The state prison crisis has hit Columbia through the transfer of inmates to the Marion County Regional Jail.
At the Board of Supervisors meeting Thursday morning, Warden Derek Mingo said they would be picking up 25 inmates who are currently assigned to the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman.
The annual awards luncheon of the Marion General Hospital Auxiliary was held on Nov. 22, 2019, at 10 a.m. at Broad Street Restaurant.
The following marriage licenses were filed in Marion County Circuit Court in December:
Evan O’Neal Bedwell of Foxworth and Lacy Deann Willoughby of Foxworth
Perry Alan Byrd of Columbia and Deanna Fortenberry Martino of Sandy Hook
New Jerusalem Church of God in Christ Workshops, Jan. 11
Pauline Bracey
93, Kokomo
Lorena McDaniel
91, Columbia
Monday, Dec. 30
Medical, 66 Wiggins Road, 9:23 a.m., Columbia responded.
Medical, 7 Carroll Loop, 3 p.m., Morgantown responded.
Fire alarm, 1712 Church St., 5:12 p.m., Columbia responded.
Motor vehicle accident, Mississippi 44/Sumrall Road, 6:22 p.m., Tri-Community responded.
Editor’s Note: The following people were booked into the Marion County Jail from Dec. 30 to Jan. 5. The C-P will correct any errors. Call Editor Charlie Smith at 736-2611 for corrections.
Leon Darrell Andrews, 46, Columbia, arrested by MCSO, charged with contempt of court; possession of firearm by felon.
Students who earned the highest number of Accelerated Reader points during the second nine weeks at Columbia Academy are, from left, Noah Fortenberry, sixth grade; Lainey Holmes, fifth grade; Alexis Smith, fourth grade; Brayden Dyess, third grade; Lizzi Robbins, second grade; and Eli McDaniel, first grade.
The following entities in Marion County incorporated in December, according to records filed with the Mississippi Secretary of State’s Office:
Bryant Poultry LLC, 71 Stevenson Lane, Kokomo
Cyndell Addison TV LLC, 125 Hemmingtown Road, Foxworth
JRB Cattle LLC, 71 Stevenson Lane, Kokomo
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