Fear and resiliency: Chinese natives in Golden Triangle combat coronavirus anxieties with hope, action
On a late-January flight back from Shanghai to Starkville, Ronghua Wu lost sleep.
Get On Up: James Brown biopic puts locals inside the world of movies
Kayla Gilmore sat in the darkened Malco Theatre. Reflections from the big screen danced across her face, just as they had hundreds of times before. But this movie night was different. Kayla — and her mother — intently watched images move across the sprawling pearlescent landscape as the James Brown bio-drama “Get On Up” unfolded. And there it was. Kayla, in the movie.
The assassination of John F. Kennedy: Nov. 22, 1963 is a moment frozen in time for many
The afternoon of Nov. 22, 1963 wasn’t all that different from any other day in Columbus.
Nancy Johnson, a stay-at-home mom and part-time student at Mississippi State College for Women (now MUW) had one eye on her ironing, the other on her favorite soap opera, “As The World Turns.”
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.
Area residents participate in history at inauguration
For Columbus resident Kabir Karriem, Monday was all about capturing a moment in history.
“I was participating in history,” said Karriem, who also serves as a councilman in Columbus. “It was about seeing the first African- American president inaugurated into his second term on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 50 years after the ‘I Have a Dream’ speech and 150 years after the Emancipation Proclamation.”
Dispatch panel offers variety of views on debate
The first presidential debate of the 2012 election season has come and gone, and most political pundits and news outlets are claiming Mitt Romney as the winner.