Hundreds expected Thursday for 14th annual National Day of Prayer

For a 14th year, prayers and people will return to the Lowndes County Courthouse lawn on Thursday to observe the National Day of Prayer.

Community Profile: Verdell closes 58-year chapter with Coleman Head Start

After 58 years of teaching preschoolers at Coleman Head Start Center, Shirley Ann Verdell still talks about all her students as if they are her own children.

Historian captures state’s past, one marker at a time

Every Saturday for two years, William “Brother” Rogers hopped in the car, often with one or both of his sons, and set out across Mississippi, searching for history cast in metal.

Community connections key to crime prevention

Everything you know about crime, why it happens and how it can be stopped is probably a carefully filtered illusion.

Countdown has begun for return of Market Street Festival on May 3

The countdown to Market Street Festival has officially begun, with organizers and vendors preparing for the event to return downtown on May 3.

New hub at W to bring early learning to ‘next level’

What began as a grassroots effort to support early childhood education in Lowndes County is now becoming a centralized initiative at the Mississippi University for Women, where the Center for Education is launching a program aimed at using data to create long-term impacts on child development.

Rise of refuge lawns on Southside gets code enforcement’s attention

When Kendall Dunkelberg lived in Austin, Texas, as a graduate student, he quickly noticed how seriously many of his neighbors took their blue bonnets.

Columbus asks court to dismiss AT&T cell tower lawsuit

The city is asking for the dismissal of a lawsuit filed March 21 by AT&T, after city officials denied the company’s request to build a cell tower on Moore Creek near the Roger Short Soccer Complex.

Man allegedly swerves car into girlfriend’s lane

A Columbus man was arrested Monday for allegedly trying to swerve his vehicle at his girlfriend’s car on Lee Stokes Road.

Miller argues investment over relocation for MSMS

If the state legislature meets for a special-call session next month after failing to pass a budget, Mississippi University for Women President Nora Miller doesn’t expect a decision on whether to relocate the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science will be made.

CMSD board hopes to have interim superintendent selected by May meeting

With Superintendent Stanley Ellis’ resignation officially approved, the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees hopes to have an interim superintendent tapped by its May meeting.

Smith easily wins runoff for Ward 2 council seat

Roderick Smith will be the next city councilman for Ward 2.

Education: Child Abuse Prevention Month

Education Brief: Lowndes County educator awarded graduate scholarship

Monica Grady, a seventh- and eighth-grade mathematics teacher at New Hope Middle School, recently received a $1,000 graduate scholarship from the Mississippi Professional Educators.

Shots fired at post prom party

Police are investigating gunshots fired Saturday night at an after-prom party at Columbus Fairgrounds.

Community Profile: From childhood curiosity to fossil expert

Before he was curating fossils at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science, George Phillips was a boy searching for rocks on his family farm a couple miles east of Artesia.

Ward 2 candidates make last-minute push before runoff

Both candidates for the Ward 2 city council seat are making their last-minute pushes for voter support ahead of Tuesday’s runoff.

Hull Group claims no responsibility in stalled tax incentive deal for mall renovation

A stalled $3 million tax incentive deal for the former Leigh Mall and the missing sales data it hinges on has the Golden Triangle Development LINK and Hull Property Group blaming each other for who is responsible.

High hopes: Max Harvest finds early success in budding medical marijuana market

The harvest room at Max Harvest is thick with the pungent scent of cannabis, earthy, intense and unmistakable.