CMSD introduces after school program
The Columbus Municipal School District has created a free after school program for students.
Starkville Symphony Orchestra presents free jazz performance Tuesday
The Starkville Symphony Orchestra Big Band will present “Jazz at Renasant” during a Tuesday, Oct. 7 concert at the city’s Renasant Bank plaza. Free and
Free GED practice test period begins today
Today marks the beginning of two weeks of free GED practice tests nationwide.
All Columbus students to receive free meals
All of the estimated 4,600 children in the Columbus Municipal School District will now receive a free breakfast and lunch each school day.
Testing encouraged for those born 1945 to 1965
The Mississippi State Department of Health is offering free Hepatitis C testing at all county health departments in May.
States looking at $0 community college tuition
Nothing sparks consumer demand like the word “free,” and politicians in some states have proposed the idea of providing that incentive to get young people to attend community college.
Imagination Library begins in Columbus
A free book mailed each month to every child under the age of 5 in Lowndes County.
That is the ultimate goal of Lowndes County Imagination Library, a non-profit effort The Dispatch launched last week in partnership with the Arts Council.
Good Samaritan clinic helps Lowndes County residents
The Good Samaritan Clinic in Columbus on Main Street gives medical care to those in the community who would not be able to afford it otherwise. Kathy Tentoni, executive director for the clinic, spoke to the Exchange Club at Lion Hills Country Club on Thursday to explain who the clinic helps.
Soil and Conservation to host tree giveaway
The Lowndes County Soil and Water Conservation District employees will hold their annual tree giveaway day Thursday.
The first 300 people who come to the district’s office on Martin Luther King Drive can pick up a bundle of five different species of trees to plant.
Spring planting is near: Arbor Day Foundation offers redbud trees
Joining the Arbor Day Foundation is an ideal way to get in the mood for spring planting. Anyone from Mississippi who joins the Foundation in February will receive 10 free Eastern redbud trees to plant when the weather turns warm.
Millport residents will receive free trash bins as town renews contract
Millport residents will soon have new, durable trash canisters.
Celebrate 2014 with free trees from the Arbor Day Foundation
Residents of Mississippi can ring in the New Year with 10 free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation any time during January.
Mississippians can request free smoke alarm
JACKSON — The State Fire Marshal’s Office has 3,000 smoke alarms to be distributed to certain categories of homes throughout Mississippi. Insurance Commissioner Mike Chaney
Tax return lobby fights effort to offer Return-free filing program
Imagine filing your income taxes in five minutes — and for free. You’d open up a pre-filled return, see what the government thinks you owe, make any needed changes and be done. The miserable annual IRS shuffle, gone.
Music in the air at Mississippi State
April’s three free concerts, held by the Mississippi State University music department, make the month a busy one for music lovers.