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A mechanical issue was likely to blame for the Wednesday morning fire that destroyed a FedEx delivery truck, according to Oktibbeha County Fire Coordinator Patrick Warner.

Federal prosecutors are asking for a hearing to determine if attorney Wil Colom has a conflict of interest in the ongoing prosecution of J5 founder Jabari Edwards.

Columbus Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying suspects in two Thursday shootings, according to a press release.

No two roads are alike, and problem roads have problems in their own way.

As of Friday evening, the District 2 and District 5 supervisor races are now contested.

Tom Velek has been chosen to lead the Lowndes County Recreation Department as the short-term successor to the late Roger Short.

Around the holidays, you hear a lot about being thankful – for family, for friends, for simply making it through another in a series of pretty awful years.

The city is looking to discontinue an interlocal agreement reserving beds in Lowndes County Juvenile Detention Center.

“You can literally walk out the back door and touch it,” said Crossroads Sober Living founder and president Dusty Snider, pointing at the old Fire Station Number 4. “We’re pretty much connected to it.”

A sexual harassment lawsuit against Lowndes County and District 1 Supervisor Harry Sanders has been settled.