Our View: CRA appointment is key for the city
As a routine part of its regular meetings, the Columbus City Council is updated on pending openings on the city’s various boards as they arise. Although every city-appointed board serves a role in our city, some positions stand to have a larger impact than others.
Our View: New opportunities to share base news
Today marks the end of an era at Columbus Air Force Base. When today’s edition of Silver Wings, a newspaper devoted to those who work and train at the base, rolled off The Dispatch’s press around 7 A.M. today, it marked the publication’s last regular print edition (a special print edition will be published as part of CAFB’s annual anniversary celebration in September).
Our View: Free legal clinics a valuable resource for low-income individuals
Our nation’s legal system, despite its flaws and failures, remains the best in the world, but our courts are conducted in a language with which ordinary people are not familiar.
Our View: South Fifth Street transforms
When the Princess Theater closed in the spring of 2020 emotions were no doubt mixed.
Our View: Police chief hire should favor qualifications over everything else
Tuesday, the Columbus city council took a first and important step in the process of hiring a new police chief to replace Fred Shelton, whose retirement after five years as chief goes into effect on Aug. 15.
Our View: Steel mill continues to be catalyst for economic growth
When you think of steel, you probably think of Pittsburgh.
Our View: CPR should be a skill we all learn
July 4th could have ended in tragedy for Frank Elam and his family.
Our View: With morale and understaffing problems persisting over four chiefs, maybe it’s us, not them
On Monday, Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton turned in his retirement papers in a special call meeting of the city council, three days after he had been informed that he would either have to resign or retire after 4 ½ years as chief and 35 years with the department.
Our View: Humane societies need us to be humane too
Mississippi ranks seventh in the nation for pet ownership, according to the World Population Review.
Our View: Parking will likely remain sticking point, though Starkville Main Street redesign is a noble effort
Wednesday’s presentation of the proposed Main Street Master Plan at the Starkville Community Theater brought to mind an anecdote attributed to Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees’ catcher of the 1940s and 50s who was famous for his comically-mangled quotes.
