Cecil Vaughan met some his best friends at East Mississippi Community College. The education Vaughan received at EMCC helped him move on to Mississippi State University, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business in 1979.
"They're broke and they're spending $40,000 on Christmas decorations," a Lowndes County supervisor said recently, the sarcasm and condescension dripping from his every word.
Rising fuel, grocery and energy costs have had a large impact on everyone in Lowndes County and the nation during the past several months, said Jan Ballard, executive director of the United Way of Lowndes County.
