‘No one fights alone’: Two mothers recount their stories during school’s annual cancer assistance drive
It is a parent’s worst nightmare — a headache or throat ache that turns into something more sinister: cancer.
Community foundation to host follow-up ‘conversation’ Monday
Monday night the Lowndes Community Foundation is getting the band — or at least the committees — back together.
Supes will not withdraw from hospital trust fund
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to not withdraw any money from the hospital trust fund this fiscal year.
Photo: Oktoberfest
Riley Wilson, 4, starts off the Oktoberfest 5K beer run in the front of the pack. The race began at 10 a.m. on Saturday at Munson and Brothers at 301 Second Ave. N. The event included live music and an arts festival and benefited the Columbus Arts Council.
Man drowns while on fishing trip
A Friday afternoon fishing trip turned tragic for one Columbus man.
Official defends Mississippi Capitol Police pursuits
Amid backlash over the fatal shooting of a Mississippi man, the state’s top law enforcement official said officers of a special police unit in the capital city of Jackson will not change the way they pursue suspects.
Ole Miss honors James Meredith 60 years after integration
The University of Mississippi is paying tribute to 89-year-old James Meredith 60 years after white protesters erupted into violence as he became the first Black student to enroll in what was then a bastion of Deep South segregation.
Ian leaves dozens dead as focus turns to rescue, recovery
Dozens of Florida residents left their flooded and splintered homes by boat and by air on Saturday as rescuers continued to search for survivors in the wake of Hurricane Ian, while authorities in South Carolina and North Carolina began taking stock of their losses.
Trump at center of Oath Keepers novel defense in Jan. 6 case
The defense team in the Capitol riot trial of the Oath Keepers leader is relying on an unusual strategy with Donald Trump at the center.
Venezuela releases 7 jailed Americans; US frees 2 prisoners
Venezuela on Saturday freed seven Americans imprisoned in the South American country in exchange for the release of two nephews of President Nicholas Maduro’s wife who had been jailed for years by the United States on drug smuggling convictions, a senior U.S. official said.
