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Friday night’s matchup between Poplarville and Columbia was a typical heavyweight clash between the two former district mates, with the Hornets escaping with a 21-20 win in Round 2 of the playoffs. | Photo by Joshua Campbell © Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. 2024

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Columbia drops Round 2 heartbreaker to Poplarville
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Wed,11/20/24-11:52AM , 655 Reads
Columbia and Poplarville went into their Round 2 matchup as arguably the top two teams remaining in the South side of the Class 4A bracket, but only one team could advance.
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West Marion Primary School third-grader Charlie McCain won the school spelling bee Friday. McCain cruised through the competition, and her championship word was “sandwich.” | Photos by Joshua Campbell © Emmerich Newspapers, Inc. 2024

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McCain spells ‘sandwich’ to win WMP spelling bee
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Wed,11/20/24-11:30AM , 917 Reads
Third-grader Charlie McCain won the West Marion Primary Spelling Bee Friday morning and is one of three students from the school advancing to the County Spelling Bee against three students from Columbia Primary School after Thanksgiving.
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Operation Cold Turkey nets 36 arrests
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Wed,11/20/24-10:30AM , 1,975 Reads
The Marion County Sheriff's Office and Columbia Police Department teamed up Saturday for Operation Cold Turkey to arrest 36 people while targeting illegal drug sales. The two departments served six residential search warrants in both the city and county, netting the majority of the arrests.
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Fisher claims November Yard of the Month
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Tue,11/19/24-7:00AM , 853 Reads
Barbara Fisher’s home on High School Avenue is recognized as the November Yard of the Month. She was presented the honor by Brenda Pounds of the Pine Needle Garden Club. The yard draws a lot of compliments, and Pounds said she likes how the yard is one of the few in town that uses rocks instead of mulch in the flower bed.

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