Peter Imes News Today

The Dispatch filed an open records complaint Friday against the city of Columbus for failing to provide records the newspaper requested related to the parks department.

Freezing precipitation this week has caused delays in the delivery of The Dispatch's print edition to nearly all subscribers. Free online accounts are available to all print subscribers.

Like many things in life, we hand unto others what we love. The same can also be said for businesses.

After 61 years, Carrier Lodge has passed ownership from the Mississippi University for Women to private hands.

In November, Mississippians will choose their 66th governor. Republican incumbent Tate Reeves faces off against Democrat Brandon Presley, a public service commissioner and former mayor of Nettleton.

Taylor Garretson won first place for Best Use of Video in the community college division.

The Commercial Dispatch has filed a public records complaint with the Mississippi Ethics Commission against the Clay County Circuit Clerk’s Office alleging they failed to provide requested documents from county election qualifying forms.

Readers of The Dispatch will soon be without a weekly Kroger insert ad, due to the company’s decision to cease weekly circulars for the market after May 24.

After nearly 100 years, The Commercial Dispatch will no longer be delivered door-to-door by carriers, according to publisher Peter Imes.

“It’s like playing a video game, I guess,” said Berkley Hudson. “Throwing papers, getting them on the porch. That’s fun. It’s a challenge. Some houses are farther back from the street, sometimes you’d have someone in the yard who’d try to catch it in mid-air.”