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The airboat with a four-bladed propellar, powered by a 425 horsepower engine, sits on Church Street in front of The Round Table, awaiting its launch in the Pearl River. Airboat arrives for Pearl River Adventures
Airboat adventures on the Pearl River are just around the corner. The airboat purchased by Gary Blackwell of The Round Table, was delivered this week and Blackwell said he has everything in place ...
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Jon Luke Watts, a sophomore at Columbia Academy, recently qualified for the national Junior Olympic trials. CA runner gains national ranking
Columbia Academy cross country athlete Jon Luke Watts, an upcoming sophomore, won a bid to the national round of the Junior Olympics in the 15 to 16 age range. A third place finish in the 3000 me...
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Sales tax dips after trending upward
Columbia’s sales tax receipts were up over the 2009 figures, for three months in a row last month, when April figures were released. April 2010 receipts were $328,845.05, 8.3 percent over April 20...
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Perry’s new book due out soon.
A local author is excited that her second book is slated for release soon. Brandi Perry’s “A Whisper on the Bayou” will be available beginning Aug. 21. Her first novel, “Wayward Justice”, which c...
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West Marion summer program students play a math game to show off their multiplication skills at the program-end party last Wednesday. Learning is always in season at WM elementary
About 25 West Marion students, from kindergarten through sixth grade, spent up to three hours a day, four days a week during the past four weeks to improve the skills they will need to achieve hig...
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East Marion band director Steven Dixon talks with parents and students. Band work underway at East Marion
New East Marion band director Steven Dixon met with parents and many of his students Saturday afternoon. Band camp began Monday morning and Dixon welcomed the students with great enthusiasm. For p...
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Lightning strike causes fire at church
by Mark Rogers
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A lightning stike started a small fire at the Brushy Creek Baptist Church Sunday morning. Tri-Community firefighters were dispatched around 9:20 after witnesses said lightning struck the church an...
Flash flood warning issued for Marion, Jefferson Davis and Lawrence counties
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FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 850 AM CDT SUN JUL 25 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTY IN...
A-1 Buildings
by Lori Watts, Staff Writer
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In November, A-1 Buildings, at 489 U.S. 98 East next to Wendy’s, will have been manufacturing custom wood- or metal- sided storage buildings in Columbia for 20 years. Owner Harvey Tullos said he wa...
Fire destroys home
by Mark Rogers
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A fast moving fire destroyed a home at 160 Good Hope Road Friday night. Firefighters from the Tri-Community Fire Department were dispatched around 8 p.m. to reports of flames coming from the home....
Hospitality & honey- A winning combination?
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Vaughan Simmons will represent Marion County in the 60th Anniversary Mississippi Miss Hospitality Pageant, July 30 and 31 at the Saenger Theater in Hattiesburg. Marion County has not had a winner i...
MEMA asks residents to prepare for Tropical Storm Bonnie
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MEMA Director Mike Womack urges Mississippians to prepare now for effects from Tropical Storm Bonnie. Weather forecasts have Bonnie approaching the Gulf Coast late Saturday or Sunday morning. “Eve...
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Protests go on despite ruling on immigration law (AP)

Naomi Wallace, right, is joined by her daughters Tegan McLeod, left, and Caitlin McLeod, center, as they protest the Arizona immigration law outside the federal courthouse in Louisville, Ky., Thursday, July 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)AP - Officers are making multiple arrests at a rally in Phoenix protesting Arizona's new immigration law.


Thu Jul 29 12:49:28 -0500 2010
Rangel says no plea deal yet to ethics charges (AP)

Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., gives thumbs up as he gets in the elevator to leave his office for a vote on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 28, 2010.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - Veteran New York Rep. Charles Rangel said Thursday there's no deal yet to settle his ethics case and avoid an election-season trial on charges of violating House rules.


Thu Jul 29 12:41:51 -0500 2010
As many as 6,600 Arlington graves mixed up (AP)

Former Arlington National Cemetery Deputy Superintendent Thurman Higginbotham, right, confers with his attorney while testifting on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2010, before the Senate Contracting Oversight subcommittee hearing to examine contract mismanagement at Arlington National Cemetery. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - Estimates of the number of graves potentially affected by mix-ups at Arlington National Cemetery grew to as many as 6,600 on Thursday, as the cemetery's former superintendent blamed his staff and a lack of resources for the scandal that forced his ouster.


Thu Jul 29 11:32:29 -0500 2010