FORGE hosted its annual career interview day at the EMCC Communiversity. Over 500 students from 11 schools across the state came to learn about future career opportunities and meet with professionals.
Family members were still searching for a missing West Alabama man. Raymond David Jones had not been seen since December 17.
A broken utility pole snarled traffic on Highway 45 in Columbus. WCBI was told the pole caught fire and broke.
The Columbus police officer accused of stealing a pair of shoes is now without a job. Robin Conner was charged with misdemeanor shoplifting on Wednesday.
Lowndes County deputies were looking for two armed robbers. The holdup happened at the Dollar General on Lake Lowndes Road at about 9:30 on Wednesday night.
Starkville police made an armed robbery arrest after a vape shop was held up. 26-year-old Joseph Whitfield was charged with armed robbery.
The Columbus Redevelopment Authority is ready to get the ball rolling on improving the area around the Roger Short Soccer Complex.
Columbus Fire and Rescue had their hands full putting out multiple fires. Before the crew could fully extinguish one fire, a second call came in for a house fire across town.
Just two months into the new year, Pontotoc County Sheriff Leo Mask found himself and his department in an unusual spot, investigating a double homicide.
The countdown to a century begins. The Frank P. Philips YMCA has been serving Columbus for nearly 100 years.
West Point police continued to look for a shooter after a home was battered by bullets. The shooting happened near the intersection of Fifth and Progress streets on Tuesday, just before 6 p.m.
Former Aberdeen Mayor Maurice Howard is back behind bars. Howard was ordered to serve four years in prison.
The second effort to change Mississippi University for Women’s name is apparently not going to happen under the current bill.
Students at the Mississippi University for Women were the latest spectators for The Court of Appeals’ Court on the Road program.
A Columbus police officer was accused of stealing a pair of shoes while on duty. Robin Conner was arrested after officers were called to Dick’s Sporting Goods at about 12:30 Wednesday afternoon.
The East Mississippi Golden Triangle’s nursing students now have a better way of learning. The campus opened its newly remodeled section of the Douglas building for the nursing program.
More than 100,000 people are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. In 2021, 6,000 people died in the U.S. while waiting for a match. A Tennessee woman found out that she would be one of the thousands of people in need of a miracle.
Health experts said screen time at home should be limited to two hours or less a day for an adult or child.
Mississippi State University Athletic Director Zac Selmon was at the Rotary Club in Columbus to discuss sports and player empowerment.
A Kentucky man pleaded guilty to a Lowndes County rape charge. 39-year-old Sammy Sullivan must serve five years in prison.
Bond was denied for two suspects connected to a shooting that killed a teenager and injured another. Reginald Thomas and Devonta Sharkey were both charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault.
72-year-old Rickey Wray and his wife, 74-year-old Cathy Wray, both died at the scene of the fire on County Road 119 in the Abbeville area.
A joint operation between county and state investigators resulted in a human trafficking arrest in Monroe County.
46-year-old Nathaniel Hayden was charged with sexual battery. A Lowndes County Grand Jury recently returned the indictment.