FEATURED STORY

Black or African American? Self-identity for minority group remains a complex issue

Posted in Area

Shannon Bardwell has a question for her friend, Angela Jones, a question that had been nagging at her over the weeks since the death of George Floyd, an event that stirred a reawakening in the Black Lives Matter movement, both nationally and here in the Golden Triangle.

TOP NEWS

Shutoffs up 50 percent at CLW since disconnects resumed in June

Posted about 2 hours ago in Area

Columbus Light and Water has been disconnecting the service of 40 to 50 customers a day due to unpaid bills, a 50-percent increase from its normal volume of shutoffs.

Dispatch receives $7K in relief funds from Google

Posted about 2 hours ago in Columbus & Lowndes County

The Dispatch has received $7,000 through the Google News Initiative's Journalism Emergency Relief Fund.

Ask Rufus: Real Heroes

Posted about 2 hours ago in Local Columns

This Fourth of July weekend we celebrate America's independence as a holiday weekend. At a time when heroes are needed, we are now prone to judge those of the past by the standards of today and we are seeing efforts to tear down or remove memorials to Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt and Jefferson.

Elayne, going strong: The 'doctor of dots' is at it again

Posted about 2 hours ago in Community

Some call her "the doctor of dots" or "the dot lady." Galleries tend to call her an acclaimed folk artist. Elayne Goodman simply carries on, determined not to take herself too seriously, turning the world around her into one of unbridled color and imagination.

OTHER RECENT HEADLINES

Mississippi could drop Jim Crow-era statewide voting process

Body found on Burns Road; LCSO suspects homicide

Local leaders weighing face mask mandates in light of COVID spikes

Area medical professionals differ on whether to mandate masks

Hospitalization rising for COVID-19 cases in Mississippi

90 years later, Prohibition officially ending in Mississippi

Arrest report for 7-3-20

Mississippi tightens its belt for new state budget year

New leader appointed for Mississippi Highway Patrol

Democrat Dortch leaves Mississippi House to lead state ACLU

Mississippi pausing reopening process after COVID surge

Former lawmaker retires as Mississippi's top tax collector

Old times not forgotten: Mississippi furls rebel-themed flag

Arrest report for 7-2-20

'I think he should get another chance': District 1 voters in Caledonia show little appetite for wanting Harry Sanders off board of supervisors

Police departments evolve strategies to reduce exposure to coronavirus

SPORTS

Heritage Academy has hired a pair of Columbus United coaches to lead its boys soccer team. Tom Velek, right, will serve as head coach, and Dave Albertson will be his assistant. Velek has already coached the Patriots’ girls for the past four seasons.

Heritage Academy hires Tom Velek as head boys soccer coach

For veteran coach Tony Seals, chance to lead Caledonia boys basketball program is a 'godsend'

EMCC announces 2020 football schedule

OPINIONS

Partial to Home: Honeybees offer virus preview

Our View: Roses and thorns 7/5/20

Voice of the people: Ross Whitwam

Voice of the people: John Henry Smith

Voice of the people: Lee Roy Lollar

Voice of the people: Raymond Gross

LIFESTYLES

Boys & Girls Club Columbus Unit Director Brittany Turner speaks at a socially-distanced staff meeting at the facility at 1815 14th Ave. N. Even though Golden Triangle clubs will remain closed through the summer, online learning is available.