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Starkville Schools Hold Awards Day

May 24, 2013 | Steve Rogers
STARKVILLE, Miss. — The Starkville School District celebrated the best of the best during its awards program Friday morning at the Greensboro Center, recognizing outstanding faculty and support staff. Nominated...
Trial Date Set in West Point Wreck Case

May 24, 2013 | Steve Rogers
ABERDEEN, Miss. (AP) – A federal judge won’t dismiss a lawsuit that argues the city of West Point and a local nightclub are liable for injuries to an underage driver,...
Highway Patrol Readies for Holiday Weekend

May 24, 2013 | Steve Rogers
Officials want a repeat of last year’s no fatality Memorial Day Holiday. The 78-hour Memorial Day Holiday begins at 6:00 p.m. today (Friday, May 24th) and ends at midnight Monday,...
Video: East Webster High Prepares to Re-open After Tornado Damage

May 23, 2013 | LaMonica Peters
The new construction at East Webster High School includes a gym, athletic field house and the main building on campus.
Video: Brown The Green Thumb Gardener

May 23, 2013 | RH Brown
The Brown thumb is green once again.
Video: School District Leaders Pushing For Alternative School Location

May 23, 2013 | Caresse Jackman
Lowndes County School Superintendent Lynn Wright wants the school board to reconsider moving the county's alternative school to space not being used at West Lowndes Middle.
Veterans Event In Columbus

May 23, 2013 | Jennifer Ortega
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) -Veterans of the Vietnam war were honored Thursday afternoon for their dedication to our country. Citizens came out to pay respect to two Vietnam Veterans who never...

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Highway Patrol Readies for Holiday Weekend

May 24, 2013 | Steve Rogers
Officials want a repeat of last year’s no fatality Memorial Day Holiday. The 78-hour Memorial Day Holiday begins at 6:00 p.m. today (Friday, May 24th) and ends at midnight Monday,...
Oktibbeha County Murder Conviction Upheld

May 23, 2013 | Robert Davidson
Court Rejects Accidental Death Claim
Man Sentenced for Abuse of Vulnerable Adult

May 23, 2013 | Steve Rogers
An Itawamba County resident has been sentenced to prison for fondling a vulnerable person in Lee County, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today. Raymond Brown, 64, of Itawamba County, appeared...
Itawamba Co. Man Sentenced for Fondling a Vulnerable Person

May 22, 2013 | Michelle Lowe
An Itawamba County resident has been sentenced to prison for fondling a vulnerable person in Lee County, announced Attorney General Jim Hood today.
Man Gets 20 More Years for Armed Robbery

May 22, 2013 | Steve Rogers
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) — A Columbus man gets 20 more years to serve on top of 15 he’s already serving. A Lowndes County Circuit Court jury deliverated about 90 minutes...

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Pontotoc Must Invest Excess Gas Revenues in Customers

May 23, 2013 | Steve Rogers
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE JACKSON – Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley entered an order Wednesday directing the City of Pontotoc to dispose of excess natural gas revenues in a...
Video: Oktibbeha Lake Set to Open this Summer

May 22, 2013 | Michelle Lowe
Summer just got cooler in Oktibbeha County.
‘Bama Courts Could Face Layoffs

May 22, 2013 | Steve Rogers
By Phillip Rawls The Associated Press MONTGOMERY — Alabama’s chief justice expects to lay off 150 employees after the state’s new fiscal year starts Oct. 1 unless the court system...
Video: Women in Politics Conference

May 20, 2013 | Callie Paxton
Mississippi University for Women is hosting a 5 day leadership program to encourage college women to participate in local and national politics.

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MUW Nursing Program Now State’s Largest

May 23, 2013 | Steve Rogers
COLUMBUS, Miss.—As The W this year commemorates the 40th anniversary of its charter nursing class, numbers recently released by the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning show its nursing program has...
Pontotoc Must Invest Excess Gas Revenues in Customers

May 23, 2013 | Steve Rogers
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION PRESS RELEASE JACKSON – Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley entered an order Wednesday directing the City of Pontotoc to dispose of excess natural gas revenues in a...
Cantrell Named at EMCC

May 23, 2013 | Steve Rogers
MAYHEW – Kelly Cantrell has a history of being among East Mississippi Community College’s top instructors, and this year she earned a pair of honors to prove it. Cantrell, who...
Video: Oktibbeha Lake Set to Open this Summer

May 22, 2013 | Michelle Lowe
Summer just got cooler in Oktibbeha County.

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