The Columbian-Progress

02/03/2025

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 90’s Eula Blansett and Alice Greenlee spoke to the Columbia Lions Club and shared their club updates. They shared that they need new members and expressed gratitude for assistance with the sock drive. They explained that paper socks have been given to elderly veterans instead of cloth, which do not provide enough warmth.

The American Legion Auxiliary Unit 90’s Eula Blansett and Alice Greenlee spoke to the Columbia Lions Club and shared their club updates. They shared that they need new members and expressed gratitude for assistance with the sock drive. They explained that paper socks have been given to elderly vet...

02/02/2025

University of Mississippi announces fall 2024 Dean's Honor Roll

02/02/2025

"The Whole Armor of God" -Ephesians 6:10-20 (NKJV)

02/01/2025

Ladles for Lottie: Foxworth First Baptist Church raises over $3,000

Foxworth First Baptist Church held Ladles for Lottie on Saturday, Jan. 12. They had 21 crock pots of assorted soups and crackers, chips, cornbread, desserts, and sandwiches. The total amount raised was $3,110. Ladles for Lottie volunteers include, from left, Joyce Morgan, Bobbie Carney, Brenda Foxwo...

02/01/2025

Jefferson Middle School Honor Roll

02/01/2025

Op-ed: Greenwood Commonwealth's Tim Kalich says his community should be ticked with its neighbor and with the Mississippi Development Authority over relocation of Milwaukee Tool jobs to Grenada.

01/31/2025

This week's In the Halls asks CPS second graders, Addley Dewitt, Caleb Robertson, Theodore Tolar, Brelynn Jefferson and Camila Arevalo “What was your favorite part of last week’s snow day?”

01/31/2025

Show your superstar your support this season with a custom ad in our 2025 Baseball/Softball Preview! You can even place an ad if your slugger is playing at The Yards this year! Call us at (601) 736-2611 or email [email protected].

01/31/2025

The Mississippi Council on Developmental Disabilities (MSCDD) currently has a grant opportunity available for non-profit, for-profit, education, or government organizations.

01/31/2025

If there’s such a thing as a lovable loser, then there’s absolutely such a thing as a hateable winner. Kansas City has unquestionably taken the place of the former New England dynasty in that category of pro football.

And you know what? That’s OK.

If there’s such a thing as a lovable loser, then there’s absolutely such a thing as a hateable winner. Kansas City has unquestionably taken the place of the former New England dynasty in that category of pro football. And you know what? That’s OK.

01/31/2025

University of Mississippi Announces Fall 2024 Chancellor's Honor Roll

01/30/2025

Leading up to Friday night’s game, the Columbia Wildcats were away from the basketball court amid a snowstorm that canceled school and practice. And while no snow angels were made Friday night, the Wildcats were still as happy as could be after taking down Forrest County AHS 49-44 at home.

01/30/2025

Columbia National Guard member, Edwin Ortiz Espinosa, receives a promotion to the rank of specialist.

01/30/2025

Mississippi State Senator Bradford Blackmon has put himself at the center of a national conversation, and not for the reasons we might hope. On January 20, 2025, Blackmon introduced the provocatively titled “Contraception Begins at Er****on Act.” The bill would criminalize a man’s discharge of “genetic materials” without the intent to fertilize an embryo.

Mississippi State Senator Bradford Blackmon has put himself at the center of a national conversation, and not for the reasons we might hope. On January 20, 2025, Blackmon introduced the provocatively titled “Contraception Begins at Er****on Act.” The bill would criminalize a man’s discharge of...

01/30/2025

East Marion Elementary students win MLK Day prizes

01/30/2025

Jail Docket: January 30, 2025

01/30/2025

By virtue of taking down Bowling Green on the road Monday night, the Columbia Academy Cougars have all but locked up their spot in the playoffs after achieving their fifth district win.

01/30/2025

The toolbox at Milwaukee Tool’s new state-of-the-art accessories manufacturing facility in the Grenada County I-55 Business and Technology Park is already expanding.