Slimantics: Panhandling lawsuit offers opportunity to examine how we view less fortunate

It was a couple of years ago. I was sitting a Columbus church listening to residents who had gathered their for a community meeting that was part of the city’s commissioned study of its police department.

Slimantics: Dogs flub a few lines, still cruise in Moorhead’s debut

Going into his debut as Mississippi State’s head football coach Saturday night, Joe Moorhead insisted his team wasn’t playing against Stephen F. Austin as much as it was playing against a standard – a championship standard, he said.

BP money funds road projects in area

When the Mississippi Legislature this week approved funding for 128 projects throughout the state, $1.75 million came to projects in Lowndes and Oktibbeha counties.

Slimantics: Felker’s place in Bulldog history is secure

Time has eroded some of Rockey Felker’s recollections of his tenure at Mississippi State, both as a player and head coach.

Highway commissioner skewers Legislature for handling of infrastructure, budget

Dick Hall pulled no punches in his address to the Starkville Rotary Club Monday, ripping the Mississippi Legislature for what he calls an impending economic crisis due mainly to big tax cuts implemented over the past three years.

YMCA collecting undergarments for disaster victims

When disaster strikes and donations begin pouring in, relief workers know they’ll get plenty of the usual staples — bottled water, nonperishable foods and clothing.

But there is one needed item that is almost always in short supply:

Underwear.

Area jobless numbers drop in July

Unemployment rates fell in three of four area counties in July, according to the monthly labor report released by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security as summer jobs ended and students begin leaving the workforce.

Presley plans to push for electric co-ops to bring internet to rural Mississippi

In 1935, in the back room of McPeters Furniture store in Corinth, a handful of residents devised a plan that reshaped rural America.

Up until then, electricity was almost exclusively a benefit of living in cities and the big city utility companies showed no interest in absorbing the cost of extending electricity to sparsely-populated areas.

Respected Columbus CPA dies at age 82: Tommy Lott remembered as talented businessman and lifelong advocate for Golden Triangle

Even though they had known each other for years, each time Tommy Lott called the Brunini Law Firm to speak with attorney Gordon Flowers, Lott would always spell out his name to the receptionist.

“It’s Lott,” he would say. “L-O-T-T.”

W looks ahead to year of new president, new sports

Thursday marked the first day of classes at Mississippi University for Women, and for the two featured speakers at The W’s Town & Tower Luncheon, the start of the fall semester holds even more significance.

Presley questions FCC claims of good cell coverage

Brandon Presley is not a cartographer by training or occupation.

Restaurant tax: City, county on same page with restaurant tax

The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors and Columbus City Council passed matching resolutions during special meetings Wednesday for a new restaurant sales tax proposal on the eve of a special session of the Mississippi Legislature.

Aurora working on pilot-less ‘air version of Uber’, other initiatives

Imagine if the Golden Triangle merged with New York City and suddenly had access to all of the talents and resources of The Big Apple.

New restaurant tax agreement hits several snags

The odds of getting a new restaurant sales tax in Columbus in place by the end of the year appear to have gotten longer as a dispute between the city and county over a separate issue continues.

Slimantics: The 2-percent hostage

When the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors decided to break away from the Columbus-Lowndes Recreation Authority a year ago, supervisors suggested they would provide $200,000 to the city for parks/recreation in the fiscal years 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Problem solver: LINK intern spends summer developing research-based guide for Golden Triangle

Liz Hartmann has a bachelor’s degree in international studies and sustainability from Miami University in Ohio. She has worked four years with the “Big Four” accounting firm Deloitte’s strategy and operations division, helping with mergers and acquisitions in the health care and pharmaceutical industries.

After fierce debate, county agrees to help fund city parks

The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to provide $200,000 to the city of Columbus for use on its parks and recreation for Fiscal Year 2018-19 with no strings attached.

City to reconsider using BMG clinic

Upon further review, the city of Columbus may not be pulling out of Baptist Medical Group’s primary care clinic after all.

Two weeks in Tanzania: Wildlife photographer recounts following ‘Great Migration’ in Serengeti

Steve Brandon has shot wildlife on all seven continents, but aside from some pesky insects, he hasn’t killed anything.

Laundry Love: There’s a lot more going on here than detergent and quarters

It was in the spring of 2017 and a group of women from First United Methodist Church in Starkville were participating in a Bible study group when the women began to sense there was something more they should be doing.