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Carpentry students install the subfloor for the 12’x16’ storage building. | Photo submitted

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Votech Carpentry students build storage shed
By STAFF REPORTS
Wed,12/20/23-5:00PM , 728 Reads
The second year Carpentry students at the Carl Loftin Career and Technology Center have started their yearly building of a storage shed. The purpose of the build is for the students to go through the whole process of building a structure. They begin by creating a level foundation.
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Ta’Nia Patrick of Columbia is one of the 18 Jones College students that received a scholarship through the Pearl River Valley Association’s Round Up for Education Scholarship program. | Photo submitted

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Jones College students receive Pearl River Valley EPA Scholarships
By STAFF REPORTS
Wed,12/20/23-4:00PM , 1,080 Reads
ELLISVILLE – Eighteen Jones College students are amongst the 142 students from throughout Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association’s 12-county service area receiving a $650 scholarship through the Round Up for Education scholar’s program, including Ta’Nia Patrick of Columbia.
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Obituary: Amy Darlene Price
By STAFF REPORTS
Wed,12/20/23-4:00PM , 1,077 Reads
Amy Darlene Price
57, Foxworth
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Obituary: Nettie Long
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Wed,12/20/23-3:00PM , 1,124 Reads
Nettie Long
80, Kokomo
Memorial services were held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, at Hathorn Baptist Church in Columbia for Nettie Long, 80, of Kokomo, who passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 12, in Hattiesburg. Bro. Chris Turnage officiated at the services.
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