As of last month, a total of $72,000 in overdue fines is owed to libraries in the Columbus-Lowndes County Library System, according to Christy Burks, a library system staff member.
As a part of Tornado Awareness Month , the Jackson Weather Examiner will review severe storms that affected the state throughout the month of November.
NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI a ' Funding provided through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has paved the way for numerous overlay projects in Northeast Mississippi.
COLUMBUS, Miss. - In 2006, when Tanya Wright first penned the script for a very personal film she hoped to one day make, she had never heard of Columbus, Miss.
By BRIAN HAWKINS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it A suspect in a predawn robbery on Saturday remains behind bars today after leading a Starkville Police Department sergeant on a high-speed chase that culminated in the officer being forced to shoot out the tires of his car to apprehend ...
Next weekend, Artesia will have another chance to prove its motto, 'The small town that does big things.' The fourth annual Artesia Day festival will take place on Main Street in downtown Artesia Friday through Sunday.
About 65 jobs and a $25 million investment soon could be on its way to the Golden Triangle Industrial Park, members of the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors announced during a Tuesday meeting.
Dispatch offices will be closed Monday for Memorial Day, but the circulation department will take customer service phone calls from 7-10 a.m. The following is a schedule of area closings: Both Columbus and Lowndes County school offices will be closed, as will the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library, the Columbus-Lowndes Development Link and the U.S.
The Lowndes County Sheriff's Office reported the following felony arrests: Bourgeois Chevlor Shanklin, 31, of 715 Old West Point Road in Columbus, was arrested by the LCSO Thursday on one count of possession of stolen property.