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Columbus Municipal School District is not backing down from its ad valorem tax request from the city.

The family of a missing Columbus man is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of his remains.

Chief Fred Shelton announced his retirement Monday, after about four years at the top at the Columbus Police Department and more than three decades on the force. He claims that he retired to avoid being terminated.

The Northland Arboretum received funding from the city for decades. In fiscal year 2020-21, the roughly $92,000 from Brainerd made up about 25.5% of the Arboretum’s operating budget. But that funding ran out at the end of March.

Columbus Division of Fire and other investigators conclude East Side paint factory explosion and fire accidental, caused by equipment malfunction.

Sources say that investigators are looking into possible criminal campaign-finance misdeeds by the political organization headed by Matt Schlapp.

Gaskin leads mayor’s race; still too close to call Keith Gaskin and his campaign manager Bennett Windham watch the results roll in at their campaign headquarters in downtown Columbus Tuesday evening. At the end of Tuesday night, Gaskin had a 66-lead over Mayor Robert Smith in the mayoral election with more than 150 affidavit ballots still to be processed. Deanna Robinson/Dispatch Staff Robert Smith Editor’s Note: This story has been updated since its original publication. As of late Tues...

Robin Davis, communications director for Mayor Andrew J. Ginther, told The Dispatch Tuesday that interviews are being conducted this week with nine people from among 34 applications who applied for the position.  Ginther has said he hopes to have a police chief named by the end of May. Michael Woods continues to serve as interim chief on a supplemental contract after his retirement in April. He replaced former Chief Thomas Quinlan, who was asked to step down in late January.  Davis said in...

Starkville’s Ward 4 Republican primary remains tied after election night By Zack Plair and Tyler B. Jones/[email protected]; [email protected] • 6 hours ago Austin Check STARKVILLE — It will be at least another week before voters in Ward 4 know who the Republican nominee is for their alderman seat. Austin Check and Kevin Daniels are deadlocked at 92 votes each after in-person and absentee votes in that primary were tallied Tuesday. City Clerk Lesa Hardin said four affidavit ballots nee...