Beth Boutwell is the new principal at West Marion Elementary School for the 2022-23 school year. | Photo by Beth Riles

Boutwell new principal at West Marion Elementary

By BETH RILES - Staff Writer
Fri,07/01/22-4:09PM, 3,599 Reads
The new principal of West Marion Elementary School is not new to the district or to the children who will be in her charge this upcoming school year. Beth Boutwell was an interventionist at West Marion Primary School over the past four years.
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Dreams came true at Duckworth

By BRAD CROWE - Sports Editor
Fri,07/01/22-1:50PM, 3,103 Reads
With the arrival of a new chapter for youth baseball in Columbia comes the end of another.
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Jail Docket: June 30, 2022

By STAFF REPORTS
Fri,07/01/22-12:04PM, 2,828 Reads
- Jason Lee Addison, 25, Summit, arrested by MCSO, charged with NCIC-assault on pregnant person.
- Milton George Alfred Jr., 62, Lake Worth, Fla., arrested by CPD, charged with disturbing public peace-public place; public drunkenness.
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Mississippi Covid-19 Update : July 06, 2022

By PRESS RELEASE - MSDH
Wed,07/06/22-12:46PM, 2,512 Reads 5,229 Statewide
Listed below is the daily COVID-19 update for the state of Mississippi.

New cases of COVID-19:

1,350

New COVID-19 positive test results reported to MSDH as of 3 P.M. yesterday.
Repeated tests for the same individual are counted only once.
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Columbia resident Matthew Green was arrested on 10 felony charges in Belle Chasse, La. on June 8.

Columbia man charged with felonies in La.

By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Wed,06/15/22-5:13PM, 15,121 Reads
A Columbia man faces 10 felony charges in Belle Chasse, La. after an attempted robbery went awry and led to a standoff with the Plaquemines Parish Sheriff’s Office SWAT Team.
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Jail Docket: June 9, 2022

By STAFF REPORTS
Thu,06/09/22-5:15PM, 13,265 Reads
- Donald E. Alexander III, 41, Brookhaven, arrested by MCSO, charged with DUI 1st offense-(1)(b) under the influence of any substance that would impair.
- Michael Alexander, 24, Columbia, arrested by MCSO, charged with contempt of court-driving while license suspended; contempt of court-speeding.
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Photos of baby used to smuggle drugs to mom

By BETH RILES - Staff Writer
Wed,06/22/22-5:37PM, 11,367 Reads
A baby died in March from an overdose of suboxone, and just three short months later, the baby's parents tried to use a photo of the baby to sneak that same drug into the Marion County Jail.
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Jail Docket: June 16, 2022

By STAFF REPORTS
Thu,06/16/22-5:15PM, 10,395 Reads
- Timothy Drake Alford, 19, Foxworth, arrested by MCSO, charged with domestic violence-aggravated assault.
- Camri Champagne Anderson, 26, Centreville, arrested by MCSO, charged with controlled substance: possession of marijuana in a motor vehicle (less than 30 grams); DUI 1st offense-(1)(a) under the influence of liquor.
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Opinion: Racial diversity is flourishing at Wesley Bible

By ANDY MILLER - Emmerich News
Fri,02/18/22-6:24PM, 105,627 Reads 240,671 Statewide
After a couple of days in my role as VP of Academic Affairs, I read the peer report of our accreditation from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). We had been granted 10 years from that group that accredits more than 250 seminaries throughout the country.
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Tim Kalich

Medicaid is also pro-life

By TIM KALICH - Greenwood Commonwealth
Fri,03/11/22-8:04PM, 95,822 Reads 157,702 Statewide
Critics of pro-life politicians in Mississippi say the legislators and state officials who oppose abortion are a whole lot more interested in what happens before a child is born than after it.
House Speaker Philip Gunn and his lieutenants certainly give credence to that allegation.
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Tax cuts aren’t now or never

By TIM KALICH - Greenwood Commonwealth
Fri,03/18/22-6:36PM, 53,716 Reads 124,932 Statewide
Maybe Philip Gunn was just being theatrical this past week when Mississippi’s speaker of the House said it was now or never to pass sweeping tax cuts.
The statement — “This is the opportunity to do something right now that we will never have again in our lifetimes” — was farcical, though.
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Either way, Bryant looks bad

By TIM KALICH - Greenwood Commonwealth
Fri,04/08/22-9:12PM, 50,581 Reads 221,054 Statewide
What should we believe about Phil Bryant in light of recent revelations about his past ties to a speculative pharmaceutical venture that auditors claim illegally received more than $2 million in welfare money?
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Reeves’ education mirage

By TIM KALICH
Fri,01/28/22-10:06PM, 145,247 Reads 375,877 Statewide
Dating back to his time as lieutenant governor, Tate Reeves has been touting the education gains in Mississippi and trying to take some credit for them.
He was at it again this past week, using his State of the State address to peddle the line that the turnaround in the state’s public schools has been nothing short of phenomenal.
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Shaneqia Harvey sits in the back of a police cruiser Tuesday afternoon. | Photo submitted

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High-speed chase ends in arrest

By SUSAN AMUNDSON - News/Features Editor
Wed,01/26/22-4:18PM, 136,249 Reads
A high-speed chase Tuesday on U.S. 98 began in Columbia and ended in Kokomo, sending one woman to jail on multiple charges.
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Opinion: Racial diversity is flourishing at Wesley Bible

By ANDY MILLER - Emmerich News
Fri,02/18/22-6:24PM, 105,628 Reads 240,671 Statewide
After a couple of days in my role as VP of Academic Affairs, I read the peer report of our accreditation from the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). We had been granted 10 years from that group that accredits more than 250 seminaries throughout the country.
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Medicaid is also pro-life

By TIM KALICH - Greenwood Commonwealth
Fri,03/11/22-8:04PM, 95,823 Reads 157,702 Statewide
Critics of pro-life politicians in Mississippi say the legislators and state officials who oppose abortion are a whole lot more interested in what happens before a child is born than after it.
House Speaker Philip Gunn and his lieutenants certainly give credence to that allegation.
- Click Here to Read More about Medicaid is also pro-life
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