McGill will apply for permanent superintendent
Columbus Municipal School District Interim Superintendent Edna McGill announced Wednesday that she will apply to be the district’s next superintendent.
CMSD superintendent search officially begins
Almost a year since its last superintendent was ousted, the Columbus Municipal School District has officially opened the search for its next permanent leader.
Our View: After 48 hours, the verdict is in
In a span of 48 hours this week, we learned all we need to know to confirm that the Columbus Municipal School District, as it presently exists, is damaged beyond repair.
Hearing for superintendent search set for tonight
The Columbus Municipal School District is asking for public input on the search for a new superintendent.
Our View: School board meeting departs from script
The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees met in a specially called meeting last night to select a search firm for a new superintendent.
School board chooses search firm, asks for audit
The Columbus Municipal School Board voted to ask the Mississippi Department of Education to conduct an audit of the district and selected a search firm to conduct a search for a permanent schools superintendent during a specially called meeting Thursday.
Our View: An open and fair discussion? Don’t count on it.
Today, the Columbus Municipal School Board will hold a specially called fist-fight to select a search firm to identify candidates for a permanent schools superintendent.
Seabed of jet hunt zone mostly flat
Two miles beneath the sea surface where satellites and planes are looking for debris from the missing Malaysian jet, the ocean floor is cold, dark, covered in a squishy muck of dead plankton and — in a potential break for the search — mostly flat. The troubling exception is a steep, rocky drop ending in a deep trench.
Missing plane ‘black box’ chirps gone by mid-April
Equipment inside two nearly indestructible boxes aboard the missing Malaysia Airlines plane recorded critical information that would help investigators reconstruct what went wrong.
County administrator candidates down to three
AdCare Healthcare Regional Vice President John Thomas became the second candidate to pull out of the Oktibbeha County administrator search when he voluntarily removed his name from the running Monday.
Johnson pulls out of county administrator pool
The candidate pool for Oktibbeha County’s vacant county administrator position narrowed Monday but not by supervisors’ doing.
Finalists selected for vacant county administrator position
Five applicants, including Oktibbeha County’s current comptroller and Starkville’s former chief administrative officer, will move forward into the next phase of the county’s search for a new administrator.
Detectives search Bieber home in egg-tossing case
Detectives searched Justin Bieber’s home looking for surveillance footage that might serve as evidence the pop star was involved in an egg-tossing vandalism case that caused thousands of dollars in damage to a neighbor’s home, an official said Tuesday.
Our view: Outside firm needed in chief search
The news that Columbus Police Chief Selvain McQueen has filed retirement papers with the city means that another police chief search is soon to come. It will be the third search for a chief since 2008.
Adams takes over as Starkville CAO
Taylor Adams, Starkville’s city clerk and finance director, became the city’s second chief administrative officer Tuesday after aldermen unanimously approved the hire.
Public interviews for CAO candidates begin today
Starkville aldermen will interview the three finalists for the city’s vacant chief administrative officer position beginning at 4 p.m. in the City Hall courtroom.
3 candidates emerge for Starkville’s CAO job
Three candidates emerged as finalists for Starkville’s vacant chief administrative officer’s position Tuesday.
Aldermen begin process to fill vacant CAO position
Starkville aldermen increased the pay for an empty position Tuesday when it approved a search for its next chief administrative officer.
The position was previously held by Lynn Spruill from the Camp administration until July when she was ousted by the new board of aldermen.
State school board official visits Columbus district
When the Columbus Municipal School District begins the search for a permanent superintendent, board members will have to come together, according to an official with the Mississippi School Board Association.
Dr. Mike Waldrop, director of the MSBA, spoke to board members Monday night during their monthly meeting.
South Alabama trustees undecided on next university president
The University of South Alabama Board of Trustees voted Tuesday to continue the school’s presidential search and re-open it to other candidates.