Columbia plans to give a patriotic welcome to a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as it rolls into town.
Organizers want to line the streets with people waving flags as “The Wall That Heals” arrives for its stay from Nov. 14 to Nov. 17 at Bluff Street Park.
The Wall Street Journal used Natchez in a front-page story this week to illustrate the economic decline of the South over the past decade, but it really could have chosen any Mississippi city.
Mason to study at Dartmouth
Never underestimate the positive influence a book can have on a child.
In fourth grade Sarah Mason read “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” and it sparked an abiding interest in Greek and Roman mythology. Now that passion is taking her all the way to the Ivy League.
Dot Fortenberry of Columbia earned a bronze medal Saturday while competing in table tennis at the Mississippi State Games at Northeast Jones High School in Laurel.
The 82-year-old was in the women’s bracket — no age groups — where the next youngest competitor was half her age.
Today, the 75th anniversary of D-Day, holds special significance to Sherry Dennis of Pine Burr.
The idea of a sportsplex in Columbia isn’t new. It was brought up at a 1997 Chamber of Commerce forum as a way to “enhance the quality of life outside of the workplace,” according to an editorial published in this newspaper at the time.
Columbia’s population dropped below 6,000 in 2018 for the first time since the 1930s, according to census estimates.
The city’s population was 5,941 in 2018 versus 6,582 at the 2010 census. That’s a loss of 641 people, or 9.7 percent.
Parents looking for something fun to do this summer can find two great children’s museums within an easy drive of Columbia.
The Mississippi Children’s Museum in Jackson and the Lynn Meadows Discovery Center in Gulfport both pack in an amazing amount of things that kids love to do in unique buildings.
Before Brown v. Board of Education ordered desegregation of public schools, before Emmett Till’s murder woke up the nation, before the Freedom Riders drew attention to conditions for black people in the South, before the Voting Rights Act guaranteed everyone equal access to the polls, there was Jackie Robinson.
Marion General Hospital brought back a tradition Thursday, handing out awards to top employees as part of the National Hospital Week festivities.
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