Community Profile: From crossroads to Catfish Alley
In 2016, Josh Gillis was at a crossroads.
Woman arrested after allegedly attempting to steal gun
A Columbus woman was arrested after allegedly attempting to steal a gun from another person at the Sandfield One Stop on Friday afternoon.
Ask The Dispatch: Can a new court rule make divorce, child custody cases cheaper and quicker?
On Aug. 26, Mississippi will become the 24th state to enact Rules for Collaborative Law that allow parties to resolve family law disputes without adversarial
LCSD to request $1.7 million more in local taxes this school year
The Lowndes County School District is expected to pass a budget requesting $1.7 million more in ad valorem taxes this fiscal year, causing a slight increase to the tax rate.
Human trafficking doesn’t always look like the movies. And it’s happening here.
Columbus Fire and Rescue Chief Duane Hughes had always heard of human trafficking, but he never imagined it could happen in Lowndes County.
Division brewing over city’s property tax rate
Competing ideas on what to do with the city’s ad valorem tax rate next year emerged from a council work session Thursday at City Hall.
Either would result in the tax rate decreasing, but one would mean tax bills would still go up.
Family members remember Red Barber as he enters Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame
Red Barber may have made a name for himself in New York, as the longtime play-by-play broadcaster for the Brooklyn Dodgers and later the New York Yankees. But he traces his origins back to his birthplace of Columbus, and on Saturday he will be posthumously inducted into the Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame.
Law enforcement to host community-building events for National Night Out
Law enforcement agencies across the Golden Triangle are looking to connect with the citizens they protect and serve Tuesday night for the National Night Out.
Peeping tom suspect accused of harassing woman in Love’s bathroom stall
A Columbus man was arrested Wednesday morning after allegedly peeping at a woman using the restroom in the Love’s Travel Stop on Tuscaloosa Road.
Camgian AI algorithms to help Army target battlefield threats
Starkville-based software company Camgian Corporation announced Tuesday that it was awarded a $55 million contract to develop advanced kill chain automation technologies for the Army’s Integrated Air and Missile Defense systems.
CVB grant program promoting tourism opens applications for FY 2024-2025
The Starkville Convention and Visitors Bureau has once again opened its Sponsorship Grant Program to applicants for the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
Simulators give LCSD students hands-on heavy machinery experience
Lowndes County School District’s career and technical students are getting hands-on experience with heavy machinery, thanks to two new simulators installed Wednesday at the Career and Technology Center.
Mary Means Business: Guadalajara restaurant closing in Starkville
One of Starkville’s Mexican restaurants is off the chips and salsa rotation.
3 sanitation employees charged with stealing rolls of city garbage bags
Three men face felony embezzlement charges for allegedly stealing city trash bags while working for the sanitation department.
County agrees to purchase LINK building on Main St
On July 4, 2011, Greg Andrews declared his office’s independence from its cramped quarters at the county courthouse.
Golden Triangle sees new fast-charging station for electric vehicles
New electric vehicle charging stations are rolling out across the Golden Triangle, including a fast-charging station that’s installation will be underway this week.
Mississippi won’t prosecute a deputy who killed a man yelling ‘shoot me’
A Mississippi grand jury decided not to bring criminal charges against a sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot a man who was yelling “shoot me,” the state attorney general’s office said Monday.
Free legal clinic to help with wills, advanced health care directives, other services
Need help writing a will? Have to prepare an advanced health care directive?
LCSD acquires old Ecolab building for new central office
By this time next year, the Lowndes County School District’s central office will be settled into a new home.
In its largest merger, Renasant acquiring The First in $1.2B deal
Renasant Corp. will acquire a Hattiesburg-based bank in an all-stock transaction valued at $1.2 billion, the bank’s largest-ever merger.
