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Lowndes County Sheriff's Office investigating suspected homicide

Deputies with Lowndes County Sheriff's Office are investigating a Columbus man's murder after his body was found in a ditch along Burns Road Thursday morning.

TOP NEWS

Police departments evolve strategies to reduce exposure to coronavirus

Posted yesterday in Area

Two Columbus police officers had to be tested for COVID-19 after a woman who had tested positive for the virus entered the police station without wearing a mask to talk to them.

'I think he should get another chance': District 1 voters in Caledonia show little appetite for wanting Harry Sanders off board of supervisors

Posted yesterday in Columbus & Lowndes County

In the two-plus weeks since Lowndes County District 1 Supervisor Harry Sanders made his now-infamous comments following a board meeting about Black people remaining "dependent" since slavery ended, the voices calling for Sanders to resign from the board have been thunderous.

Business Moves with Mary: New restaurant in West Point

Posted yesterday in Business

Truth be told, you just can't beat Southern cooking. Pearl's Southern Cooking, 7066 Hwy. 45 N., is officially open in West Point with soul food specials and Southern delights.

Upcoming Starkville housing development aimed at 'workforce'

Posted yesterday in Starkville & Oktibbeha County

Thirty-six houses are coming to the corner of Reed Road and Westside Drive in Starkville, with the goal of housing the city's low-to-middle-income residents, Oxford-based developer Stewart Rutledge said.

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'We're going to smoke him out': Protesters undaunted by Sanders' refusal to resign Tuesday

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SPORTS

EMCC didn’t get too many moments of joy like this one in last year’s home loss to Northwest Mississippi Community College, but the Lions have a rematch with the Rangers set for Oct. 1 at Sullivan-Windham Field in Scooba.

EMCC announces 2020 football schedule

Columbus Soccer Organization awards first CSO Collegiate Scholarship

Starkville Soccer Association offers free registration for recreational leagues

Mississippi State softball 'pushing the envelope' and fueling turnaround with embrace of pitching analytics

OPINIONS

Wyatt Emmerich: The Mississippi-Malawi connection

Brett Kittredge: It will soon be easier for military spouses to work in Mississippi

Cartoonist View: 7/2/2020

Voice of the people: Nick Gerteis

Voice of the people: Paul Mack

Voice of the people: James Hodges

LIFESTYLES

Dot Reichle displays a summertime spread at her Columbus home Monday - all made with homemade mayonnaise. Reichle recently rediscovered her mother's recipe. In addition to a bowl of homemade mayo, and basil mayo, the table holds pasta salad with Parmesan mayonnaise, Dot's chicken salad, tomato and mayo on scratch biscuits, plus deviled eggs.