Closed bridge affects local catfish farm
Lowndes County officials are looking at options for quickly fixing a bridge over Gilmer Creek after hearing its closure is affecting a local business.
Photos: Candlelight vigil in Artesia
Tessie Poindexter, the mother of Mauricio Nance; Christina Bell, Mauricio’s sister-in-law; and other community members gather with candles during a vigil Friday at the Community Center in Artesia for the victims of a Tuesday triple homicide victims.
Artesia murders may be related to attempted drug deal
Lowndes County court documents show the man arrested for killing three people in Artesia Tuesday may have been involved in an attempted drug deal.
Suspect charged with capital murder for Artesia killings
An Oktibbeha County man has been arrested for the murder of three people in Artesia Tuesday afternoon.
Artesia residents lean on each other to cope with triple homicide
Sitting in the front yard of her Artesia home Wednesday, Latecia Shelton was keeping one eye on her two of her three children as they drove a toy truck around the yard. Just down the street from her residence, crime scene tape still fluttered in the wind where it was blocking off 23 Mobile Dr. — the scene of a grisly triple murder the day before.
Triple homicide shocks Artesia
Danielle Price was asked to do something Tuesday evening she never dreamed she would have to, but it was a task that will haunt her the rest of her life.
The Artesia resident, along with her mother, identified the body of her cousin, Mauricio Lamarcus Nance, one of three men found dead from apparent gunshots in a mobile home in the small Lowndes County town.
County will get no hospital trust funds from 2018
When the two firms who managed Lowndes County’s hospital trust fund portfolio provided their year-end reports to County Administrator Ralph Billingsley, the information confirmed what Billingsley already knew: For the first time in the five-year history of the investment program, the county will have no dividends to pull from the account.
Legislation restoring $800k to Lowndes expected next year
When the Mississippi Legislature convenes in January, Lowndes County officials will ask for the right to assess taxes on businesses operating on Golden Triangle Regional Airport land, a move that will restore $800,000 in revenue for the county and its school district.
County to borrow $1 million to finish horse park
Lowndes County supervisors voted unanimously to borrow $1 million to pay for the completion of the county’s horse park, changing their approach to how they spend revenues from the county’s hospital trust fund.
Patient awarded $2M in lawsuit against OBGYN
A Lowndes County jury awarded $2.4 million to the plaintiff in a medical malpractice lawsuit against a Columbus obstetrics and gynecology doctor Friday.
Six-hour standoff ends in death of Lowndes man
Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is looking into the death of a Lowndes County man who apparently killed himself after a six-hour standoff with county deputies.
Annual disaster preparedness drill set for Thursday
Lowndes County will conduct its annual disaster preparedness drill Thursday starting at 8 a.m.
Irreconcilable differences?: Funding issues, ‘Type A personalities’ at forefront of ongoing feud between Columbus and Lowndes County leadership
Harry Sanders drives down Military Road late Friday morning on the route he takes into Columbus most days from his home near Caledonia.
From the driver’s seat of his red pickup, he starts pointing out toward street-side gutters and rights-of-way grown up in grass — all of which are the city’s responsibility to maintain.
$1 million snafu: Court ruling determines multiple Lowndes industries have erroneously paid ad valorem taxes for five years
A Mississippi Supreme Court decision issued in May will cost Lowndes County more than $800,000 in property taxes for at least the approaching fiscal year.
After fierce debate, county agrees to help fund city parks
The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Wednesday to provide $200,000 to the city of Columbus for use on its parks and recreation for Fiscal Year 2018-19 with no strings attached.
County backs off on collecting CLRA assets
County officials seem to have backed down from demanding $74,000 in reimbursement from the city to settle a Columbus-Lowndes Recreation Authority dispute.
City lashes back at county over CLRA funds
The city of Columbus is defending itself against claims it has withheld money rightfully belonging to Lowndes County since the Columbus-Lowndes Recreation Authority dissolved last October.
County: Columbus owes $74K after parks split
More than nine months after Columbus and Lowndes County ended their joint parks and recreation operations, the two entities still haven’t settled all the terms of the divorce.
Chancery judges to hold free legal clinic for low-income citizens
As the old quip goes, “Justice may be blind, but it ain’t cheap.”
Sweet bond: This honey of an enterprise is about more than passing down skills from father to sons
In the spring of 2017, Ethan Stone surprised his father with, “Dad, teach me about the bees.”
Ethan, now 13, may not have realized quite what he was in for.