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New Hope takes game one from Hernando
HERNANDO — The New Hope High School baseball team is one step away from returning to the state’s biggest stage.
Lake Cormorant beats New Hope in game one
LAKE CORMORANT — The New Hope High School softball team lost to Lake Cormorant 3-2 in eight innings Thursday night in game one of the best-of-three Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5A North State title series.
Area well represented at state track and field meets
PEARL — The Greater Golden Triangle area will be well represented today and Saturday at the Mississippi High School Activities Association State track and field meets at Pearl High.
Today, Classes 1A, 3A, and 5A will compete. On Saturday, Classes 2A, 4A, and 6A will compete.
Auto racing returns to Columbus this weekend
CARTERSVILLE, Ga. — Columbus Motor Speedway and Magnolia Motor Speedway will return to action Saturday night.
Action at Columbus Motor Speedway will include the NASCAR All American Series Stock Cars and Late Models, Columbus Modifieds, Sport Stocks, Crazy Compacts, and the USAC Ignite Midget Series.
Starkville celebrates 175 years
The trouble with a 175th birthday party is no one is around to remember the birth.
Student faces six counts of aggravated DUI
A community college student from Starkville faces six counts of aggravated DUI in the wake of Wednesday’s fatal car crash that claimed the life of 19-year-old Treasure Huffman, the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office reported Thursday.
Trial dates set for doctors Burtman and White
Columbus doctors facing federal drug charges soon will have their respective days in court.
Some improvement in low Miss. science scores
A national sampling of eighth-graders’ performance in science showed Mississippi with a small improvement from 2009 to 2011 but still below the national average.
NAACP asks feds to block Mississippi voter ID law
The Mississippi NAACP is asking federal officials to block what will likely become the state’s new voter ID law, contending it will violate the 1965 Voting Rights Act by diminishing the voting strength of minorities.
Miss. police chief says kidnap-slaying suspect has been killed; 2 girls are OK
Mississippi authorities say a fugitive accused of a double-slaying and kidnapping has been killed but the two girls he fled with are safe.
New Hope’s Taylor wins Class 5A title
Drew McBrayer has seen that look on Chase Taylor’s face.
The New Hope High School golf coach knows that there are several options once Taylor shows that expression mixed with frustration, anger, and disappointment.
Starkville to celebrate 175th year on Friday
The trouble with a 175th birthday party is no one is around to remember the birth.
Oktibbeha wreck kills one teen, injures six
Speeding and alcohol likely played a role in a one-vehicle accident in which one person was killed and six others injured, three seriously, early Wednesday morning.
Business brief: Landrum installed
Nancy Landrum was installed as the 2012-13 president of the Mississippi State Chapter of the P.E.O. Sisterhood.
Business brief: Clark receives Honorable Mention
Mandy Clark, Master Teacher at Franklin Academy Medical Sciences and Wellness Magnet School, was a winner in the 5th annual “Win with Classworks” national contest.
Business brief: Lowry selected
Floyd Lowry of Lowndes County was the selected farmer in the America’s Farmers Grow Communities.
Building Permits 5-10-12
Columbus April 25- May 8>/b> Commercial Dispatch; 512 Main St.; Renovate office; Owner Bessie K. Outlaw; 62 Madeira Drive; Addition; Dismuke Construction Anthony Bonner; 720
Marriages and divorces 5-10-12
COLUMBUS Marriages April 16- May 5 Toomars William Robinson and Deidra Lejoi Rice Daniel Antwon Henderson and Kenyada Latrice Boyd Amos Malcolm Wisdom and Lorie
Arrest report 5-10-12
The following arrests were reported by the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office and Columbus Police Department: Jalain Marques Cunningham, 28, of 409 Ave. A S. in
Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit near Propst Park
July 26, 2025
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