Learning to lead: Mayor’s Youth Council boasts record 54 members this year
Standing behind a podium in a near empty first-floor ballroom in Trotter Convention Center Thursday evening, Marian Turner sound-checked the microphone nearly a dozen times.
Starkville begins new year of Mayor’s Youth Council
Inecia Looby says she hopes she and her friends can inspire newcomers to the Mayor’s Youth Council to fall in love with the program.
Caledonia to begin Youth Council program
Caledonia High School students with political aspirations — or just a desire to understand the underpinnings of government — will soon have an outlet for their interests.
Parent sues mayor over Youth Council
Mayor Robert Smith and his Mayor’s Youth Council received a slap on the wrist from Mississippi Supreme Court Judge Thomas Zebert of Pearl Friday in Lowndes County Chancery Court after a parent filed an injunction alleging her daughter was improperly prohibited from attending a group trip.
Youth council helps students sharpen relational skills
You never know what the Mayor’s Youth Council is going to be doing. One minute, they may be sitting in on a Columbus City Council meeting and by nightfall, they may be dancing the night away to raise money for children with cancer.