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Aberdeen-area residents, Gulf Ordnance Plant to be featured in MPB Wwii documentary
Aberdeen residents Ann Chance, Brent Coleman, and Kelly Tucker are featured in an upcoming documentary produced by Mississippi Public Broadcasting.
Live bands highlight CAC Fall Blues Ball Friday
COLUMBUS, Miss. - When it means friends, good food and dancing the night away to the music of Jesse Robinson and the 500 Pounds of Blues Band, Bill "Howl-N-Madd" Perry and the Black Prairie Blues Band, who wouldn't want to have a bout of the blues? Throw in drawings for a new Takamine acoustic guitar autographed by artists including Colin Linden ...
United Way campaign at 10 percent of goal
Dr. Lynne Richardson, left, MSU United Way campaign chair,A and Leslie Corey, third from left, this yeara s United WayA president, accept a $12,340 check from Blake Jeter, left, MSU SA president, and Dr.
Bulldog Bash aims to boost United Way
By BRIAN HAWKINS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The 10th annual Bulldog Bash is scheduled this Friday night in the Cotton District, and Mississippi State Student Association leaders are planning a special philanthropic push with this year's event.
'No Dead Authors' hosts Civil War scholar, author Sunday
Civil War scholar Dr. Brandon H. Beck will be the featured author Sunday as the Columbus Convention and Visitors Bureau hosts the second in a series of book talks titled 'No Dead Authors.' The free event at the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center, 300 Main St., begins at 2 p.m. Beck, the author of eight books on various aspects of the War Between the ...
United Way campaign leaders committed to raising $400,000
Photos by Becky Wilkes/For the SDN, Graphic above by Brian Hawkins/SDN Brent Crocker, standing, at right, supervises a group of aspiring lifeguards in a Red Cross water safety program at Mississippi Statea s Sanderson Center.
Prairie Arts Festival draws visitors from near, far
West Point's Prairie Arts Festival is making a name for itself. The hundreds of area residents who attended the 31st annual festival Saturday were joined by many out-of-state visitors, drawn to the festival through tales of good food, entertainment and shopping opportunities.
Clockmaker turns trash into 'tic tocs'
Larry Smith loves to work with old electronic parts and discarded CDs to turn trash into something useful and unique.
The 14th Annual Howlin' Wolf Memorial Blues Festival
Kicking off the long Labor Day holiday weekend, the 14th Annual Howlin' Wolf Memorial Blues Festival will be held in West Point, Mississippi on Friday, September 4, 2009.
The 14th Annual Howlin' Wolf Memorial Blues Festival
Kicking off the long Labor Day holiday weekend, the 14th Annual Howlin' Wolf Memorial Blues Festival will be held in West Point, Mississippi on Friday, September 4, 2009.
Amid Poverty, a Family of Riches
Members of the Chandler family at a recent reunion. Even though a lot of the people at this year's Chandler family reunion weren't even born the first time CBS News covered it, the event began almost identically.
Horse Park events boost local economy
By BRIAN HAWKINS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The Mississippi Horse Park has created an a local economic impact of more than $2.4 million since the beginning of the year, and the most recent event held there added to that impact.