Columbia News

Howard and Donna Nobles of Bassfield announce the engagement of their daughter, Hannah Dawn Nobles, to Brandon Scott Bond, son of Tommy and Judy Bond of Sumrall.

The Hattiesburg banking industry continues to grow and offer area residents more options for meeting their banking needs.

A Florida-based firm has agreed to pay Mississippi and 13 other states $9 million to help them oversee the company's mortgage lending practices.

The Mississippi Department of Transportation has lowered the weight limit on the Harper's Creek Bridge on Mississippi 35 in Marion County to 10,000 lbs.

COLUMBIA - Services are 10 a.m. Monday at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home for Buford E. Cooper, 71, of Columbia, who died June 20, 2009, at his home.

AT&T has put its 'More bars in more places' slogan into action in Lamar County. The telecommunications giant is enhancing its wireless coverage with a new site in Sumrall that 'really boosts the signal so that you get the full bars up through there,' said Sue Sperry, spokeswoman for AT&T Mississippi.

Bond was revoked Thursday for a Columbia woman charged with murder in the 2008 stabbing death of a Lamar County man.

The Jackson-based Ballet Magnificat! company has performed at events around the nation.

Mr. and Mrs. Richard Woolwine of Seminary announce the engagement of their daughter, Brittney Rene, to James 'Jamie' Powell, son of Mr.

It was 1966 - May 30th to be exact - when nearly 100 bright-eyed, seemingly invincible graduates of Columbia High School entered the adult world to make their marks.

Students from the physical therapy assistant program at Pearl River Community College received the top honors May 11 during the Forrest County Center Awards Day.

Ms. Charlotte Lurvey of Tampa, FL, and Mr. Brian Lurvey of Monroeville, PA, announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter, Heather Nicole Lurvey, to Scott Michael Williamson, son of Mrs.

At 11 a.m. today the National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for parts of Marion, Lamar and Forrest counties, which includes Kokomo, Sandy Hook, Columbia, Petal and Hattiesburg until noon.

The blueberries on one of the bushes in my backyard are just forming. Two weeks ago, the bush was covered in fragile-looking, tubular white blooms.

I was delighted to run into Charlotte Keys, head of Jesus People Against Pollution of Columbia, MS, whom I'd interviewed for Sojourners' March issue, at the Mobilization.

Mr. and Mrs. Baxter I. White, Jr., of Columbia announce the engagement of their daughter, Melissa Marie White, to William Marshall Jordan, son of Mr.

Sixty-five year old Vietnam veteran Thomas "Pete" Peterson was brought up by his grandmother and several doting aunts in Columbia, Mississippi.

Members of the City of Columbia's Leadership Class met with leaders of the City of Picayune and Pearl River County to get some perspective of what challenges the county faced as a whole after Hurricane Katrina.

PRCC will offer night classes at Columbia High School both in the summer and the fall.

Three decades of debate over flood prevention proposals hasn't diminished resistance from the metro area's neighbors to the south, where there is worry the plans would save Jackson at the expense of downriver communities.