New commander takes charge at Columbus Air Force Base
If there’s anything the new commander of the Columbus Air Force Base can take from his predecessor, it’s to leave Columbus better than he found it.
Ask The Dispatch: What construction projects are happening at MSU?
With students gone for the summer, construction projects at Mississippi State’s campus are well underway.
Three MSMS students earn national awards for writing
Three Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science students received national recognition for their writing in the 2024 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, with more than 20 other MSMS students winning regional honors.
Satellite to act as artificial star, help measure brightness of celestial objects
An artificial star will one day circle the Earth, helping astronomers understand how bright stars really are, with help from a Mississippi State University researcher.
New commander coming to Columbus Air Force Base
Columbus Air Force Base will welcome a new commander Monday for the 14th Flying Training Wing.
OCSO seeks suspect for shooting into dwelling, burglary
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office is requesting the public’s help locating a suspect wanted for burglary and shooting into a dwelling. Jermaine McKinney,
Ex-officer in Mississippi gets 1 year in prison for forcing man to lick urine off jail floor
A former Mississippi police officer was sentenced Wednesday to a year in federal prison for forcing a man he had arrested to lick urine off the floor of a jail cell.
Columbus ties to Camp Rising Sun remain strong
If campers at Camp Rising Sun fall and scrape their knee, Rebecca Godwin is the person they want to see.
Wil Colom aims to wrest Dem chairship from Taylor
The distance between Cheikh Taylor’s and Wil Colom’s residences may be only 30 miles, but philosophically, their views of how a state party chairman should approach making the Mississippi Democratic Party viable again are arguably much further apart.
Grassroots anti-poverty movement seeks to sprout in Mississippi
Though Errolyn Gray grew up in West Point, and lives in Columbus, as a senior associate for the grassroots anti-poverty movement Results, she hopes to have an impact that goes beyond the Golden Triangle.
Heat advisory issued for the city of Columbus
The City of Columbus sent out a heat advisory for the city, effective Friday through Sunday.
Business Brief: CLW receives national award for community service
Columbus Light and Water received an American Public Power Association Sue Kelly Community Service Award during the APPA national conference.
Business Brief: Ferguson and Brown earn prestigious designation
Scott Ferguson and Sawyer Brown with Financial Concepts in Columbus have earned the Certified Plan Fiduciary Advisor designation from the National Association of Plan Advisors, highlighting their expertise in managing retirement plans.
Business Brief: Huber invests $150K in STEM education
With a $150,000 donation from Huber Engineered Woods’ community engagement and philanthropy program, Huber Helps, two school districts near the HEW mill in Shuqualak can participate in Project Lead the Way STEM programming.
Mississippi woman who oversaw drug trafficking is sentenced to prison, prosecutor says
A Mississippi woman who oversaw a drug trafficking organization has been sentenced to 23 years in prison, federal prosecutors say.
Mary Means Business: Jones Restaurant prepares to reopen
Jones Restaurant, located at 112 Fourth St. S., will soon serve customers again.
Nearly 50% of BMH residency doctors stay in state
When Dr. Jack Reed first arrived at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in June 1976, there wasn’t much time for dreaming. In his first few years of working there, he said, the hospital was facing a staffing shortage.
Garbage Can City: Some unhappy with green cans downtown
One look along the sidewalks downtown reminds Bill Strauss of a new, not-so-kind nickname he’s heard given to his hometown.
Garbage Can City.
Y campers to create colorful crosswalk downtown
Main Street Columbus and the Frank P. Phillips Memorial YMCA are teaming up to bring a new colorful crosswalk decorated with the handprints of Y summer campers to downtown.
Key Mississippi leader is open to replacing state’s white supremacist statues in Washington
House Rules Chairman Fred Shanks will likely consider legislation next year that would replace Mississippi’s two statues of Confederate leaders at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, a move that would follow the lead of several other Southern states.
