Between the Headlines dives into the stories shaping Columbus and Lowndes County, Mississippi. Hosted by The Commercial Dispatch managing editor Zack Plair and local businessman David Chism, the show ...

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Tameshia Shelton, a Clay County mother of four serving life in prison on a murder conviction, will finally get what she said she’s been praying for — another day in court to try to prove her innocence ...

STARKVILLE – An Oktibbeha County sheriff’s deputy was fired following a Sunday afternoon brawl with an umpire during a Grand Slam baseball tournament at Cornerstone Park. Lt. Darrell Holley, a coach ...

The man who is reportedly the richest oligarch in Russia — and the target of numerous international sanctions because of his country’s recent invasion of Ukraine — played an important role in one of ...

In the wake of a politically charged climate surrounding immigration, some local businesses are facing heightened uncertainty. Immigration advocacy groups, like the National Immigration Law Center, ...

STARKVILLE — William Thomas “Tommy” Chisholm will spend the rest of his life in prison after an Oktibbeha County Circuit Court jury found him guilty Friday of capital murder. Chisholm, 44, of ...

Columbus Air Force Base only had two hours notice before the space shuttle Atlantis, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747, landed on its runway. Richard “Sonic” Johnson, CAFB’s director of public ...

Scott Colom keeps a folder in his office desk full of letters supporting his ill-fated nomination for federal judge. They come from area attorneys, law enforcement agents and about 30 victims in cases ...

LOWNDES COUNTY – A private plane crash east of Columbus resulted in the fatality of a local businessman Sunday afternoon. Emmett Barry Sanford, 65, who was piloting the plane, was pronounced dead at ...

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With Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District borrowing $101 million for the new Starkville High School, property owners in the district are set to pay hundreds of dollars more on their next ...