Articles by Dispatch Editorial Board
MSU Extension Service launches new 4-H center
The Mississippi State University Extension Service is launching a new Extension Center for 4-H Youth Development to grow the next generation of leaders.
Our View: A call for candidates in municipal races
Much as it is with the weather, citizens often talk a great deal about local government, but few do anything about it. If municipal elections
Voice of the people: Pierre D. Beard Sr.
Public apology from Columbus councilman To my family, the city, and any other person I offended, especially the Constituents of Ward 4, I hold full
Voice of the people: Andrew Whitten
Feels Mississippi’s congressional delegation doesn’t represent entire state We have seen White America at one of its highest levels of hate this past Wednesday. I
Voice of the people: G.D. Heda
Believes actions in DC temporarily harm country’s standing as democracy leader What happened Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol is a black mark on the term
Voice of the people: Leroy Books
God Bless America I did not feel like writing to try and capture where we are in America, the greatest nation in the world. However,
CPD officer on administrative leave after indicted for exploiting vulnerable adult
A Columbus police officer was put on administrative leave with pay after being arrested for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from a vulnerable adult and served an indictment for multiple counts of exploitation of a vulnerable adult.
Photo: Wifi hotspot in Clay County
4-County Electric Power Association spokesperson Brad Barr talks with Clay County Board of Supervisors President R.B. Davis at a wifi hotspot 4-County set up outside Mike’s Kountry Kwik convenience store on Highway 50 in West Point Wednesday. 4-County set up the hotspot through its new subsidiary company FASTnet as part of its plan to roll out internet to rural parts of its coverage area, including western Clay County.
Mississippi schools chief: Ease mandates on some tests
Mississippi high school students will take end-of-course exams and third graders will take mandated reading assessments this spring, state Superintendent of Education Carey Wright told lawmakers Wednesday.
Our View: Reputation and credibility are on the line when stating views publicly
Americans watched in horror Wednesday afternoon as a mob descended on the nation’s Capitol, smashing windows, assaulting Capitol police and vandalizing offices and spaces. Within
Voice of the people: Paul Mack
The people who assaulted the Capitol will still exist on Jan. 21 Yesterday was the culmination of the fears that the President’s candidacy was enough
Voice of the people: James Hodges
Responsibility for anticipated tax increase A recent Wall Street Journal editorial reprinted in The Dispatch states, “If the Republicans lose their two Georgia seats and
Business brief: Threadgill named Fellow of Mississippi Bar Foundation
Butler Snow attorney and Columbus native Timothy M. Threadgill has been selected as a Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation. Through its Fellows program, the
New Mississippi flag without rebel symbol being put into law
Mississippi is updating its laws to include a new state flag with a magnolia and the phrase “In God We Trust,” six months after legislators ditched the last state flag in the U.S. that had the Confederate battle emblem.
Arrest report for 1-7-21
The following arrests were made by the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office: John King Jr., 35, was charged with attempt to commit a crime and armed
Lowndes County Marriages and Divorces Dec. 2020
Lowndes County Marriages Jason Brown and Quanita Ketton; Dec. 2 Kobe Smith and Quanisha Travis; Dec. 2 John Gore and Carmen Rowe; Dec. 4 Allen
Lowndes County Building Permits Jan. 6, 2021
Jennifer Dowdy; 70 Big Duke Road; Set up mobile home; Owner Jennifer Dowdy; 70 Bid Duke Road; Move mobile home; McNairy Mobile Homes Marilyn Rose;
City of Columbus Building Permits Dec. 28-30, 2020
George O Rush; 1504 7th Avenue North; Install sheetrock over block walls; same David Bradley Perkenson; 212 10th Street South; remodel and addition in rear;
Peco Foods will close in Brooksville, expand in West Point
Peco Foods will close three plants, including the one in Brooksville, in order to expand three more, including the one in West Point, the company announced this morning in a press release.
Russ Latino: Mississippi’s moment
Americans have been drowning in a sea of COVID-19, social unrest, and election turmoil. The waves have not yet calmed, but shore is in sight. A day is approaching when vaccines will be distributed, election contests cease, and we can take stock of frayed lines across the country.
Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit near Propst Park
July 26, 2025
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