Category: Business
Official Release : Lee Middle School Project Takes Major Steps Forward
For Release at 10 a.m. June 16, 2018 The multi-million dollar project to turn the abandoned Lee Middle School in Columbus into a major mixed use location took two major steps forward on Friday. The developer on the...
Read MoreUPDATE : Old Lee High School Option Exercised
The Columbus Municipal School Board has a meeting set for Wednesday, June 20, to approve the sale and hand over the deed. The price of the property is reportedly somewhere between $1 million and $1.7 million. Look for more...
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Southbound Coffee – A New Taste of the South
Hope Harrington Oakes hopeharringtonoakes@gmail.com Local urologist, Dr. Josh Griffin, has a...
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Main Street Columbus Wins State Awards
Representatives from Main Street Columbus attended the Mississippi Main Street Awards held at the...
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Zachary’s Hosts Fundraiser for Breast Cancer Research
Photo by Hope Harrington Oakes Shannon Bowen and Madison Jones man the raffle table at the event,...
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Mississippi Co. Recalling Frozen Meat and Poultry For Possible Listeria Contamination
Valley Innovative Services, a Pearl, Miss. establishment, is recalling approximately 130,071...
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Sky Samuel Charged for Bloody Burger
The Packet COLUMBUS – A former fast food worker has been indicted for allegedly smearing...
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Chick-Fil-A Holds Fundraiser
Hope Harrington Oakes Staff Writer hopeharringtonoakes@gmail.com LCSO Lt. Chad Waltman with his...
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City Eases Off On Princess
BY BRIAN JONES brian.jones@packet-media.com COLUMBUS – After being pressured into reducing...
Read MoreCity Strangling the Princess
BY BRIAN JONES brian.jones@packet-media.com COLUMBUS – Citizens packed the second-story conference room at the Frank Phillips YMCA Tuesday night for a public forum about safety. The meeting was an offshoot of last week’s...
Read MoreUrology Group at Exchange Club
BY BRIAN JONES brian.jones@packet-media.com COLUMBUS – Dr. Joshua Griffin and Dr. Ben Woodson of the Columbus Urology Group spoke to the Columbus Exchange Club Dec. 8. They talked about common urological ailments and new...
Read MoreBob Shearer Named New Board Member at BankFirst
Bankfirst Financial Services announced that Bob Shearer has joined the Board of Directors. Shearer was appointed at the institution’s November board meeting. A seasoned accounting professional, Shearer has spent his career in...
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