Sherry Kostka speaks with neighbors outside her home on Ellis Road in New Hope that was heavily damaged in the April 29 bout of storms. Photo by: Photo by Mary Alice Weeks
We had tornadoes. Yokohama got closer to reality. We had deputies wounded. A local baseball team became state champions. And much more.
It was 2014.
Now a new year is before us. But before we kick it off, let’s remember the last 12 months.
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Kent Coscia is led into Lowndes County Justice Court by Monroe County officers in March after allegedly shooting two Lowndes County deputies. Photo by: Photo by Mary Alice Weeks
Tarkesha Carter, 25, of Columbus, is escorted by members of Columbus Police Department behind the Columbus Municipal Complex. Carter is facing a murder charge in the August shooting death of 28-year-old Brittney Foster, who was shot in the Jackson Square parking lot on Highway 45 North. Photo by: Photo by Zach Odom
The New Hope High baseball team won the Class 5A state championship in May. Photo by: Dispatch file photo
Construction continued at the Yokohama plant in West Point in July. Photo by: Photo by Luisa Porter
Seven brothers from Pickens County, Alabama, served in the military, beginning in World War II and continuing through the late 1950s. The six surviving brothers gathered in Columbus in October. They are, front row, from left: Ben Cummings, Richard and Al; back row, from left: Ronnie, Jerry and Thomas. Photo by: Photo by Luisa Porter
The Ole Miss Rebels celebrate and raise the Egg Bowl Trophy after winning their game against the Mississippi State Bulldogs at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Nov. 29. The Rebels won 31-17. Photo by: Photo by Spruce Derden/USA TODAY Sports
A fire at the Jamestown Square apartments on Forrest Boulevard in East Columbus claimed the life of an 11-year-old girl on Oct. 1. Four apartment buildings sustained damage in the fire. Photo by: Photo by Sarah Fowler
Dee Hanks, an employee at Palmer Home Thrift Store, works to clean up the store’s register area Jan. 17 after a deer jumped through a windowpane and came into the store. No injuries, other than to the deer, were reported. The animal left the store through a back door. Photo by: Photo by William Browning
Davis Wade Stadium was set to host Saturday's spring scrimmage, but inclement weather had other plans. Photo by: Zach Odom
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