Columbus News

By Kristin Mamrack kmamrack@cdispatch.com Monday, August 4, 2008 1:11 PM CDT In a 4 to 0 vote, the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors this morning fired Road Manager Rockey Allen.

Monday, August 4, 2008 1:12 PM CDT Cooling off - Six-year-old Travion Lewis, of Columbus, plays a water game with other children to cool off during the Mayor's Youth Council's Saturday Back to School Bash at ...

Monday, August 4, 2008 1:11 PM CDT High winds and severe lightning created a busy weekend for members of the Columbus-Lowndes Emergency Management Authority and local law enforcement agencies, according to ...

By BRIAN HAWKINS Starkville Daily News A Crawford native received a 30-year prison sentence Friday after pleading guilty to an armed robbery charge, but not before several people, including the mayor of ...

Saturday, August 2, 2008 11:38 PM CDT Many had kind things to say about Heather Rowland at a reception honoring her departure from the Columbus Arts Council.

Saturday, August 2, 2008 11:32 PM CDT The argument I'm making isn't misogynistic or emotional.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:09 AM CDT Move over, dog days of summer. The Artesia Day Festival offers a refreshing break, plentiful food and live entertainment this Friday and Saturday in downtown Artesia.

Friday, August 1, 2008 3:49 PM CDT "Everyone in Mississippi ought to experience this at least once." Alan Perry Jackson "Don't wear those shoes." I didn't plan on donning my 3-inch heels to "Mississippi's Giant ...

By Kristin Mamrack kmamrack@cdispatch.com The organization responsible for many of Columbus' popular events, the Columbus Historic Foundation, has merged into the Columbus Cultural Heritage Foundation.

By Kristin Mamrack kmamrack@cdispatch.com Wednesday, July 30, 2008 11:50 AM CDT In planning the city's 2008-2009 budget, Columbus' chief operations officer, David Armstrong, needed to know if the City Council ...

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:23 AM CDT Columbus police Lt. Selvain McQueen, center background, speaks to 16 members of various Lowndes County law enforcement agencies Monday during a field training officer ...

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:23 AM CDT Local school-age children will have the chance to participate in the first Back to School Bash hosted by the Mayor's Youth Council Saturday at Propst Park.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:19 AM CDT The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors this morning gave the green light to a project expected to bring more than $620 million in investments to the county's industrial ...

By Garthia Elena Burnett gburnett@cdispatch.com Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:19 AM CDT This sign is located at Mississippi University for Women's College Street entrance.

'Oh, the places you'll go' Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:40 AM CDT ! I not only met interesting people with whom I expect to continue friendships, but also learned more about the many offerings of Columbus and ...

A small reunion of artists gathered downtown and looked with pride at their work - a-12-foot-by-30-foot mural designed by Mississippi University for Women instructor Alex Stelioes-Wills. The mural graces the ...

Eight out of 10 people walking through Leigh Mall Thursday said they would be in favor of change Mississippi University for Women's name.

Saturday, July 26, 2008 10:54 PM CDT Dispatch Staff Report A Columbus man wanted by the U.S. Department of Justice was arrested Friday morning by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office in connection with ...

The incoming executive director of the Columbus Arts Council said she has no experience in the nonprofit world, but she's looking forward to a challenge.

By Kristin Mamrack kmamrack@cdispatch.com Tuesday, July 22, 2008 11:39 AM CDT Staff at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle are doing their best to address obesity in the community, said the hospital's ...