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Stevens denied death sentence appeal
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A federal appeals court turned down the appeal of Benny Joe Stevens who was convicted of capital murder in the killing of four people in Marion County. The decision of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court...
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Raising awareness about childhood cancer
September is National Childhood Cancer Awareness month and Marion countian Leigh Bourne is working to get the message out that more research is needed. Bourne’s pre-teen son, Kurt, was diagnosed w...
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Erickson shares journey with Power Lunch attendees
Theresa Erickson has had quite a journey in life. The Greater PineBelt Community Foundation director has served in that capacity for just over a year now after a 20-year career as business develop...
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White seeks funding solutions at CSD
As the new Director of Federal Programs and Grant Writer for the Columbia School District, Lisa White said in order to qualify for a variety of grants from diverse sources she wants to work with p...
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Wicker visits Columbia to speak
Senator Roger F. Wicker was in Columbia Thursday night and had a lot on his mind as he spoke to members of the Magnolia Chapter of the Military Officers Association of America. Wicker discussed cu...
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The staff of First Southern Bank is shown. 
photos by Mark Rogers First Southern Bank
It all began for First Southern Bank 50 years ago in Columbia. The bank has grown and now has seven branches, including two in Columbia. Other locations served are Picayune, Carriere, Petal, Richt...
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West Marion comes back to beat Dexter 38-36
The West Marion Trojans won on the road at Dexter with a late touchdown following an interception. The Trojans topped the Bulldogs 38-36 in a game that had more ups and downs than a roller coaster...
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Wayne Academy tops CA, 18-13
Columbia Academy took another blow tonight as Wayne Academy defeated the Cougars, 18-13, in a game in which the CA team held the lead twice during the night. Wayne Academy scored first in the fir...
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East Marion takes win over Columbia High in last seconds
East Marion won a battle, 26-20, over Columbia High tonight, in a game which both EM head coach Anthony Dillon and CHS head coach Doug Norris said was as crazy a game as they had ever been invol...
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Smith enters guilty plea, sentenced to life
A Foxworth man has pleaded guilty to the Nov. 9, 2008 murder of Joe Van Stringer. John David Smith, 20, entered the plea Friday according to Fifteenth Circuit Court District Attorney Hal Kittrell....
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President Barack Obama speaks on the economy at the Milwaukee Laborfest in Milwaukee, Monday, Sept. 6, 2010. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Seeking to give anxious Democrats a boost ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama is pitching a trio of economic initiatives Wednesday and voicing unwavering opposition to Bush-era tax breaks for the wealthy, an issue on which he's looking to draw a stark contrast with Republicans.


Wed Sep 08 05:47:59 -0500 2010

Rev. Terry Jones at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Jones plans to burn copies of the Quran on church grounds to mark the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States that provoked the Afghan war.   (AP Photo/John Raoux)AP - The leader of a small Florida church that espouses anti-Islam philosophy said he was still praying about whether go through with his plan to burn copies of the Quran on Sept. 11, which the White House, religious leaders and others are pressuring him to call off.


Wed Sep 08 06:06:07 -0500 2010

FILE - In this March 12, 2009 file photo, Peanut Corporation of America's president Stewart Parnell, arrives a federal court in Lynchburg, Va. The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were implicated in a salmonella outbreak that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business, as the federal government's criminal. (AP Photo/Don Petersen, File)AP - The peanut industry executive whose filthy processing plants were blamed in a salmonella outbreak two years ago that killed nine people and sickened hundreds more is back in the business.


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