Our View: Let’s put teens to work this summer
It is unfortunate that for many teens, the only thing they’ll be working on this summer is their tans or curveballs or video game skills. Statistically, about 40 percent of America’s teens work during the summer break.
For some, food benefits set to expire
Some Mississippi residents who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits may lose those benefits starting April 1 if they do not satisfy certain work-related requirements.
Food stamp cutoff concerns advocates for poor in Miss.
With 75,000 Mississippians at risk of losing food stamp benefits on March 30 if they don’t find work or training, social service providers fear an influx of hungry people in what’s already the hungriest state in the nation.
Corrections head: Put Miss. lifers back to work
Mississippi’s corrections commissioner says, “I want to put inmates back to work.”
Review of 4-day work week not likely in near future
The city of Columbus operates on a four-day work week, but some councilmen say it is time to review the schedule.
Workers in key industries getting most raises
If you hope to get a raise that finally feels like one, it helps to work in the right industry.
Perkins to sanitation employees: Get to work or face termination
Ward 6 Alderman Roy A. Perkins gave a stern warning for Starkville Sanitation and Environmental Services employees: If you do not work a full eight hours per day, you will lose your job.
Traffic switch on U.S. 45 set for Thursday
Traffic on U.S. Highway 45 South from Carson Road to four miles south of U.S. Highway 82 will be switched Thursday morning for more road and bridge work.
USS Monitor work ceases as dollars dwindle
When the turret of the USS Monitor was hoisted from the ocean floor in 2002, the real heavy lifting was just beginning: conserving and restoring more than 200 tons of Civil War ironclad artifacts.
Supes sign off on 2014 road plan
When Lowndes County supervisors passed their Fiscal Year 2013-14 budget in September, they set aside an extra $500,000 for road repairs.
Loss of jobless aid leaves many with bleak options
A cutoff of benefits for the long-term unemployed has left more than 1.3 million Americans with a stressful decision:
What now?
Without their unemployment checks, many will abandon what had been a futile search and will no longer look for a job — an exodus that could dwarf the 347,000 Americans who stopped seeking work in December.
More Americans exercise while they work
WASHINGTON — Glued to your desk at work? Cross that off the list of excuses for not having the time to exercise. A growing number
City expands summer jobs program
The City of Columbus is once again partnering with the Mississippi Department of Transportation to offer area youth summer jobs in a paid, 10-week program aimed at putting cash in their pockets while instilling work ethics and beautifying the city.
Bluecutt wreck kills Ethelsville man
An Ethelsville, Ala. man died early Saturday in a motorcycle accident on Bluecutt Road.