Building permits 8-23-12

Columbus Aug. 14- 20 Rite Aid Corp.; 201B Alabama St.; Extending Pharmacy; Duncan & Thompson Subway; 3920 Highway 45 N.; Partial Renovation; Same New 2

Marriages and divorces 8-23-12

COLUMBUS Marriages July 20- Aug. 10 Christopher Paul Lick and Melissa Ann Rushing Jarrel Marquiet Harrison and Tanika Shontae Vaughn Lareal Rashad Jones and Kristi

Judge delays decision on Monsanto seed dispute damages

A federal judge in Mississippi has heard arguments from the Monsanto Co., which is seeking $27 million in damages from a Tupelo farm supply business and its owners in an ongoing dispute over saving and selling its patented seeds.

Blending best of s’mores and puffed rice treats

School often starts when kids still have summer on the brain. So these easy-to-make bars have summer in mind, too.

A blueberry muffin that thinks it’s a pancake

What do you do when you are hankering for blueberry muffins, but don’t have a muffin pan handy? Or maybe you just don’t feel like

Nunnelee visits

Rep. Alan Nunnelee talks to the media Tuesday after spending the day visiting local industries and businesses. Nunnelee made stops at Weyerhauser, Columbus Marble Works and the Columbus-Lowndes Economic Development Link during his tour of Lowndes County.

Teacher evaluation talk skips detail of Miss. plan

Mississippi lawmakers are learning about teacher evaluations, possibly as preparation for basing educators’ pay on their performance. But some lawmakers may not realize the state Department of Education is in the midst of an intensive effort to create a statewide evaluation system.

Arrest report 8-22-12

The following arrests were reported by the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office and Columbus Police Department: Lisa D. Eads, 47, of 3545 Nashville Ferry Road, was

Arrest report 8-21-12

The following arrests were reported by the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office and Columbus Police Department: Dan Henry Griffin III, of 1606 Bell Ave., was arrested

11-mile stretch of Mississippi River closed

Nearly 100 boats and barges were waiting for passage Monday along an 11-mile stretch of the Mississippi River that has been closed due to low water levels, the U.S. Coast Guard said.

Settlement in suit over illegal workers

Federal court records show a Mississippi company that was the target of the largest U.S. workplace raid on illegal immigrants has settled a discrimination lawsuit by four black women who claimed the company gave preferential treatment to Latinos.

One arrested on burglary, assault charges

Deputies with the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department arrested Clark Russel Hobson on Friday and charged him with one count of burglary of a dwelling and one count domestic violence-aggravated assault.

New Tupelo park: nature, cross-country, Elvis

Tupelo’s new nature trail passes by a pond where, according to legend, the young Elvis Presley and his friends once skinny-dipped.

Big plays early lift Noxubee County

STARKVILLE — The Noxubee County High School football team knew the deck would be stacked against it Friday night.

Special teams lifts Columbus past Aberdeen

Rock-solid defenses offset inconsistent offenses Friday night, but the Columbus High School football team’s special teams made the difference in a 21-0 victory against Aberdeen in the season opener for both teams.

West Oktobbeha shows it can reload

MABEN — For all the experience the West Oktibbeha High School football team had returning this season, one wouldn’t think coach Adam Lowrey would worry about his skill positions.

Oak Hill Academy’s defense solid vs. Newton County Academy

DECATUR — The Oak Hill Academy football team said it believed in Daniel Merchant in the summer.

The Raiders said they believed in Merchant in the preseason.

On Friday, Oak Hill Academy made believers out of Newton County Academy.

Mississippi’s July jobless rate up to 9.1 percent

Unemployment rose in Mississippi in July for the second straight month to 9.1 percent as the state’s job market continued to sputter, according to numbers released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Ceremonies mark Hurricane Camille

A small group gathered at Evergreen Cemetery on Friday to remember three women who died during Hurricane Camille but were never identified.

Two injured in accident in east Lowndes Co.

Two people remain in the hospital, one in critical condition, following a Friday night automobile accident in east Lowndes County.