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Main Street offers early coffee BAWIfest
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Main Street Columbia urges merchants to attend a Before Hours Coffee on Wednesday, Sept. 8 at 7:45 a.m. at Merle Norman/Polished Looks on Main Street. “We will be discussing the BAWIfest, set for ...
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Area blood drive set for Friday
In an effort to stock local hospital shelves with blood as summer vacation season ends, Columbia’s next drive, sponsored by Wal-Mart, Columbia will be held from 10:00am to 4:00pm, Friday, Septembe...
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Attempted robbery leads to arrest
A Columbia man who attempted to rob his neighbor had his bond set at $20,000 Wednesday in Justice Court by Judge Sharon Whitfield. Orlando Robinson, 35, was arrested Monday by Columbia police acco...
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Dana's Kids Golf Tournament set for Labor Day
On Labor Day, Sept. 6, the Columbia Junior Auxiliary Crown Club will host its 4th annual Dana’s Kids Golf Tournament, benefiting Junior Auxiliary’s award winning “Dana’s Kids” project. The golf ...
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Parkman trial site changed
Complete story on court’s decision on motions heard Monday
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Artist returns home for show
Jolie Patterson’s art reflects her heritage, the heritage of the South. Patterson, a 2000 graduate of Columbia Academy who now lives in Ocean Springs will have an exhibit here in Columbia Friday n...
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Gov. Haley Barbour State snuffs out Spice
State lawmakers passed an anti-Spice bill Friday that now makes possession or sale of the herbal incense substance against the law. With Gov. Haley Barbour’s signature, Mississippi will become the...
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Pair found guilty of gaming charges
A Marion County Circuit Court jury found the owners of a local business guilty of charges stemming from the seizure of gaming devices in 2008. Buster L. Buchanan was found guilty Monday of felony ...
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Marion County not among first biofuels sites
The State Legislature approved a financial incentive package aimed at bringing at least 1,000 jobs to Mississippi in the biofuels industry. Gov. Haley Barbour called a special session Friday, and ...
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East Marion Storm tracks new direction
The East Marion Marching Storm presented their debut half-time show Friday night and Principal John Taylor said he is pleased with their start. “I like the new direction Mr. Dixon is taking,” sai...
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This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Earl taken Friday Sept. 3, 2010 at 12:01 a.m. EDT. Hurricane Earl was downgraded to a Category 2 storm with maximum sustained winds near 105 mph. National Weather Service meteorologist Hal Austin said the eye of the hurricane was expected to get as close as 55 miles east of the Outer Banks about 2 a.m. Friday. (AP Photo/NOAAAP - The last ferry left for the mainland and coastal residents hunkered down at home as Hurricane Earl closed in with 105 mph winds early Friday on North Carolina's dangerously exposed Outer Banks, the first and perhaps most destructive stop on the storm's projected journey up the Eastern Seaboard.


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Miami-Dade Police and Fire Rescue vehicles are shown at the arrival level at Miami International Airport in Miami, early morning Friday, Sept. 3, 2010. A spokesman for Miami International Airport says four of its six concourses have been evacuated as a police bomb squad investigates a report of a suspicious item. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)AP - A bomb squad investigated a report of a suspicious package after police evacuated four of six concourses at Miami International Airport for several hours on the eve of the Labor Day travel period, an airport spokesman said Friday.


Fri Sep 03 01:18:58 -0500 2010

Boats are seen spraying water on an oil and gas platform that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, off the coast of Louisiana., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. All 13 crew members were rescued.  (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)AP - An oil platform that burned off the Louisiana coast Thursday was the second such disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in less than five months. This time, the Coast Guard said there was no leak, and no one was killed.


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