Three LCSD teachers sue school board over bullying, hostile work environment
Three Lowndes County School District teachers have filed a petition against the school board in chancery court, claiming board members have not adequately dealt with the teachers’ allegations of bullying by district administrators.
Dispatch files open meetings complaint against Lowndes school district
The Dispatch has filed an open meetings act complaint against the Lowndes County School District Board following an executive session Tuesday evening that only select members of the public were allowed to attend.
LCSD board upholds Caledonia teachers’ transfers to New Hope
Lowndes County School District School Board voted in executive session Monday night to uphold the transfers of three Caledonia High School teachers to the New Hope campus.
Three Caledonia teachers protest transfers, allege harassment
Three Caledonia High School teachers are appealing their transfers to the New Hope campus with the Lowndes County School District board.
They have also taken their grievances to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming the transfers came after months of harassment by school administration.
Labat: LCSD ‘deliberately’ enrolling city students
A complaint filed with the Mississippi Department of Education alleges Lowndes County School District is willfully enrolling students who live within the Columbus Municipal School District boundaries.
Dispatch files complaint against CVB with Ethics Commission
The Dispatch has submitted a public records complaint to the Mississippi Ethics Commission against the Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau alleging the CVB failed to provide requested payroll documents and excessively charged the newspaper for what was provided.
McDaniel criticizes group that complained about him
A U.S. Senate candidate in Mississippi said Wednesday that he’s filing an Internal Revenue Service complaint against a group that complained to the Federal Election Commission about him.
Finance complaint filed in Mississippi Senate campaign
A nonpartisan group says in a complaint to the Federal Election Commission that a super PAC has been improperly organizing and funding activities for a Republican U.S. Senate candidate in Mississippi.
Report: Nearly all CMSD SPED students underserved
A Mississippi Department of Education investigation into Columbus Municipal School District’s special education programs decisively found the district is failing to adequately educate and accommodate its SPED students.
Parents’ complaints lead to investigation of CMSD special education department
Investigators with Mississippi Department of Education have been in and out of classrooms in Columbus since November, checking on all 472 students with special education needs in the Columbus Municipal School District.
Complaint filed with AG against Nothing but the Facts
A group advocating to keep OCH Regional Medical Center publicly owned is not taking recent advertising by its opposition lying down.
Mississippi chief defends pointing guns in traffic stop
A Mississippi police chief is disputing parts of the account of an African-American man who says officers swarmed his family’s vehicle and pointed guns at him, his wife and four children after a neighbor mistook them for burglars.
Supes respond to ethics commission complaint
Four Oktibbeha County supervisors indicated Wednesday they have no problem with the public knowing the identities of firms that submitted proposals to purchase or lease OCH Regional Medical Center.
Dispatch files public records complaint against Oktibbeha supes
The Commercial Dispatch filed a complaint today with the Mississippi Ethics Commission questioning whether Oktibbeha County supervisors violated the public records act by not releasing requested information regarding the potential purchase or lease OCH Regional Medical Center.
WTVA files open meetings complaint against Lowndes Co.
The news director for the Tupelo-based WTVA television station has filed an open meetings complaint against Lowndes County with the Mississippi Ethics Commission.
Family of detained man ask aldermen for ‘justice’
Starkville aldermen could soon decide the employment fate of a police officer accused of drawing his weapon on a 23-year-old man in November.
Sheriff candidate says opponent broke campaign rules
A candidate for Lowndes County sheriff has filed a complaint with the Attorney General’s office against another candidate, claiming that he campaigned during work hours in a county-owned vehicle.
Ethics complaint filed against councilman
Columbus businessman David Shelton has filed a complaint with the Mississippi Ethics Commission against Columbus Ward 2 Councilman Gene Taylor.
Open Meetings Act violation claim expected against Starkville
Starkville’s former Chief Administrative Officer Lynn Spruill confirmed Wednesday she is in the process of filing an Open Meetings Act violation against the city.
City appeals Ethics Commission final order
The city of Columbus has filed an appeal of the Mississippi Ethics Commission’s final order that states the mayor and council violated parts of the state’s Open Meetings Act earlier this year.