One more goodbye: Soliders of Alpha Battery 2-114 Strike Battalion leave Columbus

As the soldiers of Alpha Battery 2-114 Strike Battalion piled into the bus which would take them to Camp Shelby on their way to Iraq, the members of the Patriot Guard Riders revved the engines of their motorcycles.

Market Street: Festival offers opportunity to experience pleasures of downtown, mix with your neighbors

If you take a look around downtown, you’ll notice the well-preserved historic buildings, beautiful landscaping, complete with flowers placed with care.

Hateful racism

As I contemplate going to the polls Tuesday May 5th to elect the Democratic nominee for Ward 5 city councilman, the most basic backyard political office. The words Leroy Brooks spoke at the March 2009 meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee keep haunting me.

Guardian angel found

I feel I must share an incident that happened to my wife, Jo, and me as we were returning from a visit with our son in Alabama on Easter.Near Reform, Ala., on leaving 82 we were traveling on a four-lane highway hoping to get home before a predicted rain storm. Jo was driving and suddenly a car on our left passed us and in a few yards ahead of us suddenly turned across our lane causing us to broadside them. Both cars rolled down the grassy slope.

United Way keeps it local

I love how there are so many opportunities to be involved in the community, MUW and with the military of Mississippi. I especially LOVE how the United Way of Lowndes County organizes volunteers and distributes donated time and effort ~ giving back to our own community to make it even better than how we found it.

Concerns about siting sportsplex

As a resident of downtown Columbus who wants to see it thrive and as a research scientist with a PhD in civil and environmental engineering with 15 years experience in hydrology, I’d like to express my concern over the sportsplex site selection process, and make sure that some of the ramifications are considered.

Taxes emerge as key election issue

Columbus voters Tuesday will pick City Council candidates in an election with property tax increases among the key issues to ponder in casting ballots.

Loving care turns home into a gem

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MUW chief to stay in Meridian election

Mississippi University for Women Campus Police Chief and Ward 5 Meridian City Councilman John Harris will continue to seek re-election despite the MUW requirement for him to live in Columbus.

According to The Meridian Star newspaper, Thursday night at a “Meet The Candidates” event in Meridian, Harris announced his intention to stay in the race.

Democrats dominate West Point ballot

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Student collapses, dies in MSU dorm

STARKVILLE — Matthew Gatewood, 18, a Mississippi State University freshmen civil engineering major from Clinton, collapsed suddenly Thursday night in his campus residence hall and was rushed to Oktibbeha County Hospital, where shortly thereafter he was pronounced dead.

Suspect arrested in MSU robbery

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University police officers arrested Danny Solomon following an early-morning incident today near McKee Hall, a university residence facility on East Lee Boulevard.

MUW fires new police chief

Mississippi University for Women police chief, who also serves as Meridian Ward 5 councilman, has been terminated after less than two weeks on the job

Burglaries dominate CPD crime reports

The following incidents were reported by the Columbus Police Department:

Arrest Report: 4-30-09

The following felony arrests were reported by the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office:

Final debate before primary tonight

The final public candidate forum before the May 5 primary election is tonight at 7 p.m. at the Columbus Municipal Complex.

Two suspects sought in late-night Columbus home invasion

One man is under arrest and two more are being sought in connection to a late night home invasion.

Men shoot into family’s apartment

In a case of what Columbus Police Department officials believe to be mistaken identity, two men shot into a Columbus family’s apartment Wednesday night.

Murder suspect arrested; dog-fighting training grounds uncovered

The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department along with help from the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force and the West Point Police Department have arrested a suspected murderer who has been on the run since 2005. During the operation the agencies also stumbled upon a suspected dog-fighting ring.

South Lamar softball team hopes to have pitching intact

South Lamar softball coach Tony Seals hopes to have a full compliment of pitchers when his team hosts the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class A, Area 10 Tournament.

South Lamar’s pitching staff has been decimated by injuries and sickness in recent weeks and Seals hoped the Lady Stallions would be at full strength when the tournament began this morning.

Seals had to pitch seventh-grader Kayla Jones for the first time in a varsity game against Gordo on Friday because Brittany Sanford has been sick, and Laken Hancock and Kendra Wilson have been injured.