Restaurant taxes a boon for area cities
The 2-percent restaurant tax collected in Lowndes County may change next year, following the Columbus City Council’s passing of an entirely new tax which would collect revenue only from city restaurants.
Death penalty upheld in Mississippi furniture store slayings
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday again affirmed the death sentence for a man convicted of killing four people at a furniture store where he previously worked, with a majority of justices saying they found no racial prejudice in the way jurors were chosen.
Man pleads guilty to killing 3, including mother of his son
A 12-year-old who narrowly escaped being shot by his father watched in a Mississippi courtroom Wednesday as the man told a judge he killed the boy’s mother, grandmother and another man.