casinos won $2.39 billion from players in 2010 – a nearly 3 percent drop from what gamblers lost in 2009.
Auburn backers to celebrate football title
Auburn fans will have a final opportunity to thank their Tigers at the Auburn BCS Celebration at Jordan-Hare Stadium on Saturday.
LSU rolls past Ole Miss; Georgia beats Alabama
BATON ROUGE, La. — La Sondra Barrett had a game-high 19 points Thursday night to lead three players in double figures in the LSU women’s basketball team’s 78-43 victory against the University of Mississippi at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
Two Miss. House Democrats switch to GOP
Two Mississippi lawmakers switched from Democrat to Republican on Thursday but said the new party affiliation won’t change the way they vote because they’ve already been siding with the GOP on many issues.
Bill to raise beer content in Miss. contentious
Since 2003, Lazy Magnolia Brewing Co. in Kiln has operated as Mississippi’s only brewer, churning out locally flavored beer and becoming a small business success story. It isn’t what it could be financially because of Mississippi’s laws that restrict the alcohol content in beers to 5 percent alcohol by weight, the lowest in the nation.
Smoking ban proposed for all Miss. public places
Health advocates are renewing their push for a bill to ban smoking in all enclosed public places in Mississippi, including restaurants and casinos.
