Dream 365: Week-long commemoration honors past, with eyes to the future
“If you look at where we are today and we try to make plans for where we will go tomorrow, you have to remember how you got to where you are,” said Learnard Dickerson. With the Rev. Tony Montgomery and Lavonne Harris, he is a co-founder of Dream 365, a now week-long commemoration in Columbus of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Quality of life issues dominate Wards 4, 5
Columbus councilmen wrapped up a two-day tour of the city’s six wards Wednesday in preparation for today’s strategic planning retreat.
The council toured wards 4, 5 and 6.
City leaders begin ward tours
Fifteenth Street South is a thoroughfare used every day by truck drivers from Waste Pro, MMC Materials and APAC as they go to and leave plants in Columbus.
It’s only been about a year since the road was last milled and repaved, but portions of it have already deteriorated.
History and mystery highlight Ghosts and Legends Tour Nov. 8-9
Pam and Hal Bullock have opened the doors of their 1872 house, Griffin Eyrie, for historic home tours before, but those visitors rarely heard of
Down on the farm: Getting to know your food and where it comes from
Old MacDonald made room for a younger generation of farmers Sunday, plus an estimated 50 to 70 people who wanted to check out their farms. The fairly new Mississippi Sustainable Agriculture Network coordinated free tours Sept. 29 of Black Creek Farms in Columbus, Beaverdam and High Hope Farms in Cedar Bluff, and Bountiful Harvest Farm in Starkville.
Schools tour helps district leaders gauge progress
Starkville School District officials saw first-hand Tuesday how investments in technology and teachers are paying off in the district.
Katrina victims take on hurricane tour operators
Some New Orleans residents and city officials are pushing back against tour operators who bus out-of-towners into the city’s Lower 9th Ward, where Hurricane Katrina unleashed a wall of water that pushed homes off foundations and stranded residents on rooftops when the levees failed.