Prairie News

Aberdeen residents Ann Chance, Brent Coleman, and Kelly Tucker are featured in an upcoming documentary produced by Mississippi Public Broadcasting.

Mr. and Mrs. David Lee Posey of Gautier proudly announce the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Jennifer Nicole, to Christopher Jacob Ortego, son of Mr.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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.

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.

Larry Smith loves to work with old electronic parts and discarded CDs to turn trash into something useful and unique.

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.

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.

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.

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.