Columbus News

Full parking lots and long lines at the register. It's all a part of the traditional big shopping day known as Black Friday.

A Lowndes County murder suspect will continue treatment at Mississippi State Hospital until his February 2010 trial.

The Dispatch offices will be closed Thursday. There will be no printed Wednesday edition; breaking news will continue to be posted on cdispatch.com. The Starkville Dispatch will put out a special morning edition on Thanksgiving Day.

As of last month, a total of $72,000 in overdue fines is owed to libraries in the Columbus-Lowndes County Library System, according to Christy Burks, a library system staff member.

Reaction has been minimal to possible student involvement in a recent drive-by shooting, according to officials at Columbus High School.

As the city readies to weigh public input on new citywide smoking rules at a hearing Tuesday, residents and visitors to Columbus, randomly surveyed Friday, all supported the council passing a city-wide smoking ban.

Columbus Police continue to investigate a Friday stabbing that left one person wounded.

The Columbus Police Department has made two more arrests resulting from a Nov. 14 drive-by shooting.

He's been in and out of mental facilities for years. He's seen numerous doctors for mental evaluation.

In 1997, she came to Columbus, from Murray, Ky., to teach cooking and management courses at Mississippi University for Women, where she served as founding director of the MUW Culinary Arts Institute.

Main Street Columbus has been selected as a semifinalist for the Great American Main Street Awards, an award presented through the National Trust of Historic Preservation.

Sentences on cases ranging from grand larceny to possession of precursors were handed down during the first week of the November term of Lowndes County Circuit Court.

Investigators with the Criminal Investigation Division of the Columbus Police Department arrested a second suspect Monday evening in connection with a Saturday drive-by shooting at 1110 Seventh Ave.

Stark Aerospace held the grand opening celebration of its new facility in Columbus, MS, today.

Keeping the Mississippi University of Women as one of the state's publicly funded universities is a battle some alumni say they are ready to fight.

The Columbus Police Department is investigating an early-morning drive-by shooting in the northside of downtown Columbus.

A fundraiser for Columbus resident Danielle 'Danie' Nowland is scheduled for Saturday in Starkville on the day she turns 18.

The possibility of annexing Columbus Air Force Base into the city of Columbus could mean several advantages for the city and little to no impact for the base.

The case of Tiffany Craven has been bound over to the February term of the Lowndes County grand jury.

When Keith and Chrissy Heard first saw Bryn Bella during a drive through Columbus, they decided the antebellum home on Stinson Creek Road was the place for them.