Monday Profile: Veterinary student helps bolster MSU’s LGBTQ community
Keegan Jones changed his name about a year ago, between finishing his bachelor’s degree at Mississippi State University and starting veterinary school.
City opens emergency 24-hour shelter in response to cold weather
The city of Columbus has opened a 24-hour warming shelter at the Columbus Police Department this week to provide heated shelter from the severely cold weather to those without one.
A little help goes a long way
Two years ago, now 32-year-old Maria was living in a car with her three kids. When her car no longer worked, she dropped it at a repair shop, where the vehicle has sat ever since. She and her kids hopped from an aunt’s house to a cousin’s house to a cousin’s mom’s house to a friend’s.
Community Outreach seeks public support to help poor
A disabled woman sat in the dark of her Southside home last week.
Cold, alone and with only threadbare clothing to protect her from the cold, she had nowhere to turn. Her lights, water and gas had been turned off when she unable to pay the bill.
With no family to aid her she made a desperate phone call. And luckily for that woman, Glenda Buckhalter was on the other end of the line.
U.S. sending $25M in new typhoon aid to Philippines
The United States is providing nearly $25 million in additional humanitarian aid to help the Philippines deal with the enormous devastation and deaths wrought by Typhoon Haiyan last month, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday after touring the worst-hit region.
Philippine death toll rises above 5,000
The death toll from one of the strongest typhoons on record has risen above 5,000 and is likely to climb further, although recovery efforts are beginning to take hold, Philippine officials said Friday.
Aid missions boost U.S. troops’ image
ABOARD THE USS GEORGE WASHINGTON — As soon as Navy pilot Matthew Stafford puts his helicopter down in the village of Borongan, he is rushed
In Philippines, a battered town helps itself
GUIUAN, Philippines — The knock of hammer on nail, the buzz of chain saws, the swish of brooms clearing up debris from wrecked homes and
Money preferred form of charity for Typhoon Haiyan relief
Faced with heartbreaking images of the typhoon-ravaged Philippines — the sea of corpses, communities reduced to rubble, mothers clutching their hungry children — the world
City wants county help with Island clean-up
Lowndes County recently gave a 4-to-7-acre parcel it owned in the Island to the city of Columbus but the city is asking county road crews to assist in clearing out the area.
Mississippians taking supplies to Okla.
SMITHVILLE — A group of volunteers from a Mississippi town that was hit hard by a tornado in 2011 will travel this week to help
A father’s mission: Son’s suicide prompts Halligan to warn parents of dangers of bullying
The words remain fresh and painful in John Halligan’s mind:
“I hate that school, I hate that school. I never want to go back there again. Can you home-school me? Can we move?”
Town in mourning inundated with gifts, money
Peter Leone was busy making deli sandwiches and working the register at his Newtown General Store when he got a phone call from Alaska. It was a woman who wanted to give him her credit card number.
“She said, ‘I’m paying for the next $500 of food that goes out your door,”‘ Leone said. “About a half hour later another gentleman called, I think from the West Coast, and he did the same thing for $2,000.”
Crafters send mittens with a message to Newtown
NEW YORK — Imagining the horror for Sandy Hook Elementary students when they walk into their new school for the first time, a Connecticut mom
Blue Christmas: For many, the holidays trigger depression
Judy was a successful business owner, mother and wife at the beginning of 1994. Her life was as close to perfect as it could get. But then, without warning, she was struck with a debilitating disease just as she was at the top of her game, both personally and professionally.
Foreclosure help coming to Columbus
Owning a home is part of the American dream. But for some, the dream can quickly become a nightmare of delayed mortgage payments and eventual foreclosure. To help those facing the reality of losing their home, Mississippi Attorney General Jim Hood is bringing the Mississippi Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention Consortium to Columbus Dec. 5 from 10-1 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club on 14th Avenue North.