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Y schedules Zumba workouts, New Hope park opening
The Lowndes County YMCA will present a Zumba Master Class from 5:45-7:15 p.m. today, designed for everyone from beginners to seasoned dancers. There will be a $15 fee, profits of which will benefit the YMCA Zumba program.
Columbus shooting suspect out on bond
Ranzino Ahmad Harris, 22, the man accused of killing Justin Murry, 21, has been out of jail on bond since June 4.
Columbus Packet changes hands with new owner, editor
After 18 years at the helm of The Columbus Packet newspaper, Roger Larsen is turning the business over to local investors Justin Shelton and Colin Kreiger, he announced in the Packet this morning.
City gears up for Juneteenth celebration
The Afro-American Culture Organization will host Columbus’ 14th annual Juneteenth celebration this weekend.
Summer enrichment program keeps Lowndes students focused
Lowndes County children are trying to improve their reading and math skills in a free summer study camp this month.
Columbus teen charged with statutory rape
A Columbus teen was arrested on charges of statutory rape and simple assault of a police officer last week.
Woman dies in wreck
An one-car accident on Highway 14 in Noxubee County killed one person Wednesday afternoon.
Barbour praises Toyota’s decision to resume work at Blue Springs
Toyota will build Corolla compact cars at its plant in Blue Springs in northeast Mississippi.
Spell won’t seek 5th term as ag commissioner
Mississippi Agriculture Commissioner Lester Spell said Wednesday he won’t seek a fifth term, opening the field for one of the eight statewide offices voters will fill in 2011.
Alabama professor charged in brother’s shooting death
A biology professor charged with killing three of her colleagues at an Alabama university has been indicted in the 1986 shooting death of her brother in Massachusetts, prosecutors announced Wednesday.
Police arrest suspect in Columbus club shooting
A man who Columbus police considered a “person of interest” in the April shooting death at the Everyday Club and Lounge has been arrested and charged with murder.
A legacy on the diamond: Columbus to honor ballplayer Sam Hairston
Sam Hairston was born in Crawford in a small house on Plum Grove Road, a meandering 1 1/2-lane street that winds its way through county fields. He came up through the Lowndes school system, and he loved baseball.
Police: Car burglars run over, kill Vicksburg man
Jackson police say a Vicksburg man stopped a break-in of his car, but was hit and killed by the burglars as they sped off in their own car.
TVA raises rates for fifth straight month
The Tennessee Valley Authority is raising rates for a fifth straight month due to higher fuel costs, adding up to $4 a month for residential customers.
Missing Ala. child dies from heat in parents’ car
Franklin County officials say a 4-year-old boy who had been reported missing was found inside his family’s parked car and died from hyperthermia.
Public hearing planned for long-awaited bypass
At a public hearing Thursday at the Trotter Convention Center, area residents will have an opportunity to ask questions of Mississippi Department of Transportation representatives and make comments on a U.S. Highway 45 bypass project.
Service restored to most WCBI customers
WCBI-TV has returned service to nearly all of its satellite and cable customers after a technical glitch interrupted its signal last week, but over-the-air customers have to wait a while longer.
