The Good life: New Homestead Center gets back to basics, with a modern twist

Even two generations ago, most Mississippians knew how to grow a garden, sew, and fix things around the home and farm. Somewhere along the way, though, society bought into a fast-food, gadget-cluttered world that gradually eroded much of that independent self-sufficiency.

Kiwanis Club donates records to Columbus library

The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library announces the donation of the Kiwanis Club of Columbus materials to the Local History Department.

MSU floral design expert pens textbook

Plants can increase a person's productivity, and a Mississippi State University floral design expert is smiling about his new textbook on using plants in interior spaces.

Perseverance pays off for single mom seeking education

The decision to go back to school is only half the battle.

Donations needed for puppy transport

This month, some kids have visions of sugar plums dancing in their heads, and others dream of finding a new furry, four-legged family member under the tree.

Military notes: Wells graduates

Flower power: A holiday houseplant provides 2,700 life lessons for young green thumbs

At 5:30 a.m. on cold, dark November mornings, most teenagers are still snug in their beds, with visions of school tests or holidays ahead. But at the greenhouses of Palmer Home for Children in Columbus, something is stirring, and it's not the Christmas mice.

Hooked!: Mary Betts Williams' wonderful Kingdom of Stuff

"Most of us are living in the Kingdom of Stuff. Well, this is my stuff," Mary Betts Williams smiled, opening wide the door of her home in east Lowndes County. Once inside, the visitor soon understands. Mary Betts Williams has been a busy woman.

Stories abound in Ward's 'Columbus Chronicles'

Did Andrew Jackson really march down Military Road? What's the oldest surviving house? What Columbus family provided Eudora Welty her favorite mint julep recipe? For almost three years, answers to such curious queries about Columbus' past have come from Rufus Ward, in his "Ask Rufus" column in The Dispatch.

'Hands Across Columbus' seeks volunteers, support for holiday ministry

Liz and Brett Robinson of Columbus know that, for some, the holidays are short on joy. It's one of the reasons they founded "Hands Across Columbus" five years ago.

Storytellers prepare to weave magic at first Possum Town Tales

"Stories live in your blood and bones, follow the seasons and light candles on the darkest night ... " Patti Davis

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