Category: News
Burn Baby Burn
By Steve Rogers/The Packet A 62-year-old Lowndes County man told his son, “I burned the MF to the...
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McCoy and Hodges Arrested for Auto Burglary
McCoy Hodges By Steve Rogers/The Packet Two men have been arrested for breaking into a car at a...
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Columbus Police Department Seeks Suspects in Two Armed Robberies
By Steve Rogers/The Packet Two eerily similar street robberies within three weeks of each other...
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Caledonia Rollover
By Steve Rogers/The Packet The wife of a Lowndes County lawyer and former state Supreme Court...
Read MoreCouncil Approves Special Paving Project
BY BRIAN JONES brian.jones@packet-media.com COLUMBUS – The Columbus City Council voted 4-0 to proceed with special improvements to a two roads in Ward 6 at its June 6 meeting. The decision was made over the objections of...
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Ag Assault in Starkville
On Friday morning, June, 2, the Starkville Police Department charged 35-year-old Tyrus D. Taylor,...
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Caledonia Election Thrown Out
BY BRIAN JONES brian.jones@packet-media.com CALEDONIA – The Caledonia Election Commission...
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Toys in the Attic
By Steve Rogers The Packet An alert neighbor helps Columbus police catch a would-be burglar who...
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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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Man Arrested After Major Spice Lab Found in Ocean Springs Residence
Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics agents and other law enforcement agencies executed a search...
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Two Harrison County Men Arrested for Possession of Child Pornography
Joshua Q. LaBauve Joseph R. McIntyre On May 30 Attorney General Jim Hood announced the arrests...
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Jones, Ward Face Off Before Tuesday’s Election
BY BRIAN JONES brian.jones@packet-media.com COLUMBUS – Incumbent Ward 5 Councilman Stephen...
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