As Mexico cracks down, drug money comes to U.S.
For a company that booked $12 million in annual sales importing snacks like chile- and lime-flavored chips from Mexico, Baja Distributors Inc.’s offices were oddly quiet.
Columbus to allocate $50K to redevelopment authority
The Columbus Redevelopment Authority will soon have some start-up money as it begins its mission of minimizing blight in the city.
Bond denied for suspected drug cartel courier
Federal authorities say a 28-year-old Texas man found in South Mississippi with more than $1.07 million hidden in a vehicle he was towing is a suspected courier for a Mexican drug cartel.
Turner disputes use of I.C. Cousins proceeds
The Sim Scott Park community center is getting some new exercise equipment and one Columbus councilman is claiming the funding for the upgrades is going to the wrong part of the city.
Brace yourselves: Campaign cash buying tons of ads
Iowa’s airwaves are already jammed with political ads, most of them negative, in one of the Senate races nationwide that will decide which party claims the majority.
A year in, is J5 Broaddus saving Columbus money?
How much money J5 Broaddus may have saved the city during its first year as Columbus’ project managing firm isn’t known, but the man who runs the company says the savings exceed the $90,000 flat rate paid to it during its first 12 months of work.
Donors give nearly $700K after police shooting
Donors have given nearly $700,000 to online fundraising sites set up to collect money for the family of a black 18-year-old and the white police officer who fatally shot him in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson.
12 Guard members indicted in recruitment fraud
Twelve current or former Mississippi Army National Guard members have been indicted in cases alleging they swindled money through a program that offers incentives for recruiting new soldiers.
Get paid for posts? Social networking’s new twist
Facebook and most other social networks are built on the premise that just about everything should be shared — except the money those posts produce.
Tea party losses don’t stop cash or curb influence
Desperate to knock off GOP incumbents in this year’s Republican primaries, the nation’s tea party groups have spent millions only to fall short in election after election.
City saved $4K by consolidating position
The city of Columbus saved $4,058 in taxpayer money by consolidating the duties of a retiring employee.
Man returns $125,000 that fell from armored truck
A Salvation Army worker in California is being rewarded for his decision to return a bag containing $125,000 that fell from an armored truck.
Our View: Where’s the list?
During its May 20 meeting, the Columbus City Council voted to table a proposal to pursue $5 million bond to improve the city’s infrastructure, money used primarily for street paving, drainage and sidewalk improvements.
Council tables $5 million infrastructure bond issue
Action on a $5 million bond issue for capital improvements was tabled during Tuesday’s Columbus City Council meeting.
Our View: One more example of city’s misplaced priorities
Late Friday afternoon, Robyn Eastman of J5/Broaddus put the finishing touches on an extensive list of the projects that could be pursued should the city of Columbus secure a $5 million bond for infrastructure improvements.
Infrastructure issues prioritized in each ward
If a majority of councilmen vote in favor of a $5 million bond issue when they meet Tuesday, a 1.1 mill property tax increase is coming to residents and business owners in Columbus.
Officials: Budget keeps city from using road tax from county for roads
Columbus councilmen will consider a $5 million bond issue to finance road and infrastructure renovations when they meet May 20 even though the county provides the city roughly $500,000 annually for road maintenance.
City Hall makeover will come from unused grant money
Columbus’ Office of Planning and Community Development has secured between $75,000-165,000 in leftover money from the Mississippi Department of Archives and History’s Community Heritage Preservation Grant program for work on City Hall.
Our view: City shouldn’t ‘wing it’ on infrastructure repairs
On Thursday, the Columbus City Council held a public forum to discuss the idea of raising taxes to secure a $5 million capital improvement loan to repair, replace and improve city infrastructure, primarily road repair and repaving, drainage and sidewalk improvements.
Top-paid Medicare doctors say they have reasons
How is it that a few doctors take in millions of dollars from Medicare?
Explanations for Wednesday’s eye-popping numbers from Medicare’s massive claims database ranged from straightforward to what the government considers suspicious, as the medical world confronted a new era of scrutiny.