COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The next generation of graphic designers, photographers, or maybe even TV anchors could be here in Lowndes County. The Lowndes County Career Technical Center held an official ribbon cutting for its Multimedia Center. The new Multimedia Program is a two-year program that will teach students photography, videography, and graphic design. The goal is to teach them…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The City of Columbus has its budget in place for the next fiscal year, and they did it without having to raise taxes. The City Council approved the spending plan Tuesday at a special call meeting. There aren’t many frills, but there are some pay raises for city employees. There is also $500,000 for operational costs…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Artificial Intelligence is making online security more important, and, in some ways, more difficult. Cassie Griffin with Griffin Security and Technolgy shared some insights and strategies with members of the Columbus Lowndes Chamber of Commerce today. What started out as an enhanced search engine has grown into a massive part of our everyday lives, and you…
PITTSBORO, MISS. (WCBI) – In the back of the MSU Extension Office in Pittsboro, students were taking a look inside MSU’s Center for Cyber Education trailer, and its hands on drone demonstrations. “We want to open students up to droning being a job, computer science, 3 D printing, cyber security being a job, or an aspect of their job,” said Kyle…
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) – Heat and isolated rain sounds a lot like summer, but it’s September. TONIGHT – Overnight lows will continue to be above average in the low 70’s where the average this time of year is the upper 60’s. Conditions will be calm and mostly clear for any activities tonight. TOMORROW – Thursday will be much like the…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss (WCBI) – Lowndes County School District Superintendent Dr. Sam Allison released a statement Wednesday morning following the school bus crash from Tuesday afternoon. Eighteen people were injured including 16 children on Tuesday, September 16. Three of those were airlifted to hospitals outside of the area. Allison said in his statement: “We are thankful today the outcome of…
JACKSON, MISS. (WCBI) – Mississippi First Lady Elee Reeves announced the theme for this year’s Christmas at the Mansion during a Facebook Live from the Gold Parlor. “We are doing “A Star Spangled Christmas” and we are going to celebrate Mississippi’s story,” Reeves said. This is the seventh year for First Lady Elee Reeves and her team to oversee Christmas at…
STARKVILLE, MS – The Career Center at Mississippi State University hosted day one of its three-day career expo Tuesday at Humphrey Coliseum. The event is a way to connect students with future employers and possibly find an internship, co-op, or even possibly a full-time job. It’s also a chance for companies to grow their brand. The event hosted 102 registered…
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) — As the upper-level high pressure system continues to strengthen over the Southeast, heat wave conditions will continue to persist in our area through the rest of the week. WEDNESDAY: The high temperature for today will be 97°. Heat index values will be getting up to around 104°, and possibly a few degrees warmer than that towards…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Eighteen people were injured in an afternoon crash involving a Lowndes County School Bus .. The two- vehicle crash happened around 3:15 PM Tuesday in the Northbound lane of Highway 45 between the Sqwincher plant and the old Lowndes County School District Offices near the Artesia Road intersection. At the time there were 22 children…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – We are less than two months away from Midterm elections in Mississippi, leaving you about two weeks left to register to vote. Tuesday, September 15, is National Voter Registration Day, and one Mississippi Organization is helping residents get ready for the big day. The NAACP Mississippi State Conference partnered with Burger Man to host the event…
STARKVILLE / MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Miss. (WCBI) – Aerospace Engineering is a large and growing sector of the School of Engineering at Mississippi State University. And, while the field involves serious study and has major implications, it also has a lighter side. The department sponsors an undergraduate high-power rocketry team, the Space Cowboys. Each year the team designs, builds, tests,…
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – The documentary is titled “Beyond River’s Edge” and highlights the decades long work of Steve and Carol Thompson, missionaries to Ecuador. Global Outreach CEO John Darnell says the idea for the documentary came after hearing story after story from the Thompsons, who have served in Ecuador through Global Outreach since 1987. “A canoe wreck on the river…
COLUMBUS, MS – A special meeting was held today at the conference room of the Lowndes County EMS office to discuss the return of the Crime Prevention Task Force. The group ran operation for a short period of time in 2021 but ultimately fell through following the completion of a summer report that same year. One of the members of…
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) — After breaking the record high temperature for Columbus yesterday, with temps reaching 100°, we can expect those triple digits to stick around through today. This sweltering heat is likely to persist for the rest of the week as well. TUESDAY: The high temperature for today will reach 100° for most of us, with heat index values…
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) – 100 degree days begin again tomorrow with the upper 90’s for the rest of the week. TONIGHT – This Monday night will be very calm and fairly comfortable with temps reaching the low 70’s overnight. TOMORROW – Your Tuesday will kick off with more Heat Advisories across the NE corner. The afternoon high can climb all…
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) — With high pressure dominating the weather pattern across most of the Southeast, it is going to be hot outside. Some areas might reach or exceed the record high temperature for today. MONDAY: Today’s high temperature will get up to around 98°. This would tie the record high temperature for Columbus set in 2016. Heat index values…
AMORY, Miss. (WCBI) – Towns and cities across the state took time out today to remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001. In Amory, Monroe County residents joined firefighters, law enforcement, Emergency Management, and medical responders at Frisco Park for the city’s first Moment of Remembrance. Many of the lives lost, especially at the World…
COLUMBUS, MS – Today marks the silver anniversary of one of the darkest moments in American history: 9/11. Every year on 9/11, The Salute to Lowndes County’s Finest Association hots a luncheon at American Legion. The event is to honor those who served on ground on the horrific day, as well as those currently serving today. The association’s founder Mark…
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) – A rainy end to the week and beginning of the weekend. Dry and hot conditions continue next week. FRIDAY NIGHT: Scattered showers and storms will continue across NE MS and western AL through the evening. Some could become strong to severe, as a Level 1- Marginal severe weather risk is in place across our coverage area….
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) — After a week filled with sunshine and blisteringly hot temperatures, rainy and stormy conditions will be rolling through today and tomorrow. While it won’t be super pleasant to spend much time outside this weekend, that rain is definitely much needed to combat these persistent dry conditions we’ve been experiencing lately. It will help to lower those…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County first responders went through their annual disaster drill Thursday, September 10, at the Mississippi University for Women campus. The event featured different agencies such as Columbus Fire and Rescue, Columbus Sherrif and Police departments, and different medical associations. Columbus Fire and Rescue P.I.O Jaquay Sherrod went over the goals of the training event this…
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) – Added moisture will aid the development of showers and storms for the next couple of days. THURSDAY NIGHT: Enjoy calm and dry conditions tonight. Low temperatures will drop into the lower 70s overnight. Clouds will be increasing into the morning. FRIDAY: Starting off the end of the week with extra amounts of clouds. Scattered showers and…
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) — These bright, sunny, and hot conditions we’ve been feeling over the past couple of days are still around, but moisture and showers comes back into the forecast for tomorrow. THURSDAY: Abundant sunshine all day will bring our high temperature for today up to around 97°, with a maximum heat index around 102°. There might be a…