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LEAKESVILLE - Services are 2 p.m. today at Greater Antioch Missionary Baptist Church for Billy Columbus Tatum.
To find new pastors, churches go through lengthy courtship, transition
When Pastor Joe Rolison arrived in Columbia in June, he had no idea the transition from a small Mississippi church to Columbia's Redeemer Presbyterian Church would be so grueling.
Second Lt. Darrin Stewart, safety officer for the Col. Berta A. Edge Composite Squadron, Civil Air Patrol, Keesler Air Force Base, has been awarded the technician skill rating for the safety specialty track.
Christian event fills City Park in Lucedale
LUCEDALE As the sunset streaked over City Park in Lucedale, more than 10,000 people spread across the hillsides Saturday, demonstrating their faith as some of the most popular Christian bands of the year performed on a massive stage.
LEAKESVILLE - Services are 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Church of Leakesville for Norma Lee Fike, 83, of Leakesville, who died Sept.
Mowers cut through safety hazards
Mississippi Department of Transportation crews began mowing overgrown weeds and grass along Miss.
Meth lab found in Hattiesburg apartment
A maintenance worker's discovery of a meth lab in a Hattiesburg apartment Tuesday led to the arrest of a mother and her daughter and a Leakesville man.
JCJC Forestry Department recognized
ELLISVILLE - The U.S. Forest Service recently awarded the Jones County Junior College Forestry Department a Certificate of Appreciation.
Ann Marie Dykes and Heidle Carter Smith were married June 6, 2009, at Crawford Street United Methodist Church, Vicksburg.
Power association helps JCJC fund Greene County learning center
The distance between Leakesville and Ellisville is roughly 80 miles, but Jones County Junior College officials believe they have found the key to shrink that distance considerably.
South Miss. road project requires traffic switches
State transportation crews will be making traffic switches in August as they work on the final phase of a four-lane highway construction project that will connect the Mississippi Gulf Coast to Tennessee along Mississippi 63 and 57.
Johnnie Dale Griffin: The Griffin children take a look back
While the Griffin children may not remember having too much freedom in their childhood, they are grateful, looking back, for the strong work ethic that was instilled in them by their parents as they reminisced about the life of their mother, Johnnie Dale Griffin, who passed away at the age of 92 in June.
Greene County facility furnished by JCJC grant
Church recognized: JCJC officials recognized Canaan Land United Pentecostal Church and their pastor for their service in providing Adult Basic Education in Greene County.
LEAKESVILLE - More than 20 percent of the population in Greene County's remote pine woods is on the government dole in some fashion, yet only a few miles away shipbuilders along the Gulf Coast are desperately trying to find qualified workers.
SEMMES. ALA. - Services are 3 p.m. today at Mount Pisgah United Pentecostal Church in Leakesville for Barbara Faye Vess, 66, of Semmes, Ala., formerly of Greene County, who died July 2, 2009, at Providence Hospital in Mobile.
School to focus on metal trades for shipyards
Jones County Junior College has a $1.1 million loan to build a training center in Green County, near Leakesville, to train people for shipyard careers.
JCJC receives $1.1M loan for training facility
Singing River Electric announced the approval of a $1.1 million zero-interest loan by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Business Service and Singing River Electric to fund an economic development project in Greene County, says Singing River Electric assistant manager Mike Smith.
Lucedale singer to compete on CMT's 'Can You Duet?'
LUCEDALE - A local man has teamed up with a North Carolina singer in his effort to win CMT's reality TV singing competition, 'Can You Duet.' Brandon Green, 23, son of Meleta and Jerry Green of Lucedale, will be one of 20 musicians hoping to be named country music's next great duo on the second season of the CMT music competition.
Mr. and Mrs. Shep Crawford of Woodville announce the engagement of their daughter, Gwendolyn Annette Crawford, to David Mitchell Merrill, son of Mr.
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