Residents march

On Friday evening, a crowd of well over 100 people marched through north Columbus, waving signs and chanting for justice. They wanted to draw attention to the death of Ricky Ball, the 26-year-old Columbus man killed in a police-involved shooting Oct. 16.

From MSU, 10,000 meals to be sent around the world

Today, about 100 students and volunteers at Mississippi State University will package over 10,000 meals to be shipped around the world.

Columbus police, firefighters host Halloween activities

The Columbus Police Department and Columbus Fire & Rescue are sponsoring a Haunted House and other Halloween activities to raise money for firefighters and police officers.

Book fair promotes love of reading in preschool

Round-faced preschoolers, some in costumes with paint on their noses, excitedly shared books at the Scholastic Book Fair at Mississippi University for Women on Monday.

National columnist O’Rourke talks humor, politics at Welty Gala

Journalist and bestselling author P.J. O’Rourke visited Columbus last week as part of Mississippi University for Women’s Eudora Welty Series and spoke at the Welty Gala on Friday.

County wants park near Soccer Complex

Lowndes County Supervisor Harry Sanders says the county still wants to buy property around the Columbus Soccer Complex and turn the area into a park.

Man planning to sue Lowndes County over Vasquez case

A Lowndes County man is planning to sue Lowndes County and the sheriff’s office for $750,000 after he claims he was arrested without a warrant.

New Hope remains officially identified

The human remains found outside a New Hope home in July have been positively identified as Manuel Vasquez.

Police: Fight leads to car wreck, shots fired

A Columbus man has been charged with aggravated assault after he allegedly shot at someone checking on him after a car accident.

Walk for Diabetes is Sunday at Riverwalk

When New Hope pre-teen Aiden Stanley, 12, was diagnosed with diabetes in August, the first visitor to his room at Batson Children’s Hospital in Jackson was a representative of the Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi.

Motorcycle collides with truck in Highway 45 accident

A Columbus man went to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle with non-life-threatening injuries Wednesday night after the motorcycle he was riding rear-ended a truck.

Lowndes Co. deputy involved in crash

A collision Wednesday on Lehmberg Road between a Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office vehicle and a Ford Mustang sent both drivers to Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle Wednesday and a canine to a local veterinarian.

FBI releases 2014 crime stats

Property crime increased in Starkville from 2013 to 2014, rising from 608 incidents to 843.

Owners of lost pets have luck on social media

One Tuesday in September when Columbus resident Consquella Townsel couldn’t find “Zeus,” her 3-month-old pitbull, she thought at first he must be hiding in her home.

Officer Kelvin Lee dies after cancer battle

Columbus police officer Kelvin Lee died Monday night after a long battle with stomach cancer.

He was 51.

Pontotoc man missing since Oct. 2

The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a missing Pontotoc man, Christopher Vanhaaften.

Aggravation on the roadways? Don’t take it personally

You know the feeling. It’s rush hour and you’re sitting in the parking lot that the main highway in town has become, or waiting at the world’s longest red light. There are cars everywhere.

Drug court program saving lives, taxpayer money

Bill Waller Jr., the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court, talked about a statewide drug rehabilitation program at the Columbus Rotary Club meeting Tuesday.

Yokohama holds grand opening ceremony

Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi held the grand opening of its new $300 million commercial truck tire factory in West Point on Monday.

CPD to hold domestic violence awareness event Tuesday

The Columbus Police Department will hold a candlelight vigil and balloon release in front of the Municipal Complex on Tuesday.