Como News

Who's your daddy? In this case, it's Daddy Mack Orr, leader of the Center for Southern Folklore's house band, the Daddy Mack Blues Band, and subject of Jim O'Donnell's documentary Plain Man Blues , which was ...

The Tate County community continues to come together to help an injured Magnolia Heights student.

Leaders concerned about industrial waste from metals plant Plant discharges waste water twice a year Environment officials order sewer line shut to plant dennis.turner@wreg.com An investigation is underway in ...

The University of Mississippi has begun preparing activities surrounding the presidential debate, including a festival which will take place on September 26, 2008, the day of the debate.

A celebration is underway for the Scott County Relay For Life as Tyson is being honored for being the largest fund-raising team in the state.

The LOU Summer Sunset Series kicks off June 1 at the University of Mississippi with a free concert performed by gospel blues musician John Wilkins.

“The high water has flooded the grasses that emerged during the past two or three low-water years. 'That has dispersed the crappie over a larger area. They are not packed as tightly into a small area and are harder to find in big numbers.”

High water this spring at Sardis Lake is both a blessing and a curse, facts that aren't lost one bit on biologist Keith Meals. via The Clarion-Ledger

“These are songs most people know”

BY M. SCOTT MORRIS Daily Journal STARKVILLE - The four members of the Plaids had high hopes for their musical careers, but fate and physics intervened. via Djournal.com

Courtesy Photo Viking chef instructor Tanya Dely, left, demonstrates how to fry sage leaves as Marguerite Williams of Batesville, myself, and Nancy Holmes of Batesville look on. via Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

“It's very intimate in the sense that you're touching someone's face and they can feel your intention and your care. They're giving me their joy and pain in their portrait, and I'm just kind of mapping it out as my hands go across their face.”

Delta State University and the Charles Capps Archives and Museum are the recent recipients of a generous gift of a new blues exhibit entitled "A Cast of Blues" by sculptor Sharon McConnell of Como, and formerly ... via Meridian Star

“It doesn't kill the deal because what we have in this benefactor is somebody who wants to help the city.”

Posted by: Dennis Turner Town May Have To Turn Down "Secret Santa" Gift TOWN OWES ALMOST $400,000.00 "SECRET SANTA" OFFERS $100,000.00 LOAN A secret Santa had stepped in to save the town of Como but now it ... via WREG-TV Memphis

“And by the time they've toasted the new year and have had a couple more dances, they'll be ready to eat. We're going to serve breakfast so they can stay right there and fellowship with friends.”

The parades, parties and community programs are pretty much behind us. For most, the focus turns now toward hearth and home and our personal celebration of this special time of the year. via Commercial Dispatch

“He was the go-to guy on any kind of ethical inquiry”

What does north Mississippi's tiny town of Como, whose one-time mayor became a legendary internal FBI watchdog in Washington, and distinguished author/journalist David Halberstam, a Yankee who before he died ... via The Clarion-Ledger

Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Mark Griffin of Senatobia, MS, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Frances, to John Walter McArthur, III, son of Mr. via Hattiesburg American

Jeffrey Overstreet discusses fairy tales and their positive- and negative- affects on people of all ages, Wednesday in Otto Miller Hall as part of a breakout session for the Day of Common Learning. via The Falcon (Seattle)

“Has No Child Left Behind done some good things? Sure”

Como earned a passing grade under No Child Left Behind, largely because the standards of student proficiency, which are determined individually by the states, have been set so low in Mississippi. via Prometheus 6

“It's been very smooth and just a lot of fun”

There's a bit of a reunion bug going around these days -- The Police, Van Halen, Spice Girls, Genesis and Rage Against the Machine to name a few. via Creative Loafing

“These are general terms that will help us on the scene”

WHAT THEY HAVE LEARNED * I am the firefighter. = Soy Bombero. * I speak a little Spanish. via Madison County Herald

Senatobia Mayor Alan Callicott congratulates the city's new Police Chief John Boyd and Assistant Chief Steve Holts after they were hired during last Tuesday's board meeting. via The Democrat

Shawn Jenkins and Jennifer Red Mobey were married in a beautiful ceremony Saturday evening September l5 in the Como Courtyard in Como, Ms. via The Democrat