Defense leads Columbus girls over Lafayette in MHSAA Class 5A second-round game
The defending 5A champion Falcons are heading back to the state quarterfinals.
CHS committee hopes to register 125 eligible students for November election
Jake Bandock has been something of a political junkie since seventh grade.
Despite starting workouts a month behind other schools, Columbus High plans to keep it simple
The Falcons started summer workouts Tuesday — more than a month after Heritage Academy, New Hope, Caledonia and others — but Columbus coach Joshua Pulphus won’t push his players to catch up.
Cargile out; Chapman interim head of CHS
Columbus Municipal School District’s board of trustees has appointed an interim principal for Columbus High School, following the apparent departure of three-year principal Lori Cargile.
CHS student charged as juvenile for threat
A student at Columbus High School is being charged with cyberstalking after posting on Facebook over the weekend that he planned to shoot a firearm at the school Monday.
Area high school juniors show improvement on ACT
Columbus High School juniors increased ACT scores in spring 2018, while Starkville High School and Lowndes County School District record higher scores than the state average.
CHS teacher convicted of child exploitation out on bond during appeals process
A former Columbus High School choir director convicted of child exploitation is out on bond while awaiting appeal.
CHS grad earns recognition, scholarships while overcoming personal tragedies
Tierra Ledbetter was a 4-year-old tee-ball player when she got the nickname “Firecracker” from her coach Cassandra Bogan.
Ex-Columbus choir teacher to serve 7 years for soliciting student
A crowd of supporters for former Columbus High School choir director Michael Jackson openly sobbed in court Friday as Jackson was sentenced to serve seven years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections for soliciting a student for sex.
Ex-Columbus HS teacher found guilty of soliciting student for sex
A former Columbus High School chorus teacher will spend seven years in the Mississippi Department of Corrections, following a guilty verdict in a child exploitation case this week.
Student project focuses on police brutality, racial bias
Monday afternoon, Columbus Police Chief Oscar Lewis sat down to an interview. But it wasn’t with suspects — it was with two students from Columbus High School who wanted to learn more about the police department.
CHS students win their way to San Diego
Three teenage girls from Columbus on an adventure of “firsts” were among passengers on a jet departing the Birmingham airport July 3.
CMSD declines to reconsider Riley contract
Despite a movement among supporters to urge the city school board to take a fresh look at former Columbus High basketball coach Luther Riley’s contract, no action was taken at the board’s Monday meeting.
Some in community show support for ousted basketball coach
Supporters of a former Columbus High basketball coach are urging the public to attend Monday’s meeting of the Columbus Municipal School District’s Board of Trustees, but school officials say the coach was given multiple opportunities to sign an offered contract.
Habitat for Humanity provides home for beloved CHS manager
Some people leave home and become famous.
Dennis Bailey, better known simply as “Cookie,” became a local celebrity mainly sticking around.
Cargile tapped to lead Columbus High School
Lori Cargile will be the new Columbus High School principal.
Concerns mount for proposed CHS principal
The Columbus Municipal School District board adjourned its meeting Monday without conducting any business after board members disagreed on hiring Columbus High School’s next principal.
National Volunteer Week: Verdell impacts community with small, large projects
Inspiration for community service projects can come out of nowhere. For Columbus High School senior Jessica Verdell, a magazine article inspired her to provide prom dresses to area girls unable to afford such an amenity.
State champs CHS Falcons honored in Jackson
The Columbus High School “Falcons” Boys Basketball Team was presented with Senate Concurrent Resolution 628 by Senator Angela Turner on Wednesday for winning their first Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 6A State Championship.