Lowndes County News

In the city of Starkville, Joseph Goddard is a mosquito's worst enemy. The 22-year-old Mississippi State graduate has been on a mission to control the city's mosquito population for each of the past three summers.

The state Supreme Court has reversed two lower courts' rulings in a life insurance dispute from Lowndes County.

About 65 jobs and a $25 million investment soon could be on its way to the Golden Triangle Industrial Park, members of the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors announced during a Tuesday meeting.

About 65 jobs and a $25 million investment soon could be on its way to the Golden Triangle Industrial Park, members of the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors said this morning.

Columbus nurse Janice Lovelace, 40, admitted Friday she abused a patient at the Windsor Place Nursing and Rehab Center.

Although they term themselves 'newcomers' to growing cotton - they've only been at it five years - Glenn Mast and his son, Rodney, say adding the crop was in keeping with their long-time business philosophy.

Truckmaker PACCAR will delay opening its $400 million engine plant in Lowndes County for a year, a company spokesman said.

The state Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conviction of Michael Gene Ray involving a 2005 slaying in Lowndes County.

The Mississippi Court of Appeals Tuesday denied former Lowndes County District 4 Supervisor Jim Terry's appeal of a 2007 prison sentence imposed on him by the Lowndes County Circuit Court.

The Columbus Municipal School District is getting more than $2.8 million over three years to improve and expand its Advanced Placement programs.

Three local men are in jail today after they were arrested this week on weapons theft charges by the Columbus Police Department.

Columbus officials are 'on board' with the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors' Monday decision to seek property options from landowners in the 71-acre plot of land in the city's Burns Bottom area being considered for the county's sportsplex project.

Lowndes and its surrounding counties soon may be partnering to help fund the construction of a nursing school facility at East Mississippi Community College, members of the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors announced during a Monday meeting.

From the city's drainage issues to annexing portions of Lowndes County, newly re-elected Columbus Mayor Robert Smith has 'a lot on his plate' for the upcoming term.

The Mississippi Department of Health has confirmed a second case of swine flu in Lowndes County, bringing the state's total number of H1N1 virus cases to 58.

The Mississippi Coroners and Medical Examiners Association wants the state attorney general to investigate the alleged misappropriation of $5,000 in association funds.

Organizers of the 13th annual Juneteenth Festival, held June 18 through June 20, expect this year's event to bring in additional tourism business for Columbus hotels and restaurants.

A suspect in a triple homicide in Lowndes County in 1986 has been added to the wanted page on the Jackson FBI office's Web page.

Along with the first case to be reported in Lowndes County, swine flu cases have been reported in Hinds , Rankin , Madison , DeSoto , Forrest , Holmes , Harrison , Jackson , Lamar , Lauderdale , Union and Yazoo counties.

Three people passing through Columbus on their way home to Missouri Tuesday were arrested on charges of manufacturing methamphetamine.