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The Dispatch has submitted a public records complaint to the Mississippi Ethics Commission against the city of Columbus, alleging that a request for records from the Columbus Police Department was ignored.

It was a minor incident that could and should have been resolved in a matter of minutes.

After more than three and a half years, misdemeanor charges against Dispatch Managing Editor Zack Plair were dismissed by Lowndes County Court Judge Allison Prichard Kizer Tuesday morning.

The Dispatch is moving forward with plans to this week drop its Monday edition and expand its Sunday edition.

Four Oktibbeha County supervisors violated the Open Meetings Act in February when they met with engineers in a series of sub-quorum meetings, according to a preliminary ruling by the Mississippi Ethics Commission.

The Dispatch will soon move to producing five print editions per week, Publisher Peter Imes has announced.

The Dispatch will begin charging for single copies of its Starkville edition beginning Oct. 16, Publisher Peter Imes announced.

A number of Columbus citizens have reported receiving robocalls regarding their subscription to The Dispatch. Those calls are bogus and are not coming from the newspaper, Publisher Peter Imes said.

For the second year in a row, the Mississippi Spelling Bee is going to be held in Columbus. 

Silver Wings, the Columbus Air Force Base newspaper, has been known on base and in Columbus for nearly 80 years, though not always under this name.