Articles by Jason Browne
Weight-loss challenge continues: Community member moves closer to her goal
Three pounds down and health is on the way.
Linda Bobbitt, 65, is 3 pounds closer to her goal of feeling better and shopping for some smaller clothes thanks in part to the Lowndes County Shrinkdown, a health and weight loss program being orchestrated by the Columbus YMCA.
Recession reinvention: Idled workers turn misfortune into opportunity
Under the right circumstances, a career change can serve as a breath of fresh air. Under the wrong circumstances it can breed suffocating fear.
MUW mourns fire victims
Pope Dining Hall was packed Wednesday night as Mississippi University for Women bid farewell to four students lost in a hotel fire Saturday in the Birmingham, Ala. area.
Lawmakers: MUW Name change ‘dead on arrival’
Prospects for renaming Mississippi University for Women may have hit a fatal snag Wednesday.
Candidates throw hat in ring for school board appointment
The Columbus City Council will discuss potential replacements for former school board member Julie Jordan at its meeting tonight.
Mother: MUW fire victims were fast friends
The four Mississippi University for Women students who died Saturday in a Birmingham, Ala.-area motel fire were best friends who enjoyed going on shopping trips to Birmingham, one of the victims’ mothers said today.
A house from God, repaired by human hands
A 150-year-old Columbus church is getting a modern-day upgrade.
Hundreds turn out for factory jobs
Aurora Flight Sciences opened its doors Saturday in hopes of doubling its work force — and nearly 700 people showed up to apply.
Lawmakers weigh in on school district merger plan
State legislators continue to talk about what they’re not going to do with regard to education.
West Point board reinstates own pay
The West Point Board of Selectmen continued its ongoing struggle to reduce the budget deficit as well as its trend of reversing prior decisions.
United Way poised to meet $600K campaign goal
An anonymous donation of $25,000 has the United Way of Lowndes County poised to reach its campaign goal.
MUW Alumni unite: Local lawmakers say MUW likely will remain independent
JACKSON — As the Friends of The W descended on Jackson Monday for Capitol Day, lawmakers were ready and waiting with good news.
Going ‘All the Way’: Ministry works to help women rebuild lives
Sallie Swanigan is on a mission from God.
The 72-year-old Columbus native felt she was being called to assist young women trying to reconstruct their lives after serving time in jail. But there wasn’t much she could do on a $700 monthly Social Security check.
Friday fire ravages home
The Columbus Police Department is collecting donations for a co-worker who lost nearly everything in a house fire, Friday.
Columbus Light and Water helping less fortunate
Columbus Light and Water is hoping to raise some funds for customers who can’t afford to raise their thermostats.
LCSD looks to acquire land by eminent domain
Temporarily blocked from buying a piece of land near Caledonia High School, the Lowndes County School Board may try to take it.
West Point newspaper editor resigns, leaves other ventures in limbo
Mississippi’s smallest daily newspaper is looking for a new leader. Meanwhile, the managing editor’s business partners have been left in limbo.
MUW supporters to rally in Jackson
The Friends of The W are headed to Jackson.
The joint venture between Mississippi University for Women’s two alumni associations will convene Monday in Jackson for Capitol Day, a dual event aimed at showing legislators the unity behind MUW.
Political scientist: Barbour key to 2012 GOP race
You are also a political scientist, said the director of the John C. Stennis Institute of Government at Mississippi State University,
Local lawmakers say budget will dominate session
Local legislators agree with Rep. Tyrone Ellis, D-Starkville, that three primary issues will top the 2010 legislative session: “Budget, budget and the budget.”