Articles by Isabelle Altman
A fire, a rescue and hope for a new start
LaQuita Green was in Texas filling out an application for a new apartment when she learned her Columbus home was on fire.
Coroner IDs home intruder stabbed to death
Authorities have identified an alleged home intruder who was fatally stabbed in a Columbus home early Saturday morning.
Spears snags CMSD board presidency in narrow 3-2 vote
A 3-2 vote on Thursday made Jason Spears the new president of the Columbus Municipal School District board of trustees.
Alleged domestic violence suspect back behind bars on cyberstalking charge
A man previously charged with cyberstalking and aggravated domestic assault is back behind bars on another cyberstalking charge.
Man allegedly choked girlfriend who then drove van into house
A Columbus man is in police custody after allegedly choking his girlfriend and possibly causing her to drive a U-Haul van into the front of his house.
Woman allegedly crashed into LCSO vehicle with car
A Starkville woman is accused of aggravated assault of a police officer after she allegedly hit a Lowndes County sheriff’s deputy’s patrol unit with her car.
After community meetings, CPD consultant looks to citizen involvement, recruitment
Two months into an evaluation of the Columbus Police Department, police consultant K.B. Turner has heard public input and plans to turn his attention to getting the community engaged with the police through volunteering while recruiting more officers for the department.
MSMS students learn to ‘think like a lawyer’
In a courtroom in Hinds County Saturday, Emily Shy stood before a jury.
Caledonia band director subject of investigation
The Lowndes County School District Board of Trustees is slated to accept the resignation of Caledonia High School band director David Chambers Friday, according to the board agenda published online Tuesday night.
Deputies chase suspect off Highway 45
Two men are in jail following a foot chase involving Lowndes County sheriff’s deputies on Monday evening.
The show goes on: Award-winning community theatre builds on reputation in Starkville
Sitting in an auditorium full of community theater enthusiasts in Lexington, Kentucky, over the weekend, Gabe Smith sat back and watched his friends with Starkville Community Theatre perform a comedy at the Annual Southeastern Theater Conference.
Armed hotel robber gets 40 years
A Columbus man faces up to 40 years in prison for robbing two local hotels in 2014.
Masked man robs Chevron at gunpoint
Investigators with the Columbus Police Department are searching for a suspect who allegedly robbed East Side Chevron in Columbus Thursday night.
Columbus murder suspect found in Iowa
A man wanted for a 2015 Columbus murder and who skipped bond last year has been found in Iowa.
Repeat pedophiles: Treatment for child sex offenders may offer solution to recidivism
Less than three months after Lowndes County resident Raymond Karr was released from prison for touching a child for lustful purposes, he was arrested again on four counts of the same charge.
New trial begins for suspect in armed hotel robberies
On the witness stand in Lowndes County Circuit Court Wednesday, Joseph Mickens Jr. told a jury how early on the morning of June 23, 2014, he was robbed at gunpoint and threatened by his former high school classmate Keenan Montgomery.
Student project focuses on police brutality, racial bias
Monday afternoon, Columbus Police Chief Oscar Lewis sat down to an interview. But it wasn’t with suspects — it was with two students from Columbus High School who wanted to learn more about the police department.
Sheriff’s office investigating former Caledonia teacher for sexual misconduct
The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a former Caledonia High School teacher for alleged sexual misconduct with students.
Joint drug task force hits ground running
A joint drug task force with officers from both the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office and the Columbus Police Department has officially formed and is already making arrests in Lowndes County.
Man pleads guilty to robbing railroad worker
A man accused of robbing and kidnapping a railroad worker in 2015 could spend the next 20 years in prison.
