Lowndes assessed value to reach $1 billion next year

Lowndes County is the state’s sixth most valuable county and the second most valuable in terms of industrial property value.

Sheriff-elect Arledge: The win is ‘what we expected’

Mike Arledge will be the new Lowndes County sheriff.

Unofficial numbers show Arledge, a Republican, defeated Democrat Anthony Nelson Tuesday to win the sheriff’s race. Arledge earned 61.3 percent, with 10,546 votes, and Nelson earned 38.5 percent, with 6,623 votes.

Wright ‘relieved and overjoyed’ after Lowndes superintendent win

The “congratulations” started rolling in both in person and via telephone at around 10 p.m. Tuesday.

Aberdeen night club shooting injures two bystanders

Aberdeen police arrested one man after a Saturday night shooting at a local night club sent two people to the hospital.

Update: Columbus man injured by gunshot

Columbus police are investigating a report of shots fired in North Columbus.

Highway 45 wreck sends woman to hospital

A two-vehicle wreck on Highway 45 North Friday evening resulted in one person being transported to the hospital.

Noxubee County’s shining star

MACON — If the amount of people who attended Saturday’s funeral service is any indication, then O’Bryan Lashan Brandy had a heart the size of Noxubee County.

Columbus police investigate stabbing

According to police, a woman was stabbed Friday night in South Columbus.

Bittersweet ending: Columbus wins finale, misses out on playoff spot

Regardless of what happened elsewhere, Columbus High School football coach Tony Stanford’s Falcons still needed to focus Friday night on the task at hand: Beating Grenada. Columbus did just that, closing the book on the 2011 season with a 48-21 victory.

Change smoke detector batteries along with your clocks tonight

As residents prepare to turn back the clocks Sunday, Columbus Fire and Rescue wants to remind residents to make another change that could save lives.

Nine escape burning house in Thursday morning fire

A fire caused severe damage to a Columbus home early Thursday morning.

Three candidates, three visions

The three names left in the superintendent election all have one thing in mind: the students of Lowndes County.

Update: Man steals four tires at Miller’s OK Tire Store

Columbus police are looking for a man who is believed to have robbed Miller’s OK Tire Store on Highway 45 North Wednesday afternoon.

Vehicle crashes into Columbus daycare center

A scary incident occurred today when a vehicle made an unwelcome entrance into Tucker’s Play and Learn daycare center on Alabama Street.

Cook withdraws from chief search subcommittee

The finalists for the Columbus police chief position have dwindled to four, and the subcommittee is left with four members.

Alternate slated to take fifth spot in police chief search withdraws; council decides to move forward with four finalists

Only four finalists remain in the Columbus police chief search, and it seems it will stay that way.

Downtown Y to host fundraiser tomorrow to support CPD’s Thanksgiving Turkey Drive

Burning calories couldn’t be so rewarding.

Columbus police respond to multiple broken windows

Columbus police responded to a 911 call Monday morning that a number of vehicles at the 900 block of 10th Street North had windows busted out in a parking lot.

Board of supes to explore demolition of building for parking

The life of the old Lowndes County Extension Building on Third Avenue North could be coming to an end soon.

Child found walking alone on Columbus streets

The Department of Human Services responded to a child walking alone on the streets Saturday morning.

Columbus police responded to a call about a 4-year-old child walking alone at the 1100 block of Second Ave. N. at around 10:35 a.m.