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Novel of murder, love, bravery topic of Book Talk
A panel discussion of the book “Alex Cross’s Trial,” by James Patterson and co-author Richard Dilallo, will be presented by members of The Sisters Book Club at the Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library Book Talk Wednesday, April 14, at 2 p.m. The library is located at 314 Seventh St. N., in Columbus.
Tiempo Libre closes MSU Lyceum Series with a night of Latin jazz
One of the hottest young Latin bands today, two-time Grammy-nominated Tiempo Libre, will perform Tuesday, April 20, at Mississippi State University
Columbus faces key district game
The playoffs will start a little early for the Columbus and Starkville high school baseball teams.
Thanks to Tupelo High School’s 11-3 victory against Columbus and Starkville High School’s 14-4 victory against South Panola on Friday, the Class 6A, Division 2, District 4 race will begin to get sorted out this week.
First up, Columbus will play host to Starkville at 6 p.m. Tuesday in a game that could be an elimination game for the loser.
Ole Miss’ new chancellor announces $100 million campaign
University of Mississippi Chancellor Dan Jones has announced a campaign to raise $100 million to help the school attract and retain faculty.
Achoo! Pollen at its worst this year in many areas
Pollen: It’s on your car, in the air and especially in your sinuses. From Florida to Texas to Colorado, 2010 is shaping up to be a monster of an allergy season.
Green Day, N’Sync’s Lance Bass among sponsors of prom for gay students in Tupelo
Green Day, former N’Sync member Lance Bass, and celebrity chef Cat Cora are among those helping to pay for a prom in Mississippi next month that’s open to everyone but geared toward gay students.
Mayor, Karriem forgive each other in joint statement
Columbus Mayor Robert Smith and Ward 5 City Councilman Kabir Karriem signed a joint statement, Thursday, forgiving each other for a fist fight between the two.
Run, other events set in West Point
Sally Kate Winters Family Services will host a trio of events Saturday in West Point in recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month.
Aberdeen hires electric dept. manager
Aberdeen has a permanent manager for its embattled electric department.
YMCA hosts healthy kids day
The Frank Phillips YMCA and Columbus Kiwanis Club present “YMCA Healthy Kids Day” on April 17, from 9 a.m.-noon, at the downtown YMCA.
Coughlin joins CPI Group
Meagan Coughlin joined the staff of The CPI Group LLC as its new marketing and public relations coordinator.
Salon 417 haircut event benefits Locks of Love
Stylists of Salon 417 will be giving free haircuts through April 23 for donations of hair to Locks Of Love, a public nonprofit organization providing hairpieces to financially disadvantaged children suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis
Feds, states want Morgan Keegan to repay customers $2 billion
Federal regulators and four states want brokerage firm Morgan Keegan & Co. to repay investors for alleged fraudulent and reckless business practices they say cost customers more than $2 billion.
VIDEO: Demolition begins at fire-ravaged apartments
Crews started demolition of burned apartment buildings after the Tuesday night fire at Crossgates Apartments.
Suspects won’t be charged in Aberdeen man’s death
ABERDEEN — Eight individuals being held at the Monroe County Jail will not be charged in the death of the Aberdeen man they allegedly assaulted and robbed.
Rigdon, Newman combine on shutout for Central Academy
DEKALB –– Rowdy Rigdon and Cole Newman combined on a three-hit shutout Tuesday to pitch the Central Academy baseball team past Kemper Academy 12-0 for a Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Class A, North Central District win.
Rigdon (2-1) allowed one hit and struck out two in three innings and Newman have up two hits and fanned four in two innings as the Vikings won by the 10-run rule in five innings.
Central Academy (5-3, 5-1 district) pounded out 13 hits, led by Ferris MaGuire with a double and two singles, Hunter Campbell with a double and single, and Redman Butler and Trevor Eaves with two singles each. Contributing a single each were Rigdown, Newman, Will Disbrow and Drew Pearson.
Starkville School District to cut half of its teacher assistants
Officials discussed changes that will occur as the Starkville School District completes bond issue construction and faces the coming year with serious budget cuts.
Starkville High hires new football coach
The Starkville School District board of trustees hired a new head football coach Tuesday night.
By unanimous consent, the board hired Jamie Mitchell as the high school’s new head football coach. Mitchell will begin July 1 and will also hold a half-time teaching position. His pay was set at $72,500 and includes compensation for his teaching, where he has about 20 years of experience.
In February, the board hired former Starkville High School principal Stan Miller as the district’s athletic director. Miller, a retired state employee, recommended Mitchell for the top football job.
“We were all in agreement that this man was right for Starkville,” Miller said of the search committee’s recommendation.
The search committee talked to 27 candidates and interviewed eight for the position, Miller noted. Mitchell comes to Starkville from Fulton in Itawamba County, but he also coached at Ripley, Olive Branch and Charleston.
“Every time he moved into a program, it was losing and he turned it around,” Miller said, adding Mitchell has an overall 114-42 win-loss record.
“This man is a proven winner — a mover and a shaker,” Miller said. “He’ll tell you any day Starkville will win another state championship.”
New officers
Officials also chose a new board president for the Starkville school board in the short-staffed meeting.
The Starkville mayor and Board of Aldermen have yet to agree on a replacement for Walter Taylor, who retired last month after 10 years on the school board. The temporarily four-member board chose Bill Weeks to be the next president.
Pickett Wilson was elected as vice president, Keith Coble as secretary and Eddie Myles as assistant secretary. The Starkville Board of Aldermen’s meeting was cut short last night by the fire that destroyed three buildings in Crossgates Apartments on Stark Road in west Starkville. The board was expected to attempt an override of the mayoral veto of the appointment of Susan Tomlinson to the school board. Mayor Parker Wiseman wants the board to reflect the school district, which is 60-percent black. The addition of Tomlinson to the school board would make it 80-percent white.
The school board handled several other matters of mostly routine business before discussing budget matters and changes that will be made districtwide as bond-issue construction nears completion over the summer. Citizens passed a $26 million bond issue in 2007 for renovation and expansion of school buildings.
The board went into closed session to complete Superintendent Judy Couey’s annual evaluation.
They will meet again at 6 p.m. May 4 in the Greensboro Center.
