SA head, elementary principal to resign at the end of the academic year
The Starkville Academy Board of Directors will soon begin discussing two upcoming vacancies after Head of School John “Doc” Stephens and Elementary Principal Cherie Maynard announced their intentions to resign at the end of the academic year for family reasons.
Our view: Superintendent search should be priority for school board
It’s been three months since the Columbus Municipal School Board of Trustees voted to fire superintendent Dr. Martha Liddell.
CMSD begins search for superintendent and CFO
Less than 20 hours after it fired its superintendent, the Columbus Municipal School Board of Trustees met Tuesday to begin looking for an interim superintendent and a new chief financial officer.
FBI hunt for ex-Teamster boss Hoffa’s remains ends
OAKLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A search of a rural field in suburban Detroit has failed to turn up the remains of former Teamsters union leader
Columbus teen turns himself in for murder
A Columbus teen has turned himself in to the Columbus Police Department less than 24 hours after he allegedly fatally shot a man.
FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case
SPOKANE, Wash. — Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the
Police: Man, 19, sought in parade shootings
New Orleans police and federal authorities were searching early Tuesday for a young man who is suspected of opening fire at a Mother’s Day parade in New Orleans, wounding 19.
Possible 9/11 plane landing gear part found
A rusted 5-foot-tall piece of landing gear believed to be from one of the hijacked planes destroyed in the Sept. 11 attacks has been discovered near the World Trade Center wedged between a luxury apartment building and a mosque site that once prompted virulent national debate about Islam and free speech.
Sifting of Sept. 11 debris for remains begins anew
Jim Riches pulled his son’s mangled body out of the rubble at the World Trade Center, but the phone calls still filtered in years afterward. The city kept finding more pieces of his son.
Search for United Way director enters interview stage
The United Way of Lowndes County is moving forward in its search for a new executive director following the abrupt departure of Jan Ballard in early February.
Principals named at CHS and CMS
The Columbus Municipal School District named principals for Columbus High School and Columbus Middle School today during a special board meeting of the Board of Trustees.
The two new principals will be familiar faces to parents and students; both are longtime assistant principals at the schools they will now run. Jill Savely will be the new principal at the high school, and Freda Dismukes will take the helm at the middle school.
CMSD superintendent search down to four
After a year of transition, the city school board met last week to review superintendent resumes, swiftly choosing from 20 applicants to four preferred candidates. Interviews will begin in less than two weeks.
CMSD seeks public input on superintendent search
The search for the next city schools superintendent is finally gaining steam after a year of stops, starts and reversals.
CMSD superintendent could be named by mid-June
Board members with the Columbus Municipal School District emerged all smiles Thursday night after a two-hour meeting in executive session at Brandon Central Services to discuss the ongoing search for a superintendent.
School board reviews 20 superintendent applicants
Board members with the Columbus Municipal School District spent more than three hours in executive session Thursday night, discussing candidates for the ongoing superintendent search. Officials with the Mississippi School Boards Association presented the second batch of resumes to the board, along with additional information they gleaned while backgrounding the candidates.
CMSD to review superintendent applicants Thursday
A year ago, the Columbus Municipal School District accepted the resignation of then-Superintendent Dr. Del Phillips; the district has been without a permanent, full-time leader since.
Deadline extended for superintendent search
The Columbus Municipal School District closed the application process on Jan. 31 and received packets of information on nine candidates last week from the Mississippi School Boards Association, which was hired in July to conduct the search.
CMSD continues search for superintendent
The Columbus Municipal School District moved forward in its search for a new superintendent Tuesday night, with the board of trustees meeting to review candidate resumes. In a lengthy executive session at Brandon Central Services, consultants from the Mississippi School Boards Association presented the resumes as well as additional information they discovered while backgrounding the candidates.
MUW president interviews begin Wednesday
Mississippi University for Women’s presidential search continues this week, with the first round of interviews being held Wednesday morning at the College Board in Jackson.