Suspect in custody after Columbus teen killed in shooting

A Columbus man accused of murdering a local teenager Friday night in south Columbus is behind bars.

Three apply for CMSD special ed committee

Only three people have applied for a spot on a committee that would advise the Columbus Municipal School Board of Trustees on the district’s handling of services for students in special education.

Living with diabetes

Months after Jeff Courtright and Lynn Healy moved from Mississippi a few years ago, they realized something was wrong with their 2-year-old son.

Campaign 2016: Our Future Too

When senior Braeden Foldenauer organized a watch party of the first presidential debate for his fellow students at the Mississippi School for Mathematics, he didn’t expect a big turnout.

Area students talk about safe spaces, controversial topics

Before Mississippi University for Women professor Mallory Malkin shows students in her psychology classes videos on sensitive topics like substance abuse or sexual assault, she tells them they’re free to leave if the topic upsets them.

Four taken to hospital after Hwy 82 wreck on Saturday

Mississippi Highway Patrol and emergency responders from Lowndes and Oktibbeha Counties responded to a traffic accident that seriously injured four people on Highway 82 East Saturday evening.

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Choosing Joy

On Good Friday 2015, Columbus resident Shilo Goodman gave her 15-year-old son a hug and noticed what felt like a knot in her chest.

Arrest made in Crawford shooting

Lowndes County sheriff’s deputies have arrested a Columbus teen in connection with a shooting in Crawford last week.

Cyberstalking a growing, evolving crime

Columbus resident Todd Clardy found himself behind bars Saturday when deputies with the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office arrested him on Nashville Ferry Road.

Area teens explore potential careers at CREATE expo

At the Bancorp South Arena in Tupelo Tuesday, New Hope Middle School eighth grader Grace Massey performed surgery.

Court of Appeals holds proceedings at MUW campus

Students from Mississippi University for Women gathered in Cochran Hall on MUW’s campus Monday to witness three Mississippi Court of Appeals judges hear the appeal of Randall Cooper, Jr., who was convicted of first degree murder in Lowndes County last year.

Man killed in vehicle-train crash

A Columbus man died early Tuesday after his pickup collided with a train.

Frederick Clark, 51, was driving east on Main Street at about 3:25 a.m. when his truck collided with a train at a railroad crossing near 21st Street North.

Classroom Volunteer Program: ‘Planting a seed’

Elementary students in the Columbus Municipal School District may soon have another mentoring parental figure in their lives — if enough local adults volunteer their time.

GRAMMY Museum director visits Columbus Exchange Club

Mississippi — the “birthplace of the blues” — has produced more Grammy winning musicians than the next five states combined.

Man arrested in Labor Day shooting

Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in Labor Day shooting at a Texaco on Highway 45.

Two arrested in separate felony domestic violence cases

Local law enforcement officers have arrested two men in the last week and charged them with domestic violence-aggravated assault.

Public Service Commissioner: Utility rate incentive program helps small businesses

Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley visited Lowndes County Tuesday to promote his Small Business Incentives Rider, a program which saves small businesses money on utilities.

Clown hysteria comes to Golden Triangle area

Clowns — or clown hysteria, one or the other — have come to the Golden Triangle.

Getting ‘crankie’: Locals enjoy workshop as part of Possum Town Tales Storytelling Festival

Ballads, poems, stories about little old ladies and hand-sewn panoramas illustrating them all were all in store for the handful of participants who attended the Crankie and storytelling workshop with national singers and storytellers Anna Roberts-Gevalt and Elizabeth LaPrelle.

CREATE Foundation to hold career expo for area eighth graders

Eighth graders in north Mississippi will soon get to sample from a host of potential career pathways.