Oak Hill Academy baseball earns sweep

WEST POINT — “It’s go time” for the Oak Hill Academy baseball team.

That saying coined by seniors Jacob Shempert and Clay Henley is appropriate considering the Raiders came up with a dramatic victory Friday afternoon to keep their season alive.

M-Club Alumni Chapter hands out awards

OXFORD — The M-Club Alumni Chapter honored several members of 2011-12 University of Mississippi squads Saturday with Spring Awards as part of the BancorpSouth Grove Bowl festivities.

Wallace leads Ole Miss in Grove Bowl

OXFORD — First-year University of Mississippi football coach Hugh Freeze said all spring Barry Brunetti has the slight advantage in the team’s quarterback race.

But Bo Wallace is giving Freeze reason to change his thinking.

Wallace was 16 of 26 for 240 yards with two touchdowns and an interception to lead the Red team to a 24-23 overtime victory against the Blue team Saturday in the Grove Bowl at Vaught-Hemingway Stadium.

Man tries to steal ambulance

A Macon man was arrested early Friday morning for allegedly stealing an emergency vehicle.

Drug arrest turns into game of hide and seek

A Thursday drug arrest turned into a game of hide and seek for officers with the Columbus-Lowndes Metro Narcotics Unit, the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office and the Lamar County Sheriff’s Department.

How Hank warmed our cold, cold hearts, with Grimsley Johnson Wednesday

The Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library concludes its series of April Table Talks with a presentation by award-winning columnist and journalist Rheta GrimsleyJohnson. Grimsley Johnson, whose nationally-syndicated column appears weekly in The Commercial Dispatch, will focus her talk on her recently-published book “Hank Hung the Moon … and Warmed Our Cold, Cold Hearts” (NewSouth, 2012). This “musical memoir” looks at the South of the 1950s and 1960s through the lens of the seminal songwriter Hank Williams.

Building Permits 4-20-12

Building permits for the week of April 15, 2012.

Marriages and divorces 4-20-12

Marriages and Divorces for the week of April 15, 2012.

Business brief: Bassett hired

Drake E. Bassett has been hired as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Palmer Home for Children.

Business brief: Enis awarded

Phyllis Enis has received the International Sterling Society designation award.

Business brief: Prather inducted

Lenore L. Prather of Columbus will be inducted into the 2012 University of Mississippi School of Law Alumni Hall of Fame during Law Alumni Weekend at the Inn at Ole Miss.

Ole Miss holds final practice before Grove Bowl

OXFORD — The University of Mississippi football team held its final practice of the spring season Thursday before the BancorpSouth Grove Bowl on Saturday.

The Rebels practiced Thursday in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium in just helmets and shoulder pads in preparation for the spring game at 1 p.m. Saturday. The game will feature four 15-minutes quarters with a running clock. Stadium gates will open at noon, and CSS will televise the game live.

Business brief: Tate honored

Wendy Tate, director of nursing at Mississippi HomeCare of Eupora, has been named the national Servant Leader of the Year by LHC Group, one of the nation’s leading providers of post-acute care services.

Business brief: Davidson inducted

Fourteenth Chancery District Judge H. Jim Davidson Jr. of Columbus has been named Fellow of the Mississippi Bar Foundation.

Aberdeen school takeover awaits governor’s action

The Mississippi State Board of Education has approved a state takeover of the Aberdeen school district.

Area businesses honored for innovations

If a tree falls in the forest and a new kind of machine strips it of its limbs and bark in one swift operation, does it make a sound?

Councilmen trade barbs in redistricting discussions

The Columbus City Council Wednesday began discussions on redistricting the city’s six wards, during a specially called meeting at which Mayor Robert Smith was absent and Vice Mayor and Ward 6 Councilman Bill Gavin presided.

State may take over Aberdeen schools

The Mississippi Board of Education is likely to vote Friday for the state to take over the Aberdeen school district.

4-County Electric plans outages

4-County Electric Power Association customers in southern Lowndes and northern Noxubee counties this month will face three planned power outages.

Freeze pleased with energy at practice

OXFORD — For the second time this spring, weather forced the University of Mississippi football team indoors for practice Tuesday, but the change in scenery didn’t affect the team’s intensity and energy.