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CMSD solves compliance issues with SPED program

Columbus Municipal School District Special Education Department has been found compliant by the Mississippi Department of Education in three formal state complaints filed against the district last year.

TOP NEWS

SPD: Hit-and-run case moves to Youth Court

Posted about 1 hour ago in Starkville & Oktibbeha County

Police have transferred the case of a Friday afternoon hit-and-run to Oktibbeha County's youth court.

Burns Bottom survey reveals historically fragmented neighborhood

Posted earlier today in Columbus & Lowndes County

Findings from a survey of historical structures in the Burns Bottom area have Columbus Redevelopment Authority representatives hopeful the neighborhood could be removed from the National Register of Historic Places.

Second Chambers trial begins with Oktibbeha jury

Posted earlier today in Starkville & Oktibbeha County

A second trial in the Jessica Chambers murder case is set to begin today in Batesville after Monday's jury selection in Starkville.

Man pleads guilty to 2016 Princess Theater shooting

Posted earlier today in Columbus & Lowndes County

A Columbus man will spend 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to shooting a man outside The Princess Theater downtown in 2016.

OTHER RECENT HEADLINES

Lowndes County sheriff's deputies are searching for a suspect, pictured here in screenshots from survelliance footage, reportedly involved in a Monday night robbery at a convenience store on Highway 50.

Deputies search for suspect in Monday night robbery |

Woman charged with stealing two cars last week |

Mississippi auditor: 2 ex-workers at college misspent money |

Hosemann to visit Lowndes County on Voter Registration Day |

CMSD to address SPED compliance at public meeting |

Analysis: Public retirement plan pressure won't end soon |

Arrest report 9-24-18 |

Ole Miss: Donor wants his name removed after 'racial' post |

SHS student hit by vehicle |

'Fact-finders and decision-makers': Voters will choose judges ruling on family issues in Nov. 6 election |

Peco Foods holds job fair at EMCC |

Man busted for marijuana trafficking |

Starkville police arrest man for fleeing officers |

Retrial set for man accused in woman's burning death |

Mississippi casino revenue rises as sports betting begins |

Miss. officials urge safety after road worker injuries |

SPORTS

Former Starkville High School standout Natrone Brooks brings down a Northeast Mississippi Community College ball carrier while playing for Copiah-Lincoln Community College.