CVB board member resigns
The Columbus Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau board is short one member after Lester “Pinky” King submitted his letter of resignation on Monday.
Embattled SOCSD art teacher resigns
School board trustees accepted a Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District art teacher’s resignation Wednesday after she posted a controversial message on social media last month.
Council members surprised by police chief resignation
Members of the Columbus City Council said they were surprised to learn of Columbus Police Chief Tony Carleton’s decision to step down.
Police chief resigns
Tony Carleton submitted a letter of resignation to Columbus Mayor Robert Smith on Sunday announcing his intent to step down as the chief of the Columbus Police Department.
GOP in tumult after McCarthy’s withdrawal from speaker race
Jolted by political lighting for the second time in two weeks, House Republicans are staring at turmoil and uncertainty after Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s astonishing decision to abandon his campaign to become the chamber’s next speaker.
Boehner: House to vote for new speaker Oct. 29
Speaker John Boehner on Monday scheduled the House election to replace him for Oct. 29 and delayed votes for lower-level posts until after that — a move widely seen as benefiting his preferred successor, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy.
Boehner slams some GOP hard liners as ‘false prophets’
Speaker John Boehner is embarking on his final month in Congress by moving to complete unfinished business and vowing not to leave his successor with a politically gridlocked House.
Conservatives to 2016 GOP field: Defy us at your own peril
The Republican Party’s conservative wing, pumped up by House Speaker John Boehner’s stepping down, is warning the 2016 presidential candidates that defying its wishes will come at their peril.
Next in line? McCarthy is realist with conservative appeal
Rep. Kevin McCarthy has risen to the upper reaches of House leadership mostly on the basis of his people skills and political smarts rather than his policy chops.
GOP: Speaker Boehner to resign end of Oct.
In a stunning move, House Speaker John Boehner informed fellow Republicans on Friday that he would resign from Congress at the end of October, giving up his top leadership post and his seat in the House in the face of hardline conservative opposition.
Weaver-Reese resigns from school board
Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District trustee Juliette Weaver-Reese resigned her post Tuesday after serving on the school board less than two years.
Biloxi’s longest-serving mayor to resign
The mayor who led Biloxi through the long casino boom of the 1990s and its recovery from 2005’s Hurricane Katrina is resigning.
Businessman: Mississippi’s ex-prison chief sought bribes
A businessman says a former Mississippi prison official solicited the first in a series of bribes that eventually mounted to $1.5 million.
Prison task force: Ban no-bid contracts
The Mississippi Department of Corrections should eliminate as many of its no-bid contracts as possible and start a competitive process to see if it can get better deals.
Lewis to leave CMSD board at year’s end
The newest member of the Columbus Municipal School District board is resigning his post.
McCrory joins Epps in asking for trial delay
Brandon businessman Cecil McCrory has joined former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps in asking a judge to delay their Jan. 5 trial date.
Moreland resigning as Parks chair effective Dec. 31
Starkville Parks Commission Chairman Dan Moreland tendered a letter of resignation this week to Vice Mayor Roy A. Perkins and will step down from his position by the end of the year. Perkins asked Moreland to continue serving until June 30, but the commissioner refused.
Private prison operator MTC fires indicted consultant
Private prison contractor Management & Training Corp. says it has fired a consultant who prosecutors say bribed the former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner.
Epps’ star falls after federal indictment
Former Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps was a success story in Mississippi government until federal officials unveiled a lengthy indictment.
Miss. prison boss pleads not guilty to bribery charges
Federal prosecutors allege that former Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps accepted more than $1 million in bribes over more than six years.