Benefit for father-son crash victims this weekend
This Saturday, if you happen to be driving along Highway 12, don’t be surprised to see a group of motorcycles rumbling south.
Mac McAnally, Coral Reefers join Mississippi Opera Orchestra in benefit concert
On Thursday, Dec. 11 Extra Table hosts Mac McAnally and the Mississippi Opera Orchestra with the Coral Reefer Band in a benefit concert at Thalia Mara Hall in Jackson at 7:30 p.m.
Family affair at West Point Rodeo
Six men dragged metal fencing and gates through the coarse sand at Eagle Ranch in West Point on Tuesday afternoon.
They linked up the gates, and piece by piece pens began to emerge that will contain tense cowboys and eager beasts Friday and Saturday night. They mounted a sign that read “Welcome Rodeo Fans.” The men moved efficiently — they’ve done this before.
Friends of local artist hold benefit concert
In the South, helping others is a way of life.
Saturday, friends of local artist Chris McDill are continuing that tradition by hosting a concert to benefit the Columbus native who is being treated for a brain tumor.
Humane Society is winner in Restaurant Week competition
After nearly 10,500 votes were counted, the Oktibbeha County Humane Society was announced as the winner of Starkville’s Restaurant Week at a press conference in front of Cadence Bank Thursday.
Officials thrilled over response to Restaurant Week
Tourism officials say Starkville Restaurant Week produced almost 10,500 charity ballots last week.
How impressive is that figure? Greater Starkville Development Partnership CEO Jennifer Gregory says that total eclipses the total collected during similar week-long events in Jackson. There, the high mark stands at approximately 6,000 votes, she said.
Restaurant Week event provides boost in sales
Patrons wanting Old Venice’s creole salmon special Sunday afternoon were out of luck: The fish flew from the restaurant’s menu.
Valentine fundraiser to benefit S.D. Lee Foundation
The Stephen D. Lee Foundation will celebrate its third annual Valentine’s Day Party on Feb. 14 from 7:30-10 p.m. at Errolton, the antebellum home of Gaines and Keith Gaskin in Columbus. The fundraiser will benefit the S.D. Lee Home and Museum.
Starkville’s Melby sisters launch new chapter as duo HanaLena
Hannah and Caroline Melby cut their musical teeth on stages throughout the Golden Triangle, honing their old-time, folk and bluegrass chops on fiddle and mandolin in front of neighbors — the same neighbors who wished them well when the siblings moved to Nashville, Tenn., after their band, Nash Street, won the 2008 Colgate Country Showdown in the famed Ryman Auditorium.