‘One big old family’: Neighborhood near Oktibbeha County Lake has long history of unity, fellowship
Walter Bell Road, just northeast of the Oktibbeha County Lake, hasn’t been there as long as some of its residents have.
Residents rise to the occasion in helping those affected by storm
As daylight Sunday morning arrived, bright and chilly, the streets in north central and East Columbus began to swell with residents cleaning up their own properties, neighbors from outside the affected areas pitching in as they could and curious on-lookers clogging the streets.
Partial to Home: The morning after, talk turns to the night before
By 10 o’clock Tuesday morning Bobby Ray had almost finished picking up storm debris in his yard on Tabernacle Road when neighbor Ricky Ward showed up. The two are old friends, their friendship rooted in their shared passion for dirt-track racing.
Storm journal: Residents rally in the storm’s aftermath
Maybe there is something to that old saying, “The good guys wear white hats.”
Clay supes mulling second try for grant to build well
On Christmas Eve in 2012, one of Siloam Water District’s wells on Highway 46 failed. About 300 residences in northwest Clay County were without water until crews could manually open valves from other wells and restore supply.