Those we lost in 2015
The new year begins Friday, but whatever 2016 holds in store, it won’t be quite the same. In 2015, we lost some truly memorable people — a local icon beloved by children, some legendary athletes, coaches and educators, a well-known character or two, and a Columbus police officer. Today, The Dispatch says goodbye.
2015 in review: Oktibbeha Co.
Oktibbeha County headlines were consistently dotted with themes of growth and consolidation in 2015, interspersed with a few surprises and predictable results.
2015 in review
2015 will be remembered for things both bad and good.
It was a year of violence, including a police-involved shooting death that rocked Columbus, and a death in New Hope with allegations that seemed to come from a murder mystery script.
AP-Times Square poll: Shootings weighed on Americans in 2015
Mass shootings and attacks weighed heavily on the minds of Americans in 2015, according to a new poll that found most believe this year was worse for the world than last year.
Nichols presents CAFB 2015 strategic plan
Col. John Nichols, commander of the 14th Flying Training Wing at Columbus Air Force Base, discussed the base’s 2015 strategic plan Friday at a Base Community Council meeting in the Columbus Club.
In Golden Triangle, 8 inches of snow was tops, while no area saw less than 4
For Golden Triangle residents Wednesday evening, it was a rare sight: snow.
Our View: Our wishes for 2015
The New Year has not yet arrived, although we can see it poking its head up just beyond the horizon.
Our View: 2015: Looking forward with optimism
Tomorrow will be the last day of 2014. How you view the year depends largely on what happened on a personal level.
Miss. tax cuts could be debated in 2015
Mississippi has state elections in 2015, and it’s a safe bet that lawmakers will try to endear themselves to voters by debating a tax cut.
Legislative votes become campaign fodder
The campaign is nearly underway for the 2015 Mississippi legislative elections, a time when lawmakers often find that past decisions come back to haunt them in nasty attacks by their opponents.
Miss. party leaders strategizing for 2015
The chairman of the Mississippi Democratic Party says he has one big goal for the 2015 state elections: Regaining control of the Legislature, thereby limiting Republican Philip Gunn to a single term as speaker of the House.