Columbus Municipal Superintendent Dr. Martha Liddell has been fired. After a four-and-a-half hour executive session, the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees voted, 3-2, to terminate the superintendent during Monday's board meeting.

Lee VanHorn attended the 2007 College World Series as a student at Winona High School. Fast forward six years and VanHorn is back in the Midwest again watching Mississippi State University play for a national championship. However, things are so much different this time around: The MSU graduate student finds a much heavier workload on his plate.

The Columbus Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau Board of Directors approved the adoption of an ethics policy in a 7-1 vote during its meeting Monday.
For the eighth straight month, Columbus sales tax revenue is down from last year, but collections for the month of June are only down $2,306.51 from June 2012.

Attorneys for alderman candidate John Gaskin filed a petition for judicial review for the Ward 4 Democratic Primary with the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, documents show. The complaint lists the Starkville Municipal Democratic Executive Committee and incoming Ward 4 Alderman Jason Walker as defendants.

Rumored pay raises for council not on agenda |
CVB will again discuss ethics policy today |
Monday Profile: Bush leans on faith in serving public |
Aldermen consider redevelopment district Tuesday |
Miss. supes discussing county budgets |
Police: Evidence backs up self-defense in shooting |
Defense lawyers: Review cases involving Hayne |
Well worth the drive: Father, son make 14-hour trip to watch MSU beat Oregon State |
County expects budget in place by July |
Columbus downtown on magazine's Top 10 list |
Miss. community college tuition to rise in fall |
Four vie for three seats on Parks board |
Navistar's credit rating falls a notch |
Seeing is believing: Porter's hit lifts MSU past Indiana |
Girodo delivers another strong outing in relief |
Holder, Rea provide more late-inning drama |

Post-game at TD Ameritrade Park - Mississippi State 5, Indiana 4 - Bulldogs rally again for first 2-0 start in Omaha since 1985 |
(UPDATED) Pre-game at TD Ameritrade Park: Welcome to Day 3 of the College World Series in Omaha |
Mississippi State, Indiana navigate numbers differently |
Charles Krauthammer: Obama's Dorothy doctrine |
Our view: After the storm, challenges remain for CMSD |
Charles Krauthammer: Pushing the envelope, NSA-style |
Mississippi Voices: Kemper plant a prudent investment |
Possumhaw: Up the road to West Point |
Birney Imes: Alfred Walker's century plant puts on a show |
Adele Elliott: Memorials and markers |

Having fun ... at Camp Rising Sun |
Explore 'Sushi Secrets' at Wednesday's Table Talk |
Being beautiful: Keeping it between the barn and the pond |
Preparations for storms can pay off in other events |
Community Calendar for the week of June 16, 2013 |
Plans would put women in most combat jobs |
House takes up far-reaching anti-abortion bill |

Chrysler expected to formally refuse Jeep recall |
G-8 summit turns focus to clampdown on tax-dodging |
Transgender candidate could become first in NYC to hold office |
Ohio police chief takes criminals to task online with Facebook posts |
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