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Cultural Heritage Foundation board shuts down talks with new preservation society

The Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation board of directors abruptly ended public discussions with members of the Preservation Society of Columbus on the future operational control of the Columbus Pilgrimage during a meeting at the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau office Monday.

TOP NEWS

Starkville seeks to legally protect restaurants that allow dogs on patios

Posted earlier today in Starkville & Oktibbeha County

Julie and Matt Capella take their beagles, Frances and Jasmine, everywhere and never leave them at home. "We pick restaurants where we can eat with our dogs outside," Julie Capella said. "That's our criteria."

Oktibbeha supes: Rails-to-Trails proposal needs further discussion

Posted earlier today in Starkville & Oktibbeha County

Oktibbeha County leaders expressed concerns at Monday's board of supervisors meeting about lost tax revenue if the potential conversion of the railroad that bisects Starkville and Oktibbeha County into a walking and biking trail becomes a reality.

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SPORTS

Starkville ranked first overall in new state poll after win over Madison Central

West Point senior quarterback Gray Berry, who tore his anterior cruciate ligament earlier this season, is still finding ways to support his teammates.

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With a new coach and a small roster, the Heritage Academy girls basketball team knows it's an 'underdog'

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OPINIONS

Our View: Not discussing the 'divorce' is terrible for Pilgrimage

Voice of the people: Paul Mack

Marc Dion: Values by the pound

Cartoonist View: 10/22/19

Possumhaw: Tumbling into a fall

Voice of the people: Lee Roy Lollar

LIFESTYLES

John Weathers of Columbus is pictured outside his west Lowndes County home Thursday with a few of the dozens of bonsai trees he has in various stages of development. Weathers took up bonsai seriously about 12 years ago after moving to Columbus from the Gulf Coast. Each tree requires years of patient pruning, repotting and shaping.