Articles by Jessica Lindsey
Open LCSD seat has no candidate as deadline approaches
With a little more than 24 hours until the application deadline, only one person has qualified for one of the two open positions on the Lowndes County School District board.
Education: Columbus to host MDE regional literacy meeting
Later this month, Columbus will host a regional meeting put on by the Mississippi Department of Education.
Sen. Younger calls for new leadership in city of Jackson
The water crisis in Mississippi is at the forefront of nearly everyone’s minds as it makes national headlines.
SOCSD implements clear bag policy for athletic events
Those attending Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District athletic events this school year will want to bring belongings in a clear bag.
Photo: Get Swept Up
From left, K’Dee Martin, Liz Gilliam, Janae Cook, Emily Griffin and Maggie Toole leave from work at The Mill at MSU Conference Center to begin picking up trash in the Cotton District. This was part of the 19th annual Get Swept Up campaign in Starkville from local businesses, civic groups and private citizens who take time each fall to pick up trash around town.
The Mission to add 28 new spots for men seeking help
With men coming from states like California, Colorado and Missouri, The Mission in West Point offers rehabilitation in which clients are typically in the residential program for about a year.
Photo: Rock Vegas
Lyla Lamm, 11, paints a rock at the Starkville-Oktibbeha County Public Library. This is part of a group that staff at the library started called “Rock Vegas,” where children paint rocks and place them around town for others to find and post to social media.
Monday Profile: SHS sophomore part of national mental health campaign
When Starkville High School sophomore Alex Jones took a trip to New York City over the summer, it wasn’t just to tour the Big Apple.
Community donations sought for 2023 state spelling bee
For the second year in a row, the Mississippi Spelling Bee is going to be held in Columbus.
Panel promotes women’s equality at CAFB
Oprah, Madam C.J. Walker and Issa Rae all have something in common. All three are women Nadia Colom said she would like to have dinner
College students, graduates to benefit from student loan relief
Hunter Watts was the first person in his family to graduate from a four-year university, but realizing that goal meant taking out federal student loans.
SOCSD expects 30 percent student participation in first intersession
With roughly six weeks before the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District’s first intersession is set to begin, district leaders are expecting about 30 percent of its students to participate.
DNA links same suspect to two West Point cold cases
Amber Quick quietly stood at the front of the small courtroom inside the West Point Police Department on Monday afternoon as detectives announced they had a breakthrough in her 2003 rape case.
SHS student missed beginning of senior year to finish Army basic training
Parker Casano missed his first two weeks of his senior year at Starkville High School finishing out a summer not many teenagers would sign up for.
Circuit court judge candidates discuss sentencing, violent crime at forum
As the sun began to lower behind the buildings on Commerce Street, seven 16th Circuit Court judge candidates filled West Point City Hall Thursday evening to speak to a crowd of nearly 50 prospective voters.
School test scores rebound toward pre-pandemic levels
Two years after COVID-19 disrupted the 2019-20 school year and state testing, many school districts across the Golden Triangle are seeing their test scores rise as schools return to pre-pandemic normalcy.
CMSD approves budget with tax increase
The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees on Monday approved its budget for Fiscal Year 2023.
LCSD budget request could trigger voter referendum
The Lowndes County School District board on Friday officially approved a budget request that will now go to the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors for approval. According to the supervisors’ president, though, the current request will likely require a vote by taxpayers.
CHS principal search bogs down with Labat’s departure
Though Craig Chapman was promoted in June to assistant superintendent in the Columbus Municipal School District, he’s spending almost as much time at Columbus High School now as he was when he was principal there.
School Safety: Area law enforcement train rigorously to respond to active shooter events
Sitting in a classroom, shots ring out from down the hall and those inside are instructed to hide or lay on the ground and play dead.
