Columbia Boy Scout Troop 82 members stand in the City Hall Board Room as the mayor reads a proclamation recognizing the 100th anniversary of BSA. From left, Rand Mikell, Sasha Masino, Pine Burr Area Council Finance Director Ryan Walker (in back), Scout Master Glenn Mikell Patrick Morris and Heath Greenlee.

In honor of the Boy Scouts of America celebrating its 100^th anniversary the mayor and Board of Aldermen adopted a resolution Monday designating Feb. 8, 2010 Boy Scouts of America Day in Columbia. Boy Scouts from Columbia who are a part of the Pine Burr Area Council, which serves 17 counties, including Marion, were in attendance at the meeting when the Board approved the resolution.

 The Marion County Informer’s special introductory advertising rate of $40 a month will be offered to the first 25 advertisers, and they will stay at that rate for a year.

Once the first 25 ads are sold, the Informer will begin selling ads at our regular 2010 rate. Only about seven ads remain to be sold before the $40-a-month rate expires. In addition to a color ad, our clients also receive a “Deal of the Day” promotion once a month for no additional cost. All of our ads are posted 24 hours a day, seven days a week, and we work one-on-one with the clients to develop the ads to their specifications.

“The Marion County Informer is becoming more and more popular, because readers love that we update our site with new content on a daily basis,” said Informer Publisher Josh Mitchell. “We uphold all professional newspaper standards, and we are the only daily news source for Columbia and Marion County.”

If you are interested in advertising in Marion County’s up-to-the-minute news source, and want to take advantage of this deal, please call Informer Publisher Josh Mitchell at (601) 549-3974 or e-mail him at marioncountyinformer@gmail.com.

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Mike Childress

Hello Citizens of Columbia and Marion County:
This is Mike Childress and I would like to personally address all who seem to be questioning my feelings about the Columbia Chiefs position and my professionalism.

First and foremost, as I have said; I have known Jim Kinslow for almost 30 years. I think Jim is a fine law enforcement officer and certainly more than competent to do the job that the City of Columbia has hired him to do.

I was contacted by both the Columbian Progress and the Marion County Informer and asked how I felt about not being selected to be the Chief. I did not seek them out to make any statement, but I would have been untruthful to say anything else but that, I was somewhat disappointed. I would have enthusiastically served the citizens of Columbia and brought 27 years of law enforcement experience to the table, 20+ years of that was working with Jim at the Hattiesburg Police Department.

I was also asked, when called, about Jim being able to live outside the County. The Informer asked me if my application stated or had a residence clause in it and I told him it did. If the other applications did not have that statement in it, then there is really nothing I can say to that except that all of the applications should have been the same and more clear on the expectations of the City. Click to continue »

Tuesday, Feb. 2

Medical, 914 Branton, 8:22 a.m.

Medical, Second Street, 8:50 a.m. Click to continue »

Monday, Dec. 14

General illness, 1208 Broadmore, 8:36 a.m.

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