Visiting instructors bring unique science lessons to Stokes-Beard’s Success Academy

How can a fully inflated, air-tight balloon shrivel to a third its original size and fill with water, then be reinflated and the water evaporated simply by blowing on it?

College prep: Career fair to help students plan for the future

The benefits of college are well documented. The path to college has been extensively highlighted. But local educators say too many students don’t expect to attend college.

West Point seeks funding for industry, roads

WEST POINT — It will take more than $380,000 to get West Point back on the industrial map.

Longtime workers saw Domtar closure as imminent

The announcement of Domtar’s closure came unexpectedly Tuesday, but some employees were already expecting the worst.

Bank robber nabbed after heist at Cadence Bank in Aberdeen

David Broyles, 33, of Prairie, is in custody in the Monroe County Jail after robbing Cadence Bank on Highway 45 in Aberdeen Friday morning.

Clean Sweep Columbus in need of volunteers

Columbus will get some early spring cleaning done this weekend.

Link’d Young Professionals is teaming with Columbus and Lowndes County officials to organize Saturday’s Clean Sweep, a litter pick-up, trash disposal, paint touch-up, volunteer event.

Pastor cleared in Aberdeen scandal claims he was ‘set up’

ABERDEEN — Ricky Bowen says he could have gone after the City of Aberdeen for arresting and trying him on misdemeanor charges of receiving stolen property and obstruction of justice, but that would only cause more damage to his home town. Instead, he says it’s time to let the healing begin.

Giving back: Local football great shares success

Leslie Frazier leaves a wake of success everywhere he goes.

Citizens protest handling of Aberdeen scandal

An agitated crowd packed Aberdeen’s Board of Aldermen meeting Tuesday at city hall, filling every seat and spilling out into the hallway in anticipation of airing a grievance or simply hearing what Mayor Jim Ballard and the board had to say.

Domtar to close Columbus plant, shed 219 jobs

Lowndes County will lose 219 jobs in late April when the Domtar coated groundwood paper mill closes its doors.

Soldiers refocus on family

Members of the Starkville-based National Guard battalion are back after nine months in Mosul, Iraq.

County schools recognize top performers

Friday was more award show than business meeting for the Lowndes County School District school board.

Ross reinstates electric superintendent

West Point Mayor Scott Ross knew about the Board of Selectmen’s special Wednesday meeting to fire electric superintendent Shasta Plunkett, but knowing and receiving official notice are separate matters.

Port Authority plans for potential growth

The Columbus-Lowndes County Port is poising itself for growth.

The Lowndes County Port Authority discussed a number of projects Wednesday to prepare the port for future projects.

West Point Mayor plans veto of ‘illegal’ firing

WEST POINT — West Point Mayor Scott Ross says the Board of Selectmen’s decision to fire interim Electric Department Superintendent Shasta Plunkett Wednesday evening was illegal.

Man sued for causing fatal motel fire flees to India

Wrongful death suits stemming from the Hoover, Ala., Days Inn fire which killed four Mississippi University for Women students will proceed despite the disappearance of one defendant.

West Point may seek agency help in collecting fines; city back in green

West Point’s Board of Selectmen thought twice before rubber-stamping a measure presented as a surefire way to recover hundreds of thousands of dollars in delinquent utility fees Tuesday night.

One letter away: Lowndes County’s champion speller climbs way to second place showing in Mid-South Spelling Bee

Elizabeth Fain found her voice Saturday at the Mid-South Spelling Bee in Memphis. Literally.

Juvante Burks combines faith, love of music in MUW radio show

Picture the scene. It’s a Sunday night in 1985. A DJ at the local skating rink digs through crates of vinyl, playing the latest soul, funk, R&B and pop records.

Rift between Aberdeen mayor, police chief complicates electric department saga

ABERDEEN — Communication has come to a standstill in Aberdeen.

In the midst of an Aberdeen Police Department investigation into the Aberdeen Electric Department, Mayor and acting Electric Department Manager Jim Ballard says Police Chief Henry Randle refuses to speak to him.