Articles by Dispatch Editorial Board
Caught in the middle: Slumping building industry has MSU wood-products group at crossroads
STARKVILLE — Dan Seale has been developing TimTek for six years now, and the engineered wood process has evolved the way a good cookie recipe emerges.
Arrest Report 7/30/09
The following people were arrested on felony charges, according to reports released from the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office:
Real estate commissions
With the economy struggling especially the housing industry why do Realtors choose to charge 7 percent to sell ones home.
Under-appreciated
I want to shine some light on the workers that most of us take for granted. You know, the policemen, the postal workers, the security guards, doctors, nurses; we all see these people daily and admire them and their profession. They provide protection, care for the ill, deliver babies and bring our mail. We really love these services.
Anne Freeze: The joy of bacon fat
This past Sunday as I was coming home from church, Lynne Rosetto Kasper on “The Splendid Table” was chatting with a caller to the radio program about bacon fat in cookie recipes. Like many of us, I grew up with the can of bacon fat on the counter (I really don’t remember it being refrigerated), waiting to be dipped into for frying or flavoring. And, for a time in my life I, too, saved bacon fat, refrigerated, and would spoon a tad in the water for my butter beans or mix it with olive oil for frying corn or green tomatoes, or in my cast iron muffin pan for corn muffins. I used it judiciously, telling myself that a little bit couldn’t hurt me.
Local historians look to honor former Disney artist who called Columbus home
Tributes to effects animator and Columbus’ own Joshua Meador have proponents bubbling with high hopes.
MSU professor named official artist for ballet competition
STARKVILLE — Debbie Funderburk, a dance instructor at Mississippi State University, sat in a chair Tuesday and witnessed the official announcement: Her husband, Brent, would be the official artist for next year’s International Ballet Competition.
Oktibbeha employee unhurt in truck fire
The driver involved in a Monday dump truck fire on Highway 82 west of Columbus has been identified as Oktibbeha County Road Department employee Bud Hogan.
Teacher certification, scholarship info sessions set for Thursday
Free information sessions about The American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence’s teacher certification program and Teach and Inspire scholarships will be held Thursday in Starkville.
Motorcyclist suffers broken bones in Tuesday accident
A Tuesday morning wreck on rain-soaked Highway 69 South just outside Columbus’ city limits sent a motorcyclist to the hospital after his bike slammed into the back of a pickup truck.
Rob Hardy: Outnumbered by insects: ‘Bugs and the Victorians’
Insects, even the greatest of couch potatoes knows, are everywhere. If you weighed all the insects and weighed all the people on the planet, insects would win.
Hinds Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter to plead guilty in Scruggs corruption probe
JACKSON — The attorney for Hinds County Circuit Judge Bobby DeLaughter says his client will plead guilty to lying to an FBI agent who was investigating a judicial corruption case involving former prominent lawyer Richard “Dickie” Scruggs.
Youth tackle football registration under way
The Columbus-Lowndes Recreation Authority is registering players for its youth tackle football leagues.
Truck fire stops Highway 82 traffic
A dump truck heading west on Highway 82 caught fire Monday, prompting the Mississippi Highway Patrol to stop traffic, officials said. The truck was pulled over a few miles west of downtown Columbus.
Nunnelee files papers to challenge Childers in First District congressional race
A longtime Republican state senator soon will be vying for North Mississippi’s seat on the U.S. House of Representatives, the senator announced Monday morning.
A misunderstanding
Dear Commercial Dispatch Readers,
Recently, some of you might have received a letter from our circulation department. The correspondence was a result of a misunderstanding on our part about The Commercial Dispatch’s plans to expand into the Starkville market.
In defense of the defenseless
We are writing to you to enlist your support and participation in an effort that we believe is vital to the future welfare of many defenseless animals in Lowndes County.
Heritage graduate a National Merit Scholarship winner
A recent Heritage Academy graduate is among the last group of National Merit Scholarship winners named in 2009.
Mary Margaret Alexander, who plans to study art, won a National Merit Scholarship to Mississippi State University.
Pontotoc woman, two Noxubee men arrested on drug charges
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agents, along with Pontotoc deputies and police officers, over the weekend arrested a local woman wanted for attempted burglary by Illinois authorities for fraudulently obtaining prescriptions, according to MBN Director Marshall Fisher.
Chain’s life in the water leads to a lap around Key West
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