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WCBI restoring signal to over-the-air viewers
After being down for some customers for weeks, Columbus-based WCBI-TV expects its signal to be fully restored this week.
Loaves and Fishes soup kitchen asks your support to expand schedule and give more than a meal
Attendance is up at Columbus’ Loaves and Fishes Soup Kitchen due to, in part, the economy.
CAFB’s Watkins reassigned to Alabama base
Col. Roger Watkins, the face of Columbus Air Force Base for the past two years, has received new orders.
Ministry reaches kids with reading, writing, art programs
For some kids, summer reading is a drag. Not so when the chief of police is the one reading the story.
MSU police still seek sexual assault suspect
The Mississippi State University Police Department is calling on the public to help identify a man suspected of sexually assaulting a coed June 5 near McKee Hall.
Judge blocks gulf drilling moratorium
A federal judge struck down the Obama administration’s six-month ban on deepwater oil drilling in the Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday, saying the government rashly concluded that because one rig failed, the others are in immediate danger, too.
Rare William Faulkner collection sells for $833,000
A rare collection of signed William Faulkner books and personal items has been auctioned for $833,246 in New York City.
Bond set at $1M for alleged shooter at club
Bond was set at $1 million for a man accused in a fatal shooting at a Columbus nightclub.
Hearing set for doctor accused of sexual assault
A preliminary hearing has been scheduled for the Columbus doctor who was arrested on charges of sexual battery.
Longtime MSU professor dies at 78
Dominic Joseph Cunetto, a professor of theatre at Mississippi State University for nearly 50 years, died on Saturday morning at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville. He was 78.
MSU cuts 17 jobs
Mississippi State University announced Monday that 17 full-time and intermittent positions will be cut when Printing Services and Office Supply operations on the Starkville campus ends Aug. 1.
Bond set for teen accused of shooting mother’s boyfriend
Bond has been set at $25,000 for a Columbus teen accused of shooting his mother’s boyfriend over the weekend.
Putting 126.3 million gallons of oil into context
Overwhelmed and saddened by the gargantuan size of the Gulf oil spill? A little mathematical context to the spill size can put the environmental catastrophe in perspective.
Gulf oil companies ask judge to lift drilling moratorium
Companies that ferry people and supplies to offshore oil rigs asked a federal judge Monday to lift a six-month moratorium on new deepwater drilling projects imposed in the aftermath of the massive Gulf spill.
Downtown at Sundown every Thursday in downtown Starkville
Starkville Downtown Business Association and the Greater Starkville Development Partnership are pleased to announce Downtown at Sundown in Downtown Starkville.
Columbus teen charged with shooting father
A Columbus teen remains in jail today, charged with shooting his father the day before Father’s Day.
Bob Raymond: Columbians man the coast
Several Columbians have been on the coast this past week. Terry and Anne Freeze spent a week eating, napping, sippin’ and dippin.’ Terry’s brother Buck and his wife Millie joined them for supper one evening. They live in Lillian, Ala. Their grandson Zane is in the Coast Guard and has been stationed on a ship in Pensacola, Fla., doing oil-related work.
Jeff Wilson: Turfgrass tips
While some of you may be singing “Take me out to the ballgame” and cheering on your favorite team, others may be singing ‘take me out to the garden’ and cheering on your favorite plant. Whatever your choice, this is the time to enjoy them.
Summer in the South: More than a water slide
Roadside stop offers family fun, chance to beat the heat
