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Fourteen-year-old Brody Wages sustained significant injuries in an ATV accident May 24, but the West Marion student is recovering at University Medical Center in Jackson and was recently moved from the ICU to the step-down unit. | Photos submitted

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Teenager recovering from catastrophic 4-wheeler accident
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Thu,06/27/24-7:02AM , 1,254 Reads
In an instant, everything seemed lost for David Wages. He received a knock on the door May 24 and was informed his 14-year-old son, Brody, was dead as a result of a 4-wheeler accident.
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National Guardsman, firefighter and minister charged with statutory rape of second victim under 14
By JOSHUA CAMPBELL - Publisher
Wed,06/26/24-2:57PM , 2,740 Reads
For the second time in the past six weeks, Kameron Virgil, a 20-year-old Columbia man who served in the Army National Guard, as a firefighter with the Foxworth Volunteer Fire Department and as a proclaimed minister, has been arrested for engaging in sexual intercourse with a child under the age of 14.
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Opinion: What to expect Thursday night
Tue,06/25/24-7:06PM , 226 Reads 5,509 Statewide
What should American voters expect Thursday night when President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump debate? Most likely, a lot of what they’ve already been hearing.
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Opinion: This guy forfeited his gun rights
Tue,06/25/24-7:00PM , 304 Reads 5,981 Statewide
Two years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court said modern gun-control laws were unconstitutional unless there were similar restrictions early in the country’s history. Last week, the justices took a step back from that absolutist position, upholding a federal law that prevents alleged domestic abusers from carrying guns.
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