Police search for person of interest in weekend shooting
Officers with Columbus Police Department are searching for a person of interest in a weekend aggravated assault.
Photo: New CPD officers
New Columbus Police Department officers recently completed police academy training. Pictured Aug. 10 are, in front from left, Officer Raymond Lee, Director of Training Elizabeth Patrick, Public Relations Officer Rhonda Sanders, Officer Eugene Betts, Officer Haley Lucas, Officer Emily Konior, Officer Tommie Stinson, Officer Aaron Conley and Officer Erica Moody. On the second row are Assistant Chief Fred Shelton, Physical Fitness Instructor Kevin McCrary, Officer John Tulipan, Officer Alvin Ellis, Chief Oscar Lewis, Officer Raymond Cyr, Officer Kenneth Davis and Officer Jonathan Vergne.
Officials hopeful about CPD staffing
City officials are growing optimistic about Columbus Police Department’s manpower.
LCSD nominates new board officers
The Lowndes County School District elected new officers to its board on Jan. 13 at its regular meeting.
Columbus, Starkville departments seek more officers; sheriffs’ depts. fully staffed
More than 200 officers work in local law enforcement departments in Lowndes and Oktibbeha counties.
Slain Mississippi narcotics agent saluted at funeral
Three wounded Mississippi state troopers described dead state narcotics agent Lee Tartt as a hero in videos broadcast at Tartt’s funeral Tuesday.
Mother: Family might have ended standoff without bloodshed
The mother of a man who shot four Mississippi law enforcement officers and was killed in a shootout says authorities refused to let her talk to her son during nearly six hours of negotiations.
Different paths, same mission: Columbus police officers still joining up despite hazards
Some things just can’t be unseen.
Police officer days are filled with such moments.
Man charged in Mounties’ death obsessed with guns
A chilling portrait of a man obsessed with guns and anti-government rhetoric began to emerge as people in this eastern Canadian city struggled to reconcile the knowledge that the person charged with murdering three Mounties was the same one who had seemingly lived quietly among them.
Man suspected of killing Canadian Mounties caught
The man suspected in the shooting deaths of three Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the wounding of two others in a rare case of gun violence in eastern Canada was arrested early today, police said.
3 officers killed, 2 injured in Canada shooting
Three police officers were shot dead and two others injured in a rare case of gun violence in the east coast Canadian province of New Brunswick, officials said. Authorities were searching for a suspect.
Two officers commended for saving drowning boy
Two Lowndes County conservation officers are being credited with saving the life of an 11-year-old boy who nearly drowned in the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway on Memorial Day.
Miss. awards more school security grants
The state Board of Education has awarded school security grants to 24 more Mississippi school districts, but still hasn’t managed to spend even half the $5 million that the state Legislature appropriated for the program in 2013.
Sheriff’s department dealing with retirements
The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Department is losing four of its senior ranking officers to retirement.
Narcotics Commander Bobby Grimes and Jail Administrator Billy Pickens retired from the department on Friday. Seasoned investigator Travis Robertson will leave in coming months, as will patrol supervisor Steve Hatcher.
LAX gunfire came while officers were on break
Minutes before a gunman opened fire in a Los Angeles International Airport terminal last fall, killing a security screener and wounding three other people, the two armed officers assigned to the area left for breaks without informing a dispatcher as required.
Law enforcement efforts ramping up for Bulldog Bash
As Starkville’s weekend population swells with visitors to Bulldog Bash and Mississippi State University’s home game against Louisiana State University, local law enforcement agencies will increase the amount of officers patrolling city and county roads.