Our View: Working among others allows for cross-pollination of ideas
For small businesses and start-ups, every penny counts, which is the idea behind Mississippi State E-center’s plans to provide shared workspaces for companies at the former Cadence bank building in downtown Starkville.
Our View: Lumber manufacturer brings needed jobs to Noxubee County
When you consider the history of economic development in Noxubee County, it’s a pretty short list.
Our View: Citizens benefit when county and city collaborate
As a general rule, when county and city governments work together it benefits all residents. By contrast, when the working relationship between the county and
Our View: Council should not turn down county aid for mowing MDOT rights-of-way
On Monday, the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors made a tempting offer to the Columbus City Council to resolve a dispute over Mississippi Department of Transportation right-of-way maintenance at highway interchanges inside city limits.
Our View: Soft-opening at Cornerstone Park was a wise decision
Back when Mike Tyson was the terror of heavyweight boxing and his opponents were strategizing on how to attack him, Tyson dismissed the talk, observing, “Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.”
Our View: Plenty can be learned from success of West Lowndes third-graders
Almost any discussion of the success of the Lowndes County School District begins with Caledonia Elementary School.
Our View: Del Rendon gallery just the latest addition to a rich arts community
Del Rendon was a regionally-known rock-and-roll artist who for 20 years was the driving force in the Starkville music scene.
Our View: 132 people take their lives daily; we need to be discussing suicide more
At roughly the same time the term Post Traumatic Stress Disorder was entering the lexicon, Joseph Wambaugh published “The Choirboys,” a 1975 novel that described some of the behaviors of police officers who are repeatedly exposed to traumatic situations, based on his 14 years as a Los Angeles police officer.
Our View: As college towns, we should offer support to students far from home
The Shelton family of Columbus and the de la Cruz family of Starkville have been casting their bread upon the waters, as the saying goes, for decades.
Our View: With the Oktibbeha Safe Room, ‘ours’ is better than ‘mine’
In many cases when a city and the county where that city is located have a conflict, it’s a matter of understanding the important difference between “mine” and “ours.”
Our View: Salvation Army is more than Red Kettles and Angel Trees
When most people think of The Salvation Army, the images that emerge are the bell-ringers and their red kettles encountered outside retail stores during the Christmas season or the Angel Tree program.
Our View: Presley is the clear choice for governor
In November, Mississippians will choose their 66th governor. Republican incumbent Tate Reeves faces off against Democrat Brandon Presley, a public service commissioner and former mayor of Nettleton.
Our View: ‘Well-treated’ bondage is unfortunately an enduring myth
Since 2005, students in the African American history class at Mississippi School of Mathematics and Science have staged a program in conjunction with the Eighth of May, the day Columbus slaves were emancipated by federal troops – May 8, 1865.
Our View: Wolfe’s Pulitzer a reminder of journalism work state-wide
In the field of print and online journalism, there is no higher honor than the Pulitzer Prize. Originally conceived to honor journalism exclusively when it
Our View: There’s always something to do
It’s the lament often heard in small towns and cities: There’s nothing to do!
Our View: Caution should be exercised when removing board appointees
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors removed one of its appointees to the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau board on Monday. By a 4-0 vote (Board President Trip Hairston abstained) the board removed Joe Beckett from the nine-member board.
Our View: Small airports play important role in area history and air services
If you had three guesses to answer the question, “What is the oldest airport in the Golden Triangle?” your first two guesses (Columbus Air Force Base and Golden Triangle Regional Airport) would be wrong.
Our View: It’s in Columbus. And it is a place. Surely there’s a better name though.
William Shakespeare was a literary genius, but an indifferent marketer.
Our View: Sustainability is not a dirty word
It is an unfortunate reality that the poison of political ideology has contaminated the idea of climate change. What was once a scientific study has
Our View: We miss Robert Smith’s “flower budget” and are excited at landscaping prospects
Robert Smith’s 15 years as Columbus mayor will be remembered for any number of things but there is one hallmark of his tenure that people will agree on: Robert the Mayor was a lot like Ferdinand the Bull.