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Marked Tattoos owner Mark Carithers has had his shop in Columbia since 2010. He said he enjoys being able to connect with his customers the most.

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Business Feature: Marked Tattoos
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL
Fri,12/18/20-4:20PM , 4,840 Reads
For the past decade, Marked Tattoos, which is a full-service tattoo and body piercing shop, has been the go-to business for Marion County residents and the surrounding area to express themselves through body art.
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East Marion senior Lia Smith says the most challending aspect of high school right now is the difficulties of virtual learning.

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Student Spotlight: East Marion High School senior Lia Smith
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL
Fri,12/18/20-3:10PM , 2,349 Reads
(This week The Columbian-Progress spotlights East Marion High School senior Lia Smith.)

Q: When and where were you born?
A: I was born Dec. 16, 2002, in Hattiesburg.

Q: Where do you attend school? What grade?
A: I’m a senior at East Marion High School.
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Liz Purvis, right, is overcome with emotion after having her Class of 1976 West Marion High School ring returned to her by Tammy Riley Tuesday morning. The ring had been missing for about 15 years.

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The ring that went nowhere and everywhere
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL
Fri,12/18/20-12:16PM , 1,969 Reads
Roughly 15 years ago Liz Purvis’ West Marion Class of 1976 ring was lost with the belief it would never be seen again. Tuesday morning the ring was finally returned to an emotional Purvis at The Columbian-Progress office by classmate Tammy Riley, but how the ring got back to Purvis is somewhat of a mystery.
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New USM head coach Will Hall made big waves with his first signing class. | Photo courtesy of Southern Miss Athletics

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Hall hits home run with signing class
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL
Fri,12/18/20-11:26AM , 2,524 Reads
When Will Hall was announced as the new Southern Miss head football coach two weeks, I wrote about how it would be imperative for USM to reestablish its local recruiting to get back to its winning ways that led to 18 straight winning seasons from 1994 until 2011.
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