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- Renaming MUW gets lots of help
Mississippi University for Women has received plenty of suggestions in its quest to find a new name that better reflects its identity as a coeducational institution.
- Briefly: Burglars carry out flat-screen TVs in Olive Branch
"We received the alarm call at 3:07 a.m., and when our officers arrived on the scene, they found a front window had been smashed with a large stone," said Maj.
- Search ongoing for man in lake
Brian Hawkins/SDN rescue workers sweep sections of Whitea s Creek Lake north of Eupora as part of the search for 51-year-old John Steve Ferguson of Maben, who is believed to have fallen in the lake while ...
- MUW ready to receive name change
Mississippi Magnolia University. Mississippi Heritage University. Mississippi University at The W. Eudora Welty University.
- Columbus police chief on leave
Christmas Eve fire destroys Gulf Hills home Christmas Surprise Christmas Eve shoppers jam the malls and stores Governor Barbour issues another controversial prison furlough Mississippi's unemployment rate drops ...
- Community colleges are state's best weapon against recession and job losses
The United States is in a recession, and Mississippi is not immune to the economic downturn.
- The Shopping Deadline Is Approaching
"As it gets closer to Christmas, people start, I guess, to panic. They have to get something.
- Commerce's NTIA Urges Mississippi Consumers to Apply for TV Converter Box Coupons by December 31
With Two Months Until DTV Transition, Mississippi Participation Rates Released WASHINGTON, Dec.
- Help grateful, needed for Mason lights
The Committee to Light Mason Park is pleased to bring Christmas joy to the Laurel community with our light display this year.
- Dalrymple to be grand marshal of parade, preach sermon at church
Published: Saturday, December 13, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 12, 2008 at 7:54 p.m. GERALDINE He inherited his humor, and his funny stories are mostly based on people that he grew up with ...
- Newtona s teachers achieve National Board Certification
Carin Fondren, April Edwards and Cassandra Arrington-Hardaway, all teachers at Newton Elementary School, received National Board Certification in November.
- Witnesses: Columbus man fatally shot at his home
Lowndes County authorities are investigating the shooting death of a 25-year-old Columbus man at his mobile home.
- EADS North America Receives Order For 39 Additional UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters
EADS North America has received a contract from the U.S. Army for 39 additional UH-72A Lakota Light Utility Helicopters, extending production under contract of the twin-engine rotary-wing aircraft through 2010.
- They're proud to be American
"America is a place where dreams can come true -- and they do," U.S. Rep. Travis Childers, D-Miss., told 147 new citizens during a naturalization ceremony Thursday on the campus of Mississippi University for ...
- Tucker qualifies for Elite Series professional tour
J. Todd Tucker has joined the Elite, which puts McDuffie County on the map. The professional angler earned enough points during the Bass Central Open early in November to qualify him for the 2009 Bassmaster ...
- Columbus woman gets 15 years for stabbing death
A 23-year-old Columbus woman has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for the Sept.
- Ocean Springs businesses psyched about Cyber Monday
"It turned out really pretty with the white and the gold," Michelle Gregory commented as she wrapped a basket filled with chocolates.
- Judge reduces bond, suspect freed
COLUMBUS, Miss. a ' Brian Holliman, charged with murder in the shooting death of his wife, has been freed after a judge agreed to reduce his bond to $200,000. Lowndes County Circuit Judge Lee Howard on Tuesday ...
- Edmonds savors Thanksgiving freedom
Edmonds timeline * May 12, 2003 - Arrested at age 13, charged with murder * July 24, 2004 - Found guilty, sentenced to life in prison * Jan.
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City DescriptionColumbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States on the Tombigbee River. It is approximately 282 kilometers (175 mi) northeast of Jackson, 193 kilometers (120 mi) north of Meridian, 102 kilometers (63 mi) south of Tupelo, and 198 kilometers (123 mi) west of Birmingham, AL . The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lowndes County and the principal city of the Columbus Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is part of the larger Columbus-West Point Combined Statistical Area. Columbus is also part of the area of Northeast MS called The Golden Triangle, consisting of Columbus, MS, West Point, MS and Starkville, MS, and the counties of Lowndes, Clay, and Oktibbeha.
The first record of the site of Columbus in Western history is found in the annals of the explorer Hernando de Soto, who is reputed to have crossed the nearby Tombigbee River on his search for El Dorado.
Columbus was founded in 1821 by Matthew Alexander. Before its incorporation, the town site was referred to informally as Possum Town, which remains its nickname even today. Columbus's existence owed to the failure of a flooded settlement across the river, Plymouth, which was ... Read MoreCity Contained By:- Lowndes County
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