MACON — Gayle Denise Wood Ford, 65, died Nov. 8, 2025, North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at first Baptist Church in Pickensville, Alabama.
Sammy Ray Wade, 82, passed away September 29, 2025. Stringer Family Funeral Home handled arrangements. A graveside service will be 11 am on November 15, 2025, at Station Creek Cemetery, Collins, MS.
COLUMBUS — James Donald “Packy” Guyton, 66, died Nov. 10, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial Funeral Home and ...
Steel Dynamics Inc. is building a more than $14 million rail line to deliver scrap metal from the West Bank Port on Old Macon Road to the company’s steel mill west of Columbus. At the Lowndes County ...
There will be no services at this time. Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Grammar was born May 27, 1977, in Columbus, to Lillian June Miller Grammar and John Wayne ...
STARKVILLE – Four men were arrested Wednesday at Walmart Supercenter for gambling. Two of the suspects also face firearms charges. Tyreek Tutwiler, 25, Kennedy Hope, 26, Cedrick Ginn, 25, all of ...
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – A pair of Mississippi developers is eyeing a $45 million redevelopment project to transform an old stormwater detention area off Highway 12 behind Walk-On’s into a mixed-use complex ...
LOWNDES COUNTY – An inmate previously housed at Lowndes County Adult Detention Center is recovering after he was allegedly stabbed in the neck by other inmates last week. Two Lowndes inmates – Korey ...
Ask the Dispatch: If I live in the historic district, do I have to get permission to paint my house?
Residents of the Downtown Historic District began receiving letters recently from the city’s building department reminding them of what changes to their property require prior approval. For most, the ...
A grand re-opening ceremony for Hunt Intermediate School is scheduled for the end of October, nearly three months after the school year began. The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees ...
NOXUBEE COUNTY – Residents could see a face lift coming for their parks and downtown areas in the near future after the county was selected for an Environmental Protection Agency program that aims to ...
TJ Manna, owner of Proof, announced the downtown bakery’s closure last week. Proof, 109 W. Main St., opened in 2019 and has since changed hands and business operations over the years. “Proof bakery is ...
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