Doctor walking from Columbus to Macon for dialysis patients affected by tornado

A kidney doctor will walk from Columbus to Macon on Saturday in an effort to raise money for Louisville dialysis patients affected by the tornadoes that struck Mississippi late last month.

Cigarette thief strikes Columbus

Call him the cigarette bandit that prefers menthols.

Browning on Business: Columbus business open in new location on Tuscaloosa Road following tornadoes

One of the five tornados that came through Lowndes County on April 28 tore the roof off of CJ’s Office and School Supply. The business had been located at 114 Alabama Street since it opened in 2005.

Palmer Home to help children of imprisoned moms

Palmer Home for Children has made Jonah’s Journey, a Tennessee-based organization that finds temporary or long-term care for children of incarcerated mothers, part of its ministry.

Two officers commended for saving drowning boy

Two Lowndes County conservation officers are being credited with saving the life of an 11-year-old boy who nearly drowned in the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway on Memorial Day.

Alabama man drowns in Caledonia

An Ethelsville, Alabama, man has died following a Memorial Day drowning incident in the Buttahatchie River in Lowndes County.

Columbus shooting suspect turns himself in

The Columbus Police Department confirmed this morning that a man wanted in connection with a fatal shooting Friday has turned himself in.

Browning on Business: Golden Triangle to get new barbecue place

Let’s start in Starkville, where by the end of summer there will be a new barbecue restaurant and watering hole.

City preparing for largest soccer tourney in state

Mississippi’s largest soccer tournament will take place in Columbus this weekend.

One hundred and twenty teams from every corner of the state are scheduled to take part in the Mississippi Soccer Association’s President’s Cup.

Doty and her dogs aid in grim task of Louisville tornado search

Late last month, when the tornadoes cut across Louisville and took 10 lives, Kathy Doty loaded up her canine partners and drove toward the destruction to help find the missing.

Browning on Business: Buffalo Wild Wings opening next week in Columbus

Buffalo Wild Wings will open Monday.

Jeff Ousley, director of operations for the restaurant, said this morning that the Columbus location’s doors will open at 11 a.m.

Starkville man takes to Facebook to sell used stripper pole

On Tuesday, a little before 10 a.m., on a Facebook page dedicated to people in the Starkville area hoping to buy, sell or trade things, someone posted a used stripper pole.

KiOR’s future remains in doubt

KiOR issued its report on the first quarter of 2014 to the Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday and the company again stated that it has concerns about its biofuel operation’s future.

Reports: Severstal for sale

The Russia-based company has reportedly put its two U.S. operations on the auction block, according to The Wall Street Journal. The steelmaker’s other North American plant is in Michigan.

Golden Triangle area draws attention from national media

For nearly a year, James Fallows, a national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine, has crisscrossed the United States exploring the dynamics and inner workings of small towns fighting back against unique challenges.

Farmers’ market set for Saturday’s grand opening

Things will get underway at 7 a.m. and run until 10 a.m., according to Anne Freeze, one of the market’s organizers. The market is at Second Street and Second Avenue North.

A cure for the blues: Caledonia woman dances, dreams of roses

The sun had nearly set Tuesday in Caledonia and in a gravel driveway that leads to a trailer park, there she was, her body swaying, her head tilted back. She almost looked peaceful, dancing alone.

Browning on Business: Columbus getting Starbucks

Columbus is getting a Starbucks, a Kay Jewelers and another as-yet-to-be-named retail business.

All three will be housed in a single building being constructed in a now-vacant lot in the 1900 block of Highway 45 North.

MSMS students to perform in historic Sandfield Cemetery

Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science students will perform an “8th of May Emancipation Celebration” in a Columbus cemetery Thursday.

Caledonia resident given more time to clean up property

A Caledonia property owner has another month to continue cleaning up his Sanders Lane yard after neighbors gave the town’s board of aldermen a petition asking that the area be cleaned in April.