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30 years of service: Rockford students return to Starkville to build Habitat homes
4+ hour, 22+ min ago (909+ words) Home " Lifestyles " 30 years of service: Rockford students return to Starkville to build Habitat homes For 30 years, students from Rockford University have spent their spring break not on beaches but on construction sites in Starkville, helping build homes with Starkville Habitat…...
MSU’s food science, culinology students cooking up success at national competition
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (262+ words) Home " Lifestyles " MSU's food science, culinology students cooking up success at national competition Two student teams from Mississippi State's Department of Biochemistry, Nutrition and Health Promotion have advanced to the finals of the Research Chefs Association's National Innovation Competition, set…...
Plan for future of Franklin property remains unclear
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (727+ words) Home " News " Plan for future of Franklin property remains unclear Nearly a full year since Franklin Academy was shuttered, Columbus Municipal School District trustees have yet to nail down a plan for the historic building's future. During a special-call meeting…...
Education: Mock Trial
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (67+ words) Education: Mock Trial'Commercial Dispatch Home " News " Education: Mock Trial By Special to The Dispatch " 24 minutes ago - StarkMail - Starkville Area Headlines (weekly on Wednesdays) You can help your community Columbus downs Holmes County Central, claims MHSAA 5A title Game 3: No. 4 Mississippi State…...
Education: Readers in the making
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (23+ words) Education: Readers in the making'Commercial Dispatch Home " News " Education: Readers in the making By Special to The Dispatch " 11 minutes ago...
Columbus library to host Pi Day celebration
1+ week, 5+ hour ago (159+ words) Home " Lifestyles " Columbus library to host Pi Day celebration The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library System will host a free, hands-on Pi Day celebration for all ages from 10 a.m. to noon on March 14. The event is designed to make math engaging and accessible…...
Exchange Club honors nearly a dozen students for resiliency, service
1+ week, 1+ day ago (751+ words) Home " News " Exchange Club honors nearly a dozen students for resiliency, service After being diagnosed with a rare ligament disorder his freshman year of high school, Rowe Gillis could hardly eat. Standing 6 feet tall, Gillis" weight dropped from 170 pounds to…...
Key job openings in city push hiring planner to backburner
1+ week, 2+ day ago (758+ words) Home " News " Key job openings in city push hiring planner to backburner This year's city budget reserved as much as $140,000, plus benefits for two key full-time positions " a city planner and a public information officer. But more than five months…...
CMS student who loves ‘conquering challenges’ wins statewide poetry honors
1+ week, 4+ day ago (424+ words) Home " News " CMS student who loves "conquering challenges" wins statewide poetry honors COLUMBUS " Writing poetry might be low on the list of hobbies for most seventh-graders, but not for Edwar Mendoza. "All poems are beautiful," said the Columbus Middle School…...
Education briefs for 3-3-26
1+ week, 4+ day ago (283+ words) Home " News " Education briefs for 3-3-26 COLUMBUS " Columbus Christian Academy recently recognized Norma Jones as the first Black woman to serve as Interim Head of School/Head of School in the Mississippi Association of Independent Schools District 2 East. "Black leadership in…...