Articles by Garthia Elena Burnett
Lowndes Supes look to either condemn, salvage old health dept. building
Lowndes County supervisors will decide soon if there’s anything left to salvage of the 62-year-old former health department on Military Road.
Residents skeptical of plans to clean up old Kerr-McGee site
The Superfund arm of the Environmental Protection Agency has many challenges to overcome as they work to clear contaminants left from a 90-acre wood-treatment site on 14th Avenue North — the first of which is trust.
1,100 attend, 70 offered jobs at employment expo
More than 70 people were offered jobs after last week’s Golden Triangle Employment Expo and hundreds more wait to hear back from companies after on-site interviews.
Ghosts and Legends: A tour of local haunts
Do you believe in ghosts? A trip to some of Columbus’ most haunted houses and visits from beyond the grave at Friendship Cemetery could be enough to convert the most skeptic nonbelievers.
Sex education: State leaves decision up to local districts; arguments on both sides of the issue
Sex education in area schools consists of a unit on the subject in health class.
And any speakers visiting schools to broach the subject, preach abstinence-until-marriage messages.
Parking fines nearly double in city
Parking fines for the city of Columbus have nearly doubled, effective this past Wednesday.
EPA to take over cleanup of old Columbus Kerr-McGee site
A book more than eight decades in the writing is approaching its final chapter.
Lowndes pumpkin crop sleepy, hollow
There’s good news and bad. The good news: The headless horseman may have to look outside of Lowndes County for his traditional pumpkin wear. The bad news: Fall and Halloween fanatics also may have to forego locally grown pumpkins.
Job fair draws more than 1,000 from across region
By noon on Wednesday, more than 1,000 people had come through the doors at Mississippi University for Women’s Pohl gymnasium, looking for work.
New Hope coach, principal sue over firings
A former New Hope High school principal and a beloved past baseball coach say a personal vendetta led to their firings.
Trustmark president: Bank got $2 million to walk away from Cadence deal
Jerry Host, president and chief operating officer of Trustmark National Bank, said this afternoon he didn’t know why Cadence Bank canceled a deal between the two for Trustmark to acquire Cadence.
With state funding at 10-year low, community colleges struggling
More than half of the students enrolled in higher education classes in Mississippi are taking community college classes. But little more than a quarter of the state’s funding for higher education is allocated to community and junior colleges.
Baptist Memorial Hospital focuses on upgrading buildings, recruiting doctors
Since buying the hospital in 2006, Baptist has poured more than $78 million into improvements and new construction at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. A new behavioral health facility in the works will bring the total up to more than $88 million.
Lowndes County issues burn ban
After a handful of grass fires and little rain, Lowndes County is under a burn ban through Oct. 31.
Lowndes supervisor: Crawford should get more park money
As Lowndes County moves forward with plans to issue up to $7.75 million in bonds, Supervisor Jeff Smith continues to push for part of the bond money to be used in the Crawford area.
Columbus Main Street to be focus of Southern Living article
Over the past decade, downtown Columbus has come to life. The revitalization seems to have happened overnight, but many people have worked tirelessly for years to see downtown in its current glory.
Amid the recession, some trucking companies are out of business, those that are left are ‘doing pretty well’
With the majority of the country’s products hauled by truck, the trucking industry is a pretty good indicator of economic times.
Manager: ‘People feel safer’ at new health dept. location
The new state-of-the art Lowndes County Health Department has seen a flurry of activity since opening on Aug. 25.
A healthy future: Franklin bolsters its wellness magnet theme through partnership with UMMC
As hundreds of Franklin Academy students, some wearing white coats, welcomed the dean of the School of Medicine for the University of Mississippi Medical Center to Columbus, he saw them as more than just elementary schoolers.
United Way agencies struggling amid recession
During a time when more people are turning to charitable organizations for help, the cash flow to those agencies also is down. And while economists say the national recession is over, those groups tell a different story.