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Organizer: No Johnny Cash festival this year
After three years of music, food and fun, the Johnny Cash Flower Pickin’ Festival will not return this fall.
Construction projects begin at hospital
Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle began two construction projects, totaling more than $11 million, including a new behavioral and mental health facility and a parking lot expansion and renovation project.
Several arrested in Monroe drug roundup
On Monday and in the early hours of Tuesday, Monroe County deputies and agents with the North Mississippi Narcotics Unit were rounding up suspected drug dealers in Monroe County.
Adultery arrests highlight all-but-forgotten state law
When Cortiga Williams pressed charges against her husband for adultery earlier this month, she called upon a nearly forgotten law. In Mississippi, it’s a crime to cheat on a spouse by having sex or even living with another person.
Columbus Americans win South State title
WINONA — The Columbus Americans made it through the Dizzy Dean 11-12-year old South State Tournament undefeated by beating West Point 18-3 in the championship game Tuesday.
The Americans exploded for 11 runs in the bottom of the third inning to win the game in three innings by the mercy rule.
“It was real exciting,” Columbus Americans coach Billy White said. “I’ve been a coach for 22 years and, like I told the kids, this was the first time in 20 years a 12-year old team from Columbus won South State. This is a great group of kids.”
Community soup kitchen offers hot meal to hungry, homeless
Homelessness and hunger are big-city problems. The trouble is, they’re small-town problems, too.
MSU division honored by state auto makers
Automotive manufacturers and suppliers in the Magnolia State are honoring the Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems at Mississippi State University for its contributions to the industry.
Statutory rape added to kidnapping charge
New charges have been brought against a Columbus woman who was arrested for kidnapping last week.
Alabama eyeing more free beach concerts on coast
The free Jimmy Buffett concert that drew thousands to an Alabama beach may be just the first in a string of big-name shows funded by BP to boost a tourism industry hard-hit by the Gulf oil spill.
Good business makes for busy airports
Golden Triangle Regional Airport is a prime example of how good business makes for a busy airport.
Columbus police probe similar crimes
Columbus police are investigating a pair of armed robberies which took place early Sunday.
Enter the dragon: Neighbors care for tree that watches over Highway 45
Everyone asks Margaret and Jacky Triplett about the dragon. In 2001, they were driving down the dusty gravel road to Schaffers Chapel, the little country church they attend, when Margaret looked out the window and spied a curved, charred bois d’arc tree in the grass at the bottom of a steep embankment. She had an idea.
Nothing tastes like a Deere: Lowndes man turns tractor into ice-cream churn
John Deere usually brings tractors and dirt to mind, not ice cream. But with a few mechanical tweaks, Wayne Beard has turned his green-and-yellow 1954 Model 40 tractor into an ice-cream churn.
David Creel: From Jimmy Choos to jail time
I will be the first to admit that she was a far cry from Haley Mills in the adored Disney classic, but Lindsay Lohan did steal a few hearts in the remake of “The Parent Trap” movie a few years ago.
Adele Elliott: Present tense
Strangely, my personal time gives the illusion that it is expanding. Unfortunately, I am not using this gift in a constructive way.
Deadline nears for Cotton District poster contest
The deadline to turn in submissions for the 2011 Cotton District Arts Festival Poster Competition is fast approaching.
Columbus library to host exhibit of Welty photos
“Welty,” an exhibit featuring photographs by Eudora Welty, opens Monday at the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library at 314 Seventh St. N. It will be up through Aug. 30.
Starkville duo, New Hope striker relish all-star opportunity
July 11, 2025
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