Memphis Town in May begins tonight

Memphis Town in May kicks off tonight with the first of several events meant to bring the community together.

CAFB economic impact nearly $250M

Columbus Air Force base generated $249.6 million of economic impact in fiscal year 2015.

Guilty: Nelson convicted of 2013 shooting death

Moments after the man accused of killing his brother was convicted, Chris Lewis stood in Lowndes County Circuit Court and said justice could not have come at a better time.

Murder defendant claims self-defense

Derrick Nelson, a Columbus man accused of killing his mother’s boyfriend in 2013, claims to have shot the victim in self-defense.

City council takes first step for paving bonds

The Columbus City Council unanimously voted to allow the city’s financial counsel to begin forming a finance package for $5 million in general obligation bonds for road paving.

Mayor fined for Open Meetings Act violation

The state Ethics Commission has imposed a $500 fine on the mayor of Columbus after finding that he violated a Mississippi Open Meetings Act last year.

Local teen birth rates lowest ever recorded

Local teen birth rates are following state and national trends downward, according to a recent Center for Disease Control and Prevention report and state records.

Cook Elementary play looks at quest for peace after Hiroshima

Cook Elementary students are getting a taste of Japanese Culture.

CFR responds to video screen concerns

Columbus Fire and Rescue officials are answering criticisms that emerged online after a Facebook video showed a display playing a video on the back on a department SUV while the vehicle was in use.

SOCSD pursues $16 million in bonds to fund school

The Starkville Oktibbeha Consolidated School District board of trustees unanimously approved a 2.9 mill reverse referendum to fund a planned partnership school with Mississippi State University.

Fundraising goal reached for CAFB sign

A new Columbus Air Force Base sign will be installed later this month after fundraisers hit their goal in April.

Bite mark analysis on death row inmate defended

Michael West took to the witness stand Friday to defend his record on bite mark analysis.

West, a forensic odontologist, is at the center of an ongoing post-conviction relief hearing for death row inmate Eddie Lee Howard.

Crime scene DNA does not match death row inmate

DNA samples taken from the butcher knife used to kill Georgia Kemp in 1992 do not match those taken from Eddie Lee Howard, the man on death row for her murder, according to courtroom testimony Thursday.

Bite mark evidence in local death row case under scrutiny, again

A more than 20-year-old murder case took a new step Tuesday as a post-conviction relief hearing began for Eddie Lee Howard.

Hughes promoted to assistant fire chief

The Columbus city council Tuesday unanimously voted to promote Columbus Fire & Rescue Chief of Training Duane Hughes to assistant fire chief.

Weyerhaeuser to sell Columbus mills

International Paper is purchasing two mills Weyerhaeuser operates in Columbus.

‘Music 4 U’ launching in Miss. this month

Two entertainers will be heading to the Market Street Festival before their show launches across Mississippi.

National suicide rates up, CDC says

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report in April found that suicides across the U.S. have risen since 1999. That trend seems to hold true for Mississippi, too.

More area communities adopting smoking bans

Artesia will be officially smoke free in a week.

Smith shares harrowing Vietnam POW story

Gene Smith lit a cigarette on the way down.

He was over Hanoi, Vietnam, on Oct. 25, 1967.