Businessman buys Miss. State basketball court

Old basketball courts never die: They simply move away, in this case to Ohio.

Presley makes push for greater access to services in rural Miss.

When you think of Mississippi’s Public Service Commission, your thoughts turn first to utilities.

PACCAR to use county building as distribution warehouse

Lowndes County will have a new tenant — and a familiar face — for the former CalStar building.

Lowndes schools recognize top students, parents

Friday’s meeting of the Lowndes County School District was its last before the end of the 2015-16 school year, and the board used it as an opportunity to recognize students and parents.

LCSD board solicits bids for new career tech center

Almost a year after voters approved a $44 million bond issue for the Lowndes County School District — money to be used for new construction and renovations through the district — many of the projects are nearing completion while one of the key pieces of the capital improvement plan hit an important milestone during Friday’s meeting of the LCSD board of trustees.

KiOR clean-up delays have Port Authority, LINK at odds

It’s pretty quiet these days at the old KiOR site on the Island.

V.A. service officers help inform veterans

For many military veterans, there has long been an information gap between veterans and the medical services they are entitled to receive.

State: Fewer restaurant inspections unlikely to affect public health

Facing an almost $4 million cut in their budget, officials with the Mississippi Department of Health are scrambling to find ways to mitigate the potential damage to the services it provides.

Slimantics: The liberating luxury of bare feet

Although there are some movies that capture the essence of what it means to be a newspaper journalist, no film has managed to capture the day-to-day reality of the job.

Sparks joins CMSD board

The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees welcomed a new board member, received updates on numerous programs and honored student achievements during Monday’s regular board meeting.

‘Field of Dreams’ still hopeful for county, city funding

For five years now, Golden Triangle Outdoors, a local non-profit group dedicated to providing outdoor activities for the area’s disabled citizens, has struggled to find funding to build its “Field of Dreams” sports facility in Lowndes County, most likely as part of a renovation project at the city’s Propst Park complex.

Lowndes sheriff’s office seeks new fingerprinting equipment

The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office may get the go-ahead to purchase new finger-printing equipment this month after Kevin Forrester made his case for the upgrade Monday.

Habitat for Humanity provides home for beloved CHS manager

Some people leave home and become famous.

Dennis Bailey, better known simply as “Cookie,” became a local celebrity mainly sticking around.

Shortfalls should not alter Riverwalk, horse park plans

It is a far cry from the $7-million-plus House Ways & Means Chairman Jeff Smith, R-Columbus, hoped to bring home for three local projects, but one project will be completed while two others will receive enough money to keep moving forward.

Slimantics: How to ruin a state without really trying

Each January, the Mississippi Legislature convenes in Jackson and collectively loses its mind for a few months. The session ends in April – and not a nanosecond too soon – giving Mississippians a couple of months to contemplate the impending carnage that will ensue on July 1, when the new laws go into effect.

Slimantics: A bewildering legislative session comes to an end … mercifully

The 2016 Mississippi legislative session ended this morning.

Area unemployment rates improve

Unemployment in the four Golden Triangle counties has decreased for the second straight month, according to labor market data released Wednesday by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

Slimantics: Emmerich a relentless critic of state’s economic development strategy

Although he is careful not to call himself a Republican — as a journalist, he maintains that party associations are the enemy of objectivity — there is little doubt that Wyatt Emmerich is a fiscal conservative through and through.

Slimantics: Victims on a Sunday afternoon

When Tess and I bought a house near downtown Columbus, I can’t say we weren’t warned.

Supervisors make small withdrawal from trust fund profits

A big dip in the stock market at the end of 2015 meant fewer “happy returns” on Lowndes County’s $30-million-plus hospital trust fund, supervisors learned Friday during their regular board meeting.