COLUMBUS, Miss. – Having a passion for your community doesn’t have an age limit. For one Columbus City Councilman, that passion started early on. It has been a full-circle moment for Ward 2 Columbus City Councilman Roderick Smith. When Smith was in high school, he served on the Mayor’s Youth Council. 15 years later, he’s back at the same office…
A Tupelo company is honored for its groundbreaking technology, contributions to the Mississippi economy, and its partnership with a center at the University of Mississippi that helps small businesses. Allie Martin was at Hyperion Technology Group and has more on the award and how the company is growing and keeping highly skilled workers in the region.
But the numbers show many people don’t, and Starkville police tell me it’s leading to more violent crimes.
Students return to class at Itawamba Community College on August 18.
For more than three decades, students from the Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science have helped frame Columbus’s part in that past for the present generation.
According to the Amory Police Department, 24-year-old Yasmine Ariel Murry of Columbus and 25-year-old Kierra Monique Williams of Columbus have both been charged with Shoplifting-Over $1,000.
An Oxford man has been arrested on a child sex crime.
Lafayette County deputies believe they were able to stop an escape attempt.
A Tupelo homeowner found a man in their house armed with a brick.
Today’s WCBI Sunrise includes Kealy as she talks with Mariah Beckom about being the Miss Junior Black Rodeo.
Co-chair for the sale, Jacque Tisdale, said there were over 70 shoppers a part of the sale on the first day.
The event is meant to give the community a fun place to celebrate books, meet authors, and relive the joys of book fairs.
Volunteers helped students move into their dorms, limiting stress on students being thrust into a whole different world.
Male mentorship can shape young men to success, and showing the right resources is what the Men on a Mission program is striving for.
The annual event brings tax revenue to the small town of Sturgis, and also hosts a benefit ride for a good cause every year.
Two days after his SNAP benefits were scheduled to reload, Tony Woodfin, Jr. realized the funds were stolen.
Mississippi State University student Alfonso Molina is stunned after learning about a new apartment scam circulating right before classes start.
With August being National Wellness Month, Levine said using the resources that are around can save many lives.
A new lunch spot in Aberdeen is going strong one month after it opened, by providing healthy choices, and giving back to the community.
40-year-old Everett Collins has been charged with statutory rape and child molestation.
A group that usually helps in the fight against addiction spent the morning helping fight hunger.
On this week’s Pets Without Partner, Joey talks with Columbus-Lowndes Humane Society’s Trudy about her special guest Hillary.
A woman accused of taking money from a high school booster club is indicted.
A Domestic Violence call leads to several charges against a Clay County man.