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The Marion County Football Championship trophy has found a new home on the West side of the mighty Pearl River and the Columbia Wildcats are undefeated no longer.

Board votes to light the courthouse

Once again the Marion County Courthouse will be arrayed in a dazzling display of Christmas lights now that the Marion County Board of Supervisors voted Monday to allow Experience Columbia to decora

Jury selection held at local school

It is not unusual for a trial to sometimes be held in another county, but for a Pearl River County case not only did it have to be moved to a different county, but a different location outside the

Friday Night Lights: West tops Columbia in OT for county title

The Marion County Football Championship trophy has found a new ho

County schools have just 5 cases

The county schools have been limited to just five coronavirus cases among students and just one teacher has tested positive.

Employees of Marion General Hospital got all decked out in pink on Monday to celebrate Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Marion General shows solidarity
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On Wed, 10/14/2020 - 11:42 AM
This photo of Columbia public school teachers was taken in the 1970s. Four people can be identified - second from left, Donna Noblitt, Ruby McElroy, Judy Brewer and, at far right, Becky Cook. If you can identify any others, what they taught and a more specific date, please call or text 601-731-3999. This photo is in the B.B. Bradley collection at The Marion County Museum & Archives.

Can you identify this photo?
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On Wed, 10/14/2020 - 11:40 AM
Obituaries: Kenneth Pounds
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On Wed, 10/14/2020 - 11:39 AM
Kenneth Pounds
69, Foxworth
Obituaries: Kathryn Louise Williamson
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On Wed, 10/14/2020 - 11:35 AM
Kathryn Louise Williamson
70, Columbia
Obituaries: Hattie Nell Prine
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On Wed, 10/14/2020 - 11:30 AM
Hattie Nell Prine
83, Columbia
A visitation was held on Monday, Oct. 5, 2020, at Colonial Funeral Home for Hattie Nell Prine, 83, of Columbia, who died on Sunday, Oct. 4 in Columbia. Burial followed in the Randall Family Cemetery.
Community Calendar: October 15, 2020
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On Wed, 10/14/2020 - 10:56 AM
Gospel Concert, Oct. 17
East Marion High School honored its homecoming court Friday night in the school’s gymnasium prior to the football game against St. Patrick. The presentation was initially scheduled to take place on the football field, but the remnants of Hurricane Delta forced the presentation inside. Pictured here are Homecoming Queen Azariyah Magee and godfather Willie Pittman III.

East Marion crowns its Homecoming Queen
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On Wed, 10/14/2020 - 10:53 AM
Jefferson Middle School has named their students of the month for September. The above photo is of the students chosen from the sixth-grade class. They are, front row, from left, Kaycie Robbins, Xiaria Alexander, Lily Cahanin and Jordan Tangman-Herring. Back row are Hayden Cody, Carleigh Bass and Andy Flowers.

JMS names students of month
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On Wed, 10/14/2020 - 10:50 AM
West Marion's Qavonte Swanigan kicks the game-winning extra point. | Photo by Joshua Campbell

Trojans take back county title from CHS
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On Wed, 10/21/2020 - 05:03 PM
The Marion County Football Championship trophy has found a new home on the West side of the mighty Pearl River and the Columbia Wildcats are undefeated no longer.
West Marion's Qavonte Swanigan, who kicked the game-winning extra point, screams into the night sky as the Trojans celebrate beating Columbia for the county championship. | Photo by Joshua Campbell

Friday Night Lights: West tops Columbia in OT for county title
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On Fri, 10/16/2020 - 11:25 PM
The Marion County Football Championship trophy has found a new home and the Columbia Wildcats are undefeated no longer.

Bolivar Bullet publisher Scott Coopwood

Big Tech eroding freedoms

During this election cycle perhaps the most vital and heavily viewed platform for political news and debate has been Twitter. Then, up next is Facebook. Founded in 2006, Twitter has 330 million monthly active users and 145 million daily active users. The billionaires in northern California who control Twitter are extremely powerful and over the past couple of months we are beginning to see them flex their muscles in a significant way as they have started choosing what the public posts and sees and what the public should not see on Twitter.

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