Ask Rufus: An ancient landscape
As planning has progressed for a fossil park, an interesting suggestion has been made.
Letter: Concerned about CMSD communication and finances
Thank you for your front page column regarding Columbus municipal school district board and communication issues relating to the school administration and the board. It
Our View: Resources for city voters and potential candidates
It has long been our belief that the greatest public service a citizen can perform is to run for office in local elections. Every election year, we encourage citizens to make themselves available to serve.
Jaime Faulkner and Pierce Moore: Region has options for real, local food
In the Red Hills and Black Prairie of East Central Mississippi, three exciting initiatives are helping to bring real, local and natural food back to our tables.
Our View: Fossil Park at Propst Park is an idea whose time has come
Even before city officials first began to discuss renovating Propst Park four years ago, there was an idea floating around that would add a new feature to the park and land adjacent to it.
Letter: Further support for Mr. Wiegel
I agree completely with Clyde Hollis’s Nov. 6 letter in support of Kenny Wiegel, director of the city’s Building Inspection Department. Here are three more
Sid Salter: Like Stennis, Roger Wicker is poised to exert tremendous influence on U.S. military
The 2024 election saw a historic shift of power in which Republicans will soon control the White House, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives.
Our View: With child predators, we can’t keep kicking the can down the road
For as long as we’ve had public schools, we’ve had plans to protect students from all sorts of dangers. In the 1950s, at the height of the Cold War, schools had plans for what to do in the event of a nuclear bomb, informing schoolchildren to “duck and cover.”
Letter: Let’s try listening
No one believed me when I told them this man, a teacher, was a monster. This enabled him to continue terrorizing towns and children for
Possumhaw: Birds of a feather
It was a comfortable morning sitting on the front porch drinking that first cup of coffee while watching Prairie critters. There was an easy wind blowing while three birds hovered under the silver leaf maple tree about three or four feet above the ground.
Letter: Landslide victory for Trump
It was supposed to be a neck and neck election fight according to many pollsters, but in reality, it didn’t happen. After the election, I
Letter to the editor: David M. Chism
Thinks story unfairly targeted sheriff’s office I need to push back on Friday’s top headline. A peculiar story pictured two Hispanic women holding signs in
Thom Caraccio: Just Cause: Yes, they do look at your photos
The last full time union movie I worked on was a Warner Brothers release, “Just Cause,” starring Sean Connery. It filmed in Naples, Florida and in Miami.
Roses and thorns: 11-9-24
A rose to those who have served our nation in the military as we celebrate Veterans Day on Monday. There are more than 16 million
Ask Rufus: Dr. Jack Kaye, not just a geology professor
Most people remember the late Jack Kaye as a geology professor at Mississippi State University and at Mississippi University for Women, and he was. However, he was much more than just that.
Our View: An exit strategy for annexation plan?
We do not know how many people are in favor of the city of Columbus’ plans to annex two areas south and east of the current city limits, but we are aware of only four – Ethel Stewart, Joseph Mickens, Pierre Beard and Stephen Jones.
Letter: We need more like Wiegel
I appreciate very much the “Our View” article in the Thursday, November 7th Dispatch concerning our Building Official, Mr. Kenneth Wiegel. I am a small
Our View: Mickens’ attack of department head was out of line
For 28 years, Columbus building official Kenneth Wiegel has been a reliable, trusted employee. Over that time, multiple city administrations have turned to Wiegel for guidance not only on matters involving building codes and permitting but planning and zoning matters as well. Over that time, Wiegel has conducted himself professionally and respectfully.
Letter: Uncertainty, pain and need to work
Before the US election, my psychiatrist friend mentioned a quote by Jonah Hill’s therapist, Phil Stutz: uncertainty, pain and need to work. This renowned psychiatrist
Our View: In the next days, let’s listen to the better angels of our nature
If those who make a living by declaring the outcome of elections are correct, we may not know the outcome of Tuesday’s presidential election for days to come.
