LCSD elects new officers, considers food service proposal
The first meeting of the year for the Lowndes County School District Board of Trustees was held Friday, with board members hearing updates on various projects, recognizing administrators and students and hearing a proposal from a food service management company.
Utility service meetings set in Monroe County
SMITHVILLE — Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley plans three meetings in Monroe County to take comment from citizens on utility service in Mississippi. WTVA-TV reports
Mississippi legislator says CON law outdated
A Republican state lawmaker thinks it’s time for Mississippi to ditch its certificate-of-need requirement that limits where hospitals, nursing homes and other health care facilities can open and what services they can offer.
Day of Service to take place this weekend
The fourth annual United Way Day of Service will be held this Saturday in Columbus.
The day is being held in conjunction with Dream 365, a weeklong commemoration of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Amtrak to suspend some services in Jan., Feb.
Amtrak passenger train service will shut down in Mississippi and other areas in the Southeast for several days in January and February for rail maintenance by Norfolk Southern Railway.
Churches celebrate with special services
Several area churches are having evening services tonight and encouraging people to come and celebrate the birth of Christ.
Mandela ceremony interpreter called a ‘fake’
A man who provided sign language interpretation on stage for Nelson Mandela’s memorial service, attended by scores of heads of state, was a “fake,” the national director of the Deaf Federation of South Africa said on Tuesday.
World leaders, South Africans honor Mandela
World leaders and joyous, singing South Africans honored Nelson Mandela today at a rainy Soweto soccer stadium where U.S. President Barack Obama praised him as a “giant of history” and the last great liberator of the 20th century.
Memorial Friday, funeral Saturday for Allain
A memorial service for former Mississippi Gov. Bill Allain will be held Friday at the state Capitol in Jackson, and the funeral will be Saturday in Natchez.
Mississippi commemorates Medgar Evers’ civil rights work
Civil rights leader Medgar Evers helped create a more inclusive and open Mississippi by increasing black voter registration, Gov. Phil Bryant said Wednesday during a service marking the 50th anniversary of Evers’ assassination.
Military has to decide which combat jobs for women
The Pentagon’s decision to lift the ban on women serving in combat presents a daunting challenge to top military leaders who now will have to decide which, if any, jobs they believe should be open only to men.
Candlelighting service open to families who have lost children
The Compassionate Friends of the Golden Triangle invite families who have lost a child or grandchild to an area-wide candlelighting service of remembrance Sunday, Dec. 9, at West Point’s First Presbyterian Church.