Editor’s Note: The following people were booked into the Marion County Jail by local law enforcement agencies over the past week. The Columbian-Progress will correct any errors. Call Editor Charlie Smith at (601) 736-2611 to request a correction.
Voters in the Union precinct in eastern Marion County will change locations for future elections.
The Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Monday to move the polling place from a privately owned building on Lampton Hilltop Road to the Keno Fire Station at the corner of East Baylis Chapel and Lampton Hilltop roads.
The following marriage license applications were received by the Marion County Circuit Clerk’s Office during the week of April 9:
• Austin Ramel Mingo of Columbia and Anjerica Cymone Newton of Columbia.
There were no divorces listed as final in the Marion County Chancery Clerk’s Office during the week of April 9.
Boy Scouts are on the rebound in Marion County.
Editor’s Note: Information printed in the “Fire Report” comes via the responding department(s). The Columbian-Progress will correct any errors. Call Editor Charlie Smith at (601) 736-2611 to request a correction or clarification.
Monday, April 9
• Medical, 459 Riley Road, 6:02 p.m., Tri-Community responded.
Federal regulations about shooting near airports and lead in the environment may delay construction of a firing range for the Marion County Sheriff’s Office.
The Federal Aviation Administration and Environmental Protection Agency both have rules that would affect a potential range, the Board of Supervisors learned this week.
Yesterday I bought some absolutely delicious strawberries. Besides just eating them straight from the plastic container, I began thinking of different combinations of strawberries — strawberries and ice cream, strawberries and pound cake, strawberries and cream. This recipe satisfies all those strawberry cravings.
Columbia mother to speak for childhood cancer funding on Capitol Hill
Amy Terrell is taking a stand against childhood cancer by attending the ninth annual “46 Mommas Shave for the Brave” event in Washington, D.C. next week.
When is a road not a road?
The Marion County Board of Supervisors is confronted with two questions over whether roads are private or public.
The following land transactions were recorded in the Marion County Chancery Clerk’s Office during the week of April 2:
April 2
• Jo Ann Watts to Cassie Morris Watts for property.
• Harry Taylor to Laura W. Foxworth for property.
