Slimantics: State-wide poll gives insight into coming elections

Millsaps College, in cooperation with Chism Strategies, released the finds from its latest quarterly poll of Mississippi voters this week and the results show some intriguing views as Mississippians go to vote next month and next year.

Lowndes supes discuss how to fill county prosecutor position

Lowndes County supervisors discussed, but did not reach a decision, on how to fill the county prosecutor’s job after the November election.

County to borrow $1 million to finish horse park

Lowndes County supervisors voted unanimously to borrow $1 million to pay for the completion of the county’s horse park, changing their approach to how they spend revenues from the county’s hospital trust fund.

Slimantics: No offense, but Bulldogs have no offense

STARKVILLE

It was about halfway through his post-game press conference Saturday night when Mississippi State coach Joe Moorhead faced a question that seemed to stop him in his tracks.

‘Dan Who?’: Mullen’s return to Davis Wade stirs memories, sparks sales of anti-Dan apparel

Dan Mullen moved to Florida in December.

In February, his image moved to a local restaurant’s restroom.

Slimantics: Hosemann’s uphill voter turn-out battle

Tuesday, as a part of a four-stop tour in north Mississippi, Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann spoke to an assembly of high school seniors at Columbus High School and New Hope High School.

Hosemann to high school seniors: Voting is an obligation

During their Tuesday morning assembly the roughly 250 members of the senior class at Columbus High School turned their attention to an important date on the calendar — graduation day — as they were informed about how to order everything from caps and gowns to class rings.

But the students’ attention was also directed to another day, Nov. 6, the date of the general election in Mississippi.

Second Chambers trial begins with Oktibbeha jury

A second trial in the Jessica Chambers murder case is set to begin today in Batesville after Monday’s jury selection in Starkville.

Hosemann to visit Lowndes County on Voter Registration Day

In June, just 13.5 percent of registered voters went to the polls in the primary elections, and Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann seems to have taken it personally.

‘Fact-finders and decision-makers’: Voters will choose judges ruling on family issues in Nov. 6 election

Mississippi Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann has been on the road since Labor Day in his effort to encourage citizens to vote in the Nov. 6 general election.

Vacation ‘wish list’: Columbus Airbnb ranked among top-sought in state

Amy Edwards keeps separate books for her business, but there is nothing nefarious about it.

County raises property tax rate by 2 mills

A “perfect storm” of bad circumstances necessitated Lowndes County hike property tax rates for residents next year, County Administrator Ralph Billingsley said Friday.

Caledonia millage, budget will remain unchanged

A few new wrinkles were added to the budget the Caledonia Board of Aldermen approved Tuesday, but the bottom line will remain pretty much the same, Mayor Mitch Wiggins said.

Slimantics: Seventeen years later, 9/11 memories endure

By this date 17 years ago, my job began to bear some vague resemblance to what it had been three days earlier on Sept. 10, 2001.

Caledonia parks director says he was forced to resign

Chris Clardy is out as the Caledonia parks director, a move he said came without warning or explanation.

Unlikely Rhodes Scholar plans to return to Mississippi

Noah Barbieri is the 51st Rhodes Scholar from Mississippi and, in many ways, the program’s most unlikely.

Caledonia dips into reserves to keep from raising taxes

Caledonia’s property tax millage will remain unchanged for the seventh year in a row, although that decision required the town’s board of aldermen to dip into its reserve fund to do it.

Sports betting takes off in Mississippi

Legal sports betting has been in Mississippi for just a month and at Pearl River Resort for only a week.

Young resigned from EMCC due to apparent ‘lack of confidence’ in his leadership

Rick Young’s decision to step down as interim president at East Mississippi Community College came as result of a perceived lack of confidence in his leadership from board members, according to the resignation letter presented to the EMCC Board of Trustees during Tuesday’s meeting.

CLI looks to more than double its warehouse space

A $10 million expansion to a building owned by Lowndes County will cost it just $200,000 after the board of supervisors approved a resolution amending the property’s lease-purchase agreement Tuesday.