The Mississippi Court of Appeals issued a ruling this week in an oilfield-related lawsuit from Marion County Circuit Court.
I just started my summer garden by tucking some basil into what is literally the fastest garden on earth.
Some thirty-odd years ago, in response to someone moaning about not being able to garden, I tasked myself with developing the simplest garden ever. Needed to be inexpensive, alluring, edible, and low maintenance.
The following land transactions were filed in Marion County Chancery Court during the two weeks ending April 5:
Monday, March 25
• Jewell Wesley Hunt, Jonathan Martin and Joshua Adam Martin to Joshua A. Martin and Mallary Martin
• Maymon Baxter Jr. to Shelia Aikens
Work is set to begin Monday on a $5.4 million renovation at Walmart that will include adding the first online grocery pickup in Columbia.
Editor’s Note: The following people were booked into the Marion County Jail by local law enforcement agencies from April 1 to April 7. The Columbian-Progress will correct any errors. Call Editor Charlie Smith at (601) 736-2611 to request a correction.
Lawsuits filed by Columbia and Marion County against opioid drug companies will be heard in federal court in Ohio rather than Mississippi.
U.S. District Judge Dan Aaron Polster of Ohio currently has more than 1,317 similar cases before him.
The Columbia Board of Aldermen has appointed election commissioners to handle the upcoming referendum on a 3 percent hotel and restaurant sales tax.
The following incorporations were filed from Marion County with the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office during March:
• V Tees LLC, 82 Albert Rayburn Road, Columbia
• William Anthony Farms LLC, 1004 Conerly Road, Columbia
• Dragoon Gaming Ecommerce Agency LLC, 202 E. Rankin St., Columbia
Editor’s Note: Information printed in the “Fire Report” comes via the responding department(s). The Columbian-Progress will correct any errors. Call Editor Charlie Smith at (601) 736-2611 to request a correction or clarification.
Monday, April 1
The Marion County Board of Supervisors got good news Thursday about the county’s finances halfway through its fiscal year.
CPA Charlie Prince said the public can’t tell based on potholes but that there has been “great management” over the past five years.
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