AG Drops Charges Against Boykin in Ball Shooting
May 29, 2020 | Crime, Lowndes County, News
Golden Glow Sues City Over Virus Closure
May 21, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
Council Limits Gatherings, Restaurant Service, Set...
Mar 21, 2020 | News
City Will Not Allow Spring Break Event
Mar 20, 2020 | News
AG Drops Charges Against Boykin in Ball Shooting
May 29, 2020 | Crime, Lowndes County, News
Colom: “We cannot allow this case to disappear in darkness” BY BRIAN JONES Attorney General Lynn...
Golden Glow Sues City Over Virus Closure
May 21, 2020 | News, Uncategorized
Golden Glow Tanning Salon in Columbus has filed suit in federal court against the City of Columbus...
Columbus AFB to Salute Local Frontline Heroes with Flyovers
May 8, 2020 | Community, Uncategorized
In honor of the American heroes on the frontlines battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Columbus Air...
Council Limits Gatherings, Restaurant Service, Sets Curfew
Mar 21, 2020 | News
BY BRIAN JONES brian.jones@packet-media.com The Columbus City Council has banned gatherings of...
City Will Not Allow Spring Break Event
Mar 20, 2020 | News
A planned “Extended Spring Break” party promising “Live Music, Kickball,...
MSDH Gives Local Government, Responders, COVID-19 Briefing
Mar 19, 2020 | Lowndes County, News, Politics, Uncategorized
BY BRIAN JONES brian.jones@packet-media.com The Columbus City Council, the Lowndes County Board of...
City schools offering drive-in wifi accessibility
“Drive-in” WiFi accessibility for CMSD students, faculty and staff is being provided at the...
Gardner Blvd Closed at 182 Until Saturday
Feb 25, 2020 | Lowndes County, News
Gardner Boulevard at Highway 182 is closed to through traffic until this weekend after a sinkhole...
Feb 21, 2020 | Crime, Lowndes County
The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office has released more pictures in the armed robbery of a Dollar...
Local Rescue Teams Save ‘Treed’ Flood Victim in Hinds County
Feb 20, 2020 | Clay County, Lowndes County, News
Firefighters from West Point and Columbus helped rescue a Hinds County man Monday afternoon from...
Sheriff’s Office Seeking Man for Questioning
Jan 16, 2020 | Crime, Lowndes County
The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help finding Austin Ray...
Missing Man’s Body Found
Jan 10, 2020 | Clay County, News
A missing 59-year-old Clay County man was found dead Thursday morning. David Lee Box was found in...
Searchers Plan ‘Big Push’ For Missing Man
Jan 9, 2020 | Clay County, News
Clay County emergency responders are planning a major push today in the search for 59-year-old...
Wanted Man Arrested
Jan 3, 2020 | Arrests, Crime, Lowndes County, News
A suspect wanted for “accessory after the fact” in a Columbus homicide case has been captured....
Lowndes Sheriff Looking for Missing Crawford Man
Jan 2, 2020 | Crime, Lowndes County, Uncategorized
The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find a missing Crawford...
CPD Seeks Suspect in Manslaughter Case
Columbus Police are asking for a suspect in a Dec. 19 2019 manslaughter case to turn himself in...
Malone Turns Self In
Dec 12, 2019 | Arrests, Crime, Lowndes County
Dekylan Malone, who was wanted on charges of witness intimidation, turned himself in to Lowndes...
Disgraced Sheriff Gets 18 Months in Prison
Nov 27, 2019 | Crime, News, Pickens County, Politics
By The Packet Despite an apology and a plea for leniency, a long-time west Alabama sheriff brought...
Columbus Trucker Charged in Clay Rape Attempt
Nov 14, 2019 | Arrests, Clay County, Crime, Lowndes County, News
A 37-year-old Columbus truck driver wanted in Clay County for burglary and attempted rape is...
City of Columbus Opens Overnight Warming Center
Nov 12, 2019 | Community
Columbus Mayor Robert Smith has ordered the opening of an emergency overnight warming center for...
