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Municipalities are beachheads of opportunity
In a recent Tuesday the streets of many of our municipalities were lined with fellow citizens and supporters of mayoral, aldermanic and council candidates waving signs and banners in behalf of their favorites.
Air Force base runway project claims a life
COLUMBUS - A contract worker involved in an accident at Columbus Air Force Base has died from his injuries.
EADS says Pentagon ending helicopter program
The US Defense Department has decided to stop buying EADS Lakota helicopters for the Army next year, according to the head of the European aerospace's US-based unit.
Bowling alley planned for Columbus
The Commercial Dispatch reports the site in the Waverly Shopping Center off U.S. Highway 45 has been empty for about a decade.
Incumbent Davis of Ward 4 faces candidates ready for change
Ward 4 Tupelo City Council candidates give voters choices between two political newcomers who believe they can do the job better than an incumbent who has represented the area for a dozen years.
Brainbuster - " Make your brain tingle
I couldn't decide on what I wanted to write about for this game, so I decided to mix it up.
Jeff and Teresa McNeece of Fulton, Mississippi, announce the engagement of their daughter, Sara Katherine, to Joshua Ellis Gammill, son of Robert and Pam Gammill of Pontotoc, Mississippi.
Spears named to lead Eurocopter in Columbus
Mike Spears, who has worked more than 25 years at Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. in Troy, Ala., has been named head of American Eurocopter's Lakota helicopter production facility in Lowndes County.
Camions Excellence Peterbilt wins dealer of the year award
Camions Excellence Peterbilt has won Peterbilt's North American Parts and Service Dealer of the Year Award.
Ward 4 candidate funds own campaign with $12,000
Ward 4 Tupelo City Council candidate Mark Hardin said Thursday he has contributed $12,000 of his own money to his political campaign.
Pauline "Polly" Williams, 75, passed away on Tuesday, April 30, 2013, at Baptist Memorial Medical Center-GT in Columbus.
Truckworx Kenworth-Birmingham, Rihm Kenworth earn top Kenworth honors
The awards were presented at the recent Kenworth Dealer Meeting, held at the Paccar Engine Co.'s manufacturing plant in Columbus, MS.
Farm/Ranch for Sale in Summit, Mississippi
Residential Features: On The Water, Cable/Satellite TV, Dish Washer, Hardwood Floors, Washer and Dryer, Ceiling Fans, Fireplace, Central A/C Description: Cabin on approximately 60 acres on creek in Amite County, MS.
In-house training for DeSoto Justice Court clerks goes above and beyond
Watch out on those $20s and $100s, said former Secret Service agent Pete Allison, describing the most-counterfeited bills from his long experience with bogus bucks.
House passes Yokohama incentives, sends to Senate
The state will borrow $70 million for land, infrastructure and workforce training.
Rihm Kenworth Named Kenworth's Medium Duty Dealer of Year
Rihm Kenworth nearly doubled its medium-duty truck sales last year to help earn the 2012 Kenworth Medium Duty Dealer of the Year Award for the United States and Canada, repeating its 2011 winning performance.
Incumbent Davis of Ward 4 faces candidates ready for change
Ward 4 Tupelo City Council candidates give voters choices between two political newcomers who believe they can do the job better than an incumbent who has represented the area for a dozen years.
Gov. Bryant calls special session of Miss. Legislature
Gov. Phil Bryant is calling the Mississippi Legislature back into special session on Friday, to consider economic incentives for an automotive supplier that wants to locate a plant near West Point.
It was a year after General Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to General U.S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia that a group of ladies in Columbus, Mississippi took flowers to Friendship Cemetery to decorate the graves of the fallen Confederate soldiers buried there.
Biz Buzz Blog: Jimmy John's eyes Tupelo; what about Firehouse Subs?
Biz Buzz has a little sandwich shop news for you today regarding Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches and Firehouse Subs.