EMCC program offers free educational opportunities for adults

EMCC program offers free educational opportunities for adults

MACON, Miss. (WCBI) – Folks in Noxubee County will soon have a place to start completing their education. East Mississippi Community College and Happy Start Learning Academy are teaming up to offer an adult education program. “When EMCC told us that they would come and offer those services and so we said we have the facility, we will make it…

Organization hosts conflict resolution program for teens

A non-profit organization hosts a conflict resolution program for teens

TUPELO, Miss (WCBI) “A teenager has been shot in Columbus and Police are trying to figure out how it happened.” It’s an alarming trend. “A Tupelo teen is in the Lee County jail for shooting into a motor vehicle” Those headlines are why Israel United Christ group hosts a youth violence seminar. The goal is to teach kids how to…

Citizens gather in Lamar County to remember the lives lost on 9/11

Participants climb the equivalent of 110 stories, to pay tribute to the firefighters and symbolically complete their heroic journey.

MILLPORT, Ala. (WCBI) – Citizens and First Responders of Lamar County gathered Sunday morning to remember the lives lost on September 11th, 2001. One of the organizers, Mary Homan says it was the 5th annual 9/11 Memorial stair climb. Participants climb the equivalent of 110 stories, to pay tribute to the firefighters and symbolically complete their heroic journey. Homan says…