CALEDONIA, Miss. (WCBI) – This weekend’s weather is turning out to be just right for Caledonia Days. Volunteers and vendors were busy setting up in Ola J. Pickett Park today for the 22nd Annual event. The festival kicked off Monday evening with live music from 5 until 10 featuring Jessica Horton and The Silver Eagle Band and Alabama Sunset. Caledonia…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Representatives of the United Way of the Golden Triangle Region and its member agencies were on hand to thank Lowndes County Supervisors at their mid-month meeting Friday morning. County governments are not able to provide direct funding to non-profit organizations, but with the approval of the State Legislature, they can provide money to organizations, such…
PENSACOLA, Fla. – Eight Days of Hope is currently in Pensacola, Florida helping with hurricane relief. Eight Days of Hope is a ministry organization based in Tupelo, Mississippi that travels across the country in response to various storms and disasters. The organization provides efforts such as mass feedings, debris cleanup, safehouses and rebuilding services all for free. Rapid Response Director…
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) – The cold front arrived and FINALLY so did the Fall feel! FRIDAY NIGHT: Today’s cold front quickly dropped temperatures as it moved into the Deep South. Conditions tonight will continue dropping temperatures and the wind will stay breezy. Overnight lows will fall into the upper 40s, with wind gusts up to 30MPH. Waking up Saturday morning,…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – There is strength in numbers, and a new organization in North Mississippi is starting to bring out the numbers. The National Alliance on Mental Illness, or NAMI, Northeast Mississippi Chapter held its Walk for Mental Health Awareness, Hope, and Support at the Columbus Riverwalk Thursday evening. NAMI Strives to connect individuals living with mental health issues…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) — As a dry but strong cold front continues its eastward trek, those summer-like conditions we’ve had most of the week will finally be in the rearview mirror, with more seasonable fall temps straight ahead. Forecast FRIDAY: Today’s high is 82°. However, we will reach it much earlier in the day than normal, likely close to noon….
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) – The first real cold front moves in Friday morning! THRUSDAY NIGHT: Calm conditions tonight. There is a continued chance for patchy smoke across the sky from regional fires. Low temperatures will drop into the lower 60s. FRIDAY: A strong, dry cold front will be moving into the Deep South for the end of the week. This…
Election day is about two weeks away, and area election officials are urging everyone to get out and vote. Mississippi’s ballot will be a little slim, but there are U.S. House and Senate races, along with judicial races and in Lowndes County, at least one School Board race. Lowndes County Circuit Clerk Teresa Barksdale is also reminding voters that having…
Encouraging community dialogue; that was the goal of a recent meeting in Starkville. Ward Five Alderman William Pochop held a Town Hall Meeting at the Montgomery Bed and Breakfast. The meeting also featured Starkville Utilities General Manager Edward Kemp. Kemp shared information about a number of projects and intiatives goingon with the utility’s infrastructure. There were also questions regarding plans…
A proposed partnership could bring more collegiate baseball to Columbus and give the MUW Owls Baseball Team a permanent home. Since introducing men’s baseball on the MUW campus, the Owls have had to play their home games at either Columbus High School, Heritage Academy, or most recently, Columbus Christian. That has cut down on the opportunity to bring non-conference opponents…
One teen is dead, and another is behind bars after a shooting in Lowndes County. 18-year-old Jaquarious Dionta Brooks has been booked into the Lowndes County Jail on a charge of murder. The arrest is connected to the Wednesday night shooting death of 18-year-old Jaraquist Cunningham of Artesia. The Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office isn’t releasing too many details yet, except…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Wednesday October 14th is National Fossil Day, and the Columbus Arts Council celebrated with an exhibit of, what else, fossils, many of which were found locally. The Arts Council might seem a strange place for a exhibit on pre-historic creatures, but the first word in “artifact” is “art”. The Arts Council is also partnering with the…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Area students put their science skills on display Wednesday. Hunt Intermediate School in Columbus held its annual Science Fair Wednesday. 5th and 6th graders selected topics and built experiments and projects around their research. The Science Fair gave them a chance to present their findings to their teachers, classmates, and judges. The projects give them a…
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COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) — With a strong cold front marching east across the country, we’ve got only one more day of warm temperatures before things start to feel more like fall as we head into the weekend. THURSDAY: One more day of warm, possibly record-high temps today, with a forecast high of 93°. The high for Columbus was set back…
COLUMBUS, Mississippi (WCBI) – Parts of NE Mississippi including the Golden Triangle broke new high temp records yesterday and some today. A cold front this weekend will finally bring temps back down to normal. NEW RECORD TEMPS – Not only were records broken across the NE corner yesterday, but even a few were broken today or at least matched. Columbus…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) — With high temperatures in the low nineties, it still feels like summer here in northeast Mississippi, and it will feel this way a little longer before things cool down heading into the weekend. WEDNESDAY: We are once again likely to break the record high temperature for today. For Columbus, the record was set in 1985 at…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) -Anyone can save a life, if they’re properly trained. That’s part of the philosophy behind a class in Starkville Monday evening. With the holidays and other gatherings coming up this time of year, knowing what to do if someone around you is experiencing a medical emergency is important. OSERVS in Starkville hosts regular CPR training sessions to…
STARKVILLE, Miss. – It has been just over a year since Baptist memorial healthcare purchased the former OCH Regional Medical Center. Today, the CEO of what is now Baptist memorial healthcare of Oktibbeha County, Mac Flynt, met with the Starkville Rotary Club to talk about where the corporation is after year one. “We’re just talking about some of the successes we’ve had in some of those key areas that we’re focusing on in regard to integration in the back,” said Flynt. “Just getting that playbook installed. And then starting to sharpen the pencil with epic improving patient care and the quality, and how we deliver care, becoming a path of least resistance for local providers as well as those within our region. And becoming a hospital that can care for higher complexity patients.” The corporation purchased the former OCH Regional…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – An open Governor’s race in 2027 has other statewide elected officials cranking up their campaigns for the top slot. One who hasn’t officially announced yet is State Auditor Shad White. But that isn’t stopping others from eyeing his current post. At least one person has already announced his intentions to run. A lawyer by trade, Buffington…
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Categories: Featured, Local News
Categories: Featured, Local News
Categories: Featured, Local News