Richard Beemster Posted: July 9, 2025 COLUMBUS — Richard James Beemster, 85, died July 8, 2025, at his residence. Memorial services will be at 1 p.m. July 17, at Cockrell Funeral Home, with ...

Jimmy Craddieth Posted: July 8, 2025 COLUMBUS — Jimmy Craddieth, 85, died July 6, 2025, at Windsor Place. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus.

STARKVILLE — Eddie James Davis, 59, died June 15, 2025, in Pearl. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, at Beth-el MB Church. Burial ...

Cynthia “Cindy” Diane Jaynes Wingo, 65, died at her residence in New Hope, MS. A Celebration of Life service will be held at a later ...

Roy Whitehead, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away Monday June 30, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. A memorial service will be held at ...

On July 5, 2025, Miriam Killebrew passed away peacefully in her home in Caledonia, Mississippi, at the age of 91. Miriam was born on December ...

Mary Hopkins Posted: July 2, 2025 MACON — Mary Hopkins, 95, died June 21, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at New Hope U.M Church, with Kory Bridges ...

Bobby Patrick Posted: June 30, 2025 COLUMBUS — Robert Alexander “Bobby” Patrick Jr., 78, died June 28, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m ...

For the last week, CEO Joe Max Higgins has been lugging boxes to the dumpster parked behind the Golden Triangle Redevelopment LINK’s office on Main Street in Columbus as the organization begins ...

From overseeing historic preservation and building a bustling downtown to securing public support for the Riverwalk, Main Street Columbus has been helping shape the city’s core for four decades.

On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress ratified the Declaration of Independence, and in 1870, the anniversary of the signing became a federal holiday known as Independence Day.

On Thursday, I attended Mayor Keith Gaskin’s farewell address and reception at city hall. It was a recognition of a job well done, and it made me think of other mayors that Columbus has had. The ...