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School starts in Columbus under strict COVID protocols

The first day of school always means a bit of apprehension. But this year, those fears were of a different nature.

TOP NEWS

Trinity Place Retirement Community says it's recovering after COVID-19 outbreaks

Posted yesterday in Columbus & Lowndes County

Following dozens of COVID-19 cases among its residents and employees over the past weeks, Trinity Place Retirement Community is now seeing improvements as patients recover and staffing levels rise, Community Outreach Director Rhonda Richardson told Columbus Exchange Club members at Lion Hills Center on Thursday afternoon.

Officials: 'Mystery seeds' not dangerous, still should not be planted

Posted yesterday in Area

Sissy Watson's family received a package in the mail in mid-July with a label that indicated jewelry was inside. Instead, it "smelled almost like lavender" and contained tiny, oval-shaped seeds, she said.

Oktibbeha EMA hopes to improve remote emergency response

Posted yesterday in Starkville & Oktibbeha County

The Oktibbeha County Emergency Management Agency hopes to add to its dispatch communication equipment to increase the productivity of its remote work, Director Kristen Campanella told the board of supervisors at a special-call budget meeting Thursday morning.

Clay supes OK $50 hazard pay for pollworkers in special election

Posted yesterday in Area

The Clay County Board of Supervisors on Thursday unanimously approved providing an extra $50 in hazard pay to each poll worker working the upcoming special election on Sept. 22 for the vacant Mississippi House of Representatives seat in District 37.

OTHER RECENT HEADLINES

Lowndes County Marriages and Divorces July 2020

This map provided by the Environmental Protection Agency shows approximately where 11 properties in Memphis Town will have soil removed as part of the ongoing clean-up of the former Kerr-McGee site on 14th Avenue North.

EPA to remove soil from 11 private lots as part of Kerr McGee clean-up

MSU rents two Starkville hotels to quarantine students with COVID-19

Business Moves with Mary: New pumpkin patch coming to Caledonia

No injuries in Military Road shooting Wednesday

Business brief: NMMC-West Point recognizes Dodson as Outstanding Employee

Business brief: Steele joins West Point Medical Clinic and Urgent Care

Mississippi schools not required to disclose COVID outbreaks

Tribe, economy, even cemeteries hurt as virus hits Choctaws

Mississippi House leaders sue governor over partial vetoes

Lowndes County Building Permits Aug. 5, 2020

City of Columbus Building Permits July 27-30, 2020

Younger proud of hemp, flag bills passed through Legislature

Mississippi gets statewide mask mandate

21 new RV parking spaces coming to Starkville

In Lee County, Mississippi: No vote on moving rebel statue

SPORTS

Mike Leach is entering his first season as the head coach at Mississippi State.

Mississippi State adds Georgia and Vanderbilt to 2020 schedule

Starkville Academy softball pulls away from Oak Hill Academy with emphatic offensive barrage

Prep soccer roundup: Heritage Academy shuts out Laurel HomeSchool

Analysis: With Robert Woodard II turning pro, what's the roster outlook for Mississippi State men's basketball?

What Mike Leach's first-year offenses at Washington State and Texas Tech forecast for Mississippi State in 2020

Oak Hill Academy football still has 'a long way to go,' but Raiders feel upbeat ahead of season

OPINIONS

Our View: Schools should be transparent with virus information

Voice of the people: Lee Roy Lollar

Patrick J. Buchanan: Biden's game plan -- take no risks and run out the clock

Cartoonist View: 8/7/20

Voice of the people: Bill Gillmore

Voice of the people: Paul Mack

LIFESTYLES

Charles Speed holds up baskets of fresh okra at the Hitching Lot Farmers' Market at Second Avenue and Second Street North in Columbus Monday. Speed and his wife Paula have Speed's Farm in Ethelsville, Alabama.