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Six-year-old Bryanna Cook was honoured by Lowndes County supervisors for her bravery in helping emergency responders to find the car that the child and her mother were in after her mother had a stroke while driving in a rural area.
COLUMBUS, Miss. (AP) — A 6-year-old Mississippi girl is being honored for helping emergency responders find her family’s car after her mother had a stroke while driving in a rural area. Bryanna Cook is a first grader at Fairview Elementary School in Columbus, and Lowndes County supervisors have adopted a resolution to honor her bravery, [...]
Someone wrote “Pulchritude and the Pundit” on the back of the old black and white photograph that I found while cleaning my office. It brought back a lot of memories. The pundit, Paul Flowers, is the man offering his cast for signatures. He was my favorite journalism professor and a columnist for the Commercial Appeal […]
The state of Mississippi placed a historical marker on the campus to honor students who integrated school in 1966.
For the third year in a row, the Mississippi Spelling Bee is going to be held in Columbus, and volunteer board members are looking to generate buzz and fundraise for the event.