Our View: City government is poisoning its ability to hire
If you didn’t know that this is an election year for municipal governments in Mississippi, you would be able to discern as much simply by observing the conduct of the Columbus City council of late. Council meetings, work sessions and special call meetings have turned into a spectacle of grand-standing, bloviating and thinly-veiled campaigning, all on the city’s time and the taxpayers’ dime.
Letter: Frustrated with tax office
I want to address an issue that is frustrating to me and I would imagine to a lot of others as well. And the issue
Slimantics: What the heck, Hob?
For what it’s worth — and my endorsement may be perceived as more curse than blessing — Hob Bryan is, by far, the person in the Mississippi legislature I respect most. Now in his 41st year in the Senate, the Amory native is the one Democrat that commands the attention of the Republican-dominated legislature.
Jiben Roy: Accidents, death and after-death
The pilot delivered a calming announcement the day after the unthinkable DC collision between a passenger plane and a Black Hawk helicopter.
Sid Salter: How do President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China impact Mississippi?
In a move his administration says is aimed at impeding the flow of illegal immigration and fentanyl, President Donald Trump on Feb. 1 announced the imposition of tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico – some of the nation’s top trading partners.
Possumhaw: All about water
After months of dry weather, the Prairie ground was showing drought.
Bobby Harrison: Coincidence or cause? National public school test scores decline as private school choice options expand
The national decline in test scores on the National Assessment of Educational Progress, known as the nation’s report card, coincides with more states expanding their “school choice” options.
Ask Rufus: 2 bits, 4 bits, 6 bits, a dollar
This week several people have brought up pirate movies or the buried treasure associated with pirates. In all the pirate movies, the pirates seek silver coins called “pieces of eight.” A piece of eight was an actual Spanish silver coin.
Our View: Columbus’ drainage project is as stopped up as the ditches themselves
To suggest the city of Columbus’ $6.2 million drainage project has slowed to a halt suggests the project has started in the first place. For all practical purposes, the city is no closer to making the project a reality than when it was conceived. The work hasn’t even been bid.
Roses and Thorns: 2-1-25
A rose to all those who have made the decision to serve their communities by running for municipal offices throughout the Golden Triangle. The field
Letter: Transparency needed in Mississippi healthcare
I was reading with great sadness the story of a senior citizen—a lady well known to the New Hope Community—who had a terrible experience at
Our View: Ward meetings are a good way to leverage CPD’s greatest assets: Columbus’ citizens
Columbus Police Chief Joseph Daughtry hopes informational meetings with citizens in each ward will provide answers, dispel myths, create better police/citizen relations, create a better understanding of police operations and encourage citizens to organize neighborhood watch programs to help reduce crime in their community.
Slimantics: How dumb were my parents?
For a long, long time, I thought of my parents as hard-working, honest, thoughtful, kind people who cared not just about the welfare of their family, but for other families, too. Consistent with both their faith and character, they loved their neighbor and were their brother’s keeper.
Our View: Study could reopen door to city-county parks collaboration, and that’s a good thing
In an earlier time, marketing was of little concern to city or county parks and recreation departments since the focus was entirely on their own communities. Starkville’s programs were of little concern to Columbus and vice versa. They all occupied their own well-defined space and were content in it.
Jiben Roy: Analysis of media reports
In the first days of the Trump presidency, he made a record number of executive orders that created a tsunami around the world. One of the orders is of suspension of new funding aid excepting Israel and Egypt.
Sid Salter: Pete Johnson’s political family tree filled with twisting branches of Mississippi’s history
The death last week of Patrick Hayes “Pete” Johnson of Clarksdale at age 76 brings to mind a very capable, affable and decent man whose life story chronicled an almost gothic illustration of how much Mississippi politics has changed over the last century – and then again, how much it really hasn’t changed.
Letter: Why is Michael Guest such a hypocrite?
Rep. Michael Guest says he backs the blue. Yet he was on TV openly gushing about how he can’t wait for The Convicted Felon to
Possumhaw: Winter wonder
Last week was indeed a wonder due to the cold temperatures. Any temperature below 32 degrees means a lot of preparation for keeping the house warm.
Letter: Amphitheater was poorly conceived
I was not surprised for the council to start the completion of the “Money Pit” west of the river. I have been vocal about this
Thom Caraccio: The very legendary Stevie O’Callaghan
When we moved back to Columbus in 1965, the first person my age I met was Doug George. He and I shared an aunt, Olean Salley who was married to my uncle James Salley.
Deputies searching for two suspects in Sunday double homicide
June 29, 2025
By
