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Supervisors hear 911 radio project update
by Mark Rogers, Managing Editor
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Marion County is preparing to continue the radio system upgrades which began this spring with the switchover to the digital system for the Marion County Sheriff’s Office and Columbia Police Departm...
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Agencies combine to step up traffic enforcement
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County courses ‘parked’ by state
State education officials have “parked” three Marion County school programs - two at the Carl Loftin Career and Technology Center and one at West Marion High School - cutting funds to the programs....
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Speaker to continue ministry begun last year
A speaker coming to Columbia for a June 2 appearance will continue the path of a ministry begun last year. The What is Your Purpose? Ministry began last year with an appearance by Terry Caffey, wh...
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Couple, dogs safe after ejection from boat
Two people and three dogs were able to swim to shore after being thrown from their boat Thursday on the Pearl River near Foxworth. “The boat hit a stump,” Mike Melofsky, who was driving the vessel...
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Fink Chiropractic Clinic
The Fink Chiropractic Clinic celebrated 52 years in business earlier this month and also moved to a new location After more than 50 years on Second Street, Dr. Holly Fink said the office moved to ...
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School break-in probe continues
Marion County Sheriff’s deputies are continuing the investigation into break-ins at several area schools and believe they may have a suspect in jail for the crimes on unrelated charges. “The suspe...
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Six injured in head-on crash
Six people were injured Thursday night in a head-on crash on Old New Hope Road. The Marion County Sheriff’s Office received calls of the accident just before 7 p.m. in front of 1074 Old New Hope R...
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57 students honored as Mississippi Scholars
Fifty-seven high school seniors were honored last Thursday night at the third annual Marion County Mississippi Scholars banquet held at the family life center at Woodlawn Church. The salute, spons...
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City begins search for new police chief
The City of Columbia took steps to begin the search for a police chief Monday night by approving the qualifications and preparing to advertise the position. Mayor Reed Houston proposed a timeline ...
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Ashley Michelle Luethje celebrates her title as Marion County’s Distinguished Young Woman for 2013. Leuthje earned the title Saturday night at the annual competition held at the Crystelle Ford Auditorium at Columbia High School.  
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Ashley Michelle Luethje celebrates her title as Marion County’s Distinguished Young Woman for 2013. Leuthje earned the title Saturday night at the annual competition held at the Crystelle Ford Auditorium at Columbia High School. Photo by Adam Prestridge
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After signing autographs, former Major League Baseball pitcher Roger Clemens leaves federal court, Thursday, May 17, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)The judge in the Roger Clemens perjury trial is imposing a time limit on all future witnesses in an effort to speed things up.


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ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's conservatives, the country's biggest party which backs its international bailout, rejected on Friday a suggestion by German Chancellor Angela Merkel that Greece hold a referendum on its euro zone membership. "The Greek people don't need a referendum to prove they're pro-euro," said Antonis Samaras, the leader of the conservative New Democracy party, in a statement. Greece's government spokesman said earlier on Friday that Merkel raised the referendum idea in a telephone conversation with Greece's President Karolos Papoulias. ...
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Tourists stand in front of the Greek Parliament during a rainfall in Athens, Friday, May 18, 2012. Greece's Parliament is to be dissolved so new elections can be held June 17. The move Friday comes after an inconclusive election left squabbling politicians unable to form government, deepening the country's political crisis and jeopardizing its membership in Europe's joint currency. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)Germany's chancellor apparently waded into Greece's choppy political waters on Friday, with Athens saying Angela Merkel suggested that the country should hold a referendum on the euro together with next month's national elections.


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