Our View: Our school crisis is a community crisis
In times of crisis, it is important not to panic, but instead focus energy on a clear-eyed view of the circumstances with an emphasis on solutions.
EMCC quarterback Connor Neville named MACJC offensive player of the week
Neville, a transfer from Washington State, threw four touchdown passes against just one interception in Thursday’s game, a 49-15 win for the Lions.
EMCC gets back on track with big second half in rout of Pearl River
The Lions (1-1) used a dominant second half to pull away from Pearl River, scoring 28 unanswered second-half points to beat the Wildcats 49-15.
Planning in full swing for Lowndes Relay for Life April 30
Lowndes County’s Relay for Life event in Columbus hopes to fill the Columbus Soccer Complex with an “army of purple” on Saturday, April 30. From 2 p.m. to 9 p.m., cancer survivors, caregivers and the wider community will celebrate what has been overcome, remember those lost to the disease and honor people who have fought or are fighting cancer.
Columbus students take on ambitious project: ‘Aida’
For the first time, Columbus Middle School and Columbus High School come together to mount a theatrical production for the community. More than 40 young people in sixth through 11th grades will present Elton John’s and Tim Rice’s “Aida: School Edition” Thursday and Friday, April 14 and 15 at 6:30 p.m. in the Middle School auditorium.
Community unites to help Gentry family
Members of the Columbus and Starkville communities have come together to help a local family following a fatal car accident on Friday, Nov. 6.
The W offers fall life enrichment courses, starting today
Mississippi University for Women’s Office of Outreach and Innovation will offer 43 non-credit courses as part of its community Life Enrichment Program this fall.
Voice of the people: Danielle McGee
With so many negative views of young men in the community, I think this is worthy of mention.
Town Hall meeting to be held tonight at Sim Scott
A meeting designed to provide a forum for African-American males to discuss issues affecting quality of life in their neighborhoods and the community at large will be held at 6 p.m. today at Sim Scott Park.
Hey, you do-it-yourselfers: Columbus now has a community garden
Invasive nutgrass can’t hide from Sarah Sanders. Kneeling beside a wood-framed garden plot Tuesday, she eradicated stray intruders bold enough to show their green faces in a bed of peppers.
“Look how easy that came up. I grew up in the Delta, and you can’t pull a weed up there — you’ve got to dig it out!” she beamed.
Slimantics: A community comes together
A couple of miles down Lee-Stokes Road, where Pleasant Hill Baptist Church sits on a hill above a cluster of modest brick homes where Lacy Road runs into Pleasant Hill Road, church pastor Bill Hurt wearily tended his flock, scattered but unharmed after a pair of Monday tornadoes plowed through East Columbus.
Our View: Your voice makes a difference
A newcomer to Columbus might, after some observation, conclude that people here simply do not care about what is happening in our community.
City leaders encourage community involvement
What started as a meeting to inform clergymen and community advocates on governmental affairs and seek their feedback became a roll call for city officials and a moment of pause to reflect on the current state of the city and what needs to be done going forward to improve.
Day of Service to take place this weekend
The fourth annual United Way Day of Service will be held this Saturday in Columbus.
The day is being held in conjunction with Dream 365, a weeklong commemoration of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Town & Tower Club presents service awards
The Town & Tower Club presented awards for outstanding service at its recent annual holiday luncheon held at Mississippi University for Women.
A very special Christmas: Area mass choir to perform with Grammy-winning tenor (and it all began with a spot of channel surfing)
A few years ago, Doug Browning was casually flipping through channels and came across David Phelps.
“I hear this voice, and I just back up and watch. I was riveted in my living room!” said the Columbus First United Methodist Church music director.
Although no one could have foreseen it then, Browning’s discovery planted the seed that will bring the Grammy and Dove Award-winning artist to the Golden Triangle Dec. 21 at Rent Auditorium.
LINK holds seminars, explains market changes
As construction begins on the Yokohama tire plant in West Point, the Golden Triangle will see an increase in both executive and transient businessmen.
Some will be from around here. Some will not.
Regardless, it’s important to make them feel at home, Columbus Lowndes Chamber of Commerce vice president Macaulay Whitaker said Tuesday.
Officials celebrate start of Yokohama construction
“Some people say Mississippi’s a club,” Joe Max Higgins said Monday. “Mississippi is a family, and we’ve got new family members in the house today, folks.”
Higgins, the Golden Triangle Development Link CEO, was referring to Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi. Company, state and local officials broke ground on what will be one of the largest tire plants in the country during a ceremony at the Prairie Belt Powersite in Clay County.
Residents giddy with enthusiasm over arrival of new industry
The excitement in the air at Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi’s ground-breaking ceremony in Clay County was almost palpable Monday morning as executives, lawmakers and Clay County residents gathered on the hundreds of acres of farm land that will soon house a booming tire manufacturer.
Yokohama gives $250K to both MSU, EMCC
On the eve of breaking ground on their new plant in Clay County, Yokohama Tire Company made another statement of commitment to the Golden Triangle area.
The global tire manufacturing giant announced plans to give $250,000 each to Mississippi State University and East Mississippi Community College Sunday.