Columbus native Chuck Younger has been named the chair of the state Senate’s Highways and Transportation Committee. Younger, the senator for District 17 since 2014, was appointed to lead the ...

A car caught fire a little after noon Wednesday in the Columbus Place parking lot. When Columbus Fire and Rescue arrived on the scene, firefighters found the vehicle already fully engulfed, with ...

COLUMBUS — Sam P. Simon, 89, died Jan. 16, 2025. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus.

SHUQUALAK — Barbara Ann Hill, 61, died Jan. 5, 2025, at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon. A Celebration on Life service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Harrison Grove M.B. Church. Burial will ...

WASHINGTON — Florida Sen. Marco Rubio on Wednesday painted a dark vision of the consequences of America’s “unbalanced relationship” with China, echoing President-elect Donald Trump’s ...

MILLPORT, Ala. — Jackie Jermaine “Jack Will” Willis, 41, died Jan. 2, 2025, in Reform, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at New Grove Baptist Church in Kennedy, Alabama ...

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday announced plans to create a new agency called the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and other revenues from foreign nations.

WASHINGTON — Pete Hegseth faced an important test in his fiery confirmation hearing on Tuesday — but he didn’t just have to prove himself to the senators who immediately began sparring over ...

U.S. regulators on Wednesday banned the dye called Red 3 from the nation’s food supply, nearly 35 years after it was barred from cosmetics because of potential cancer risk. Food and Drug ...

WASHINGTON — Federal officials on Wednesday released a far-reaching proposal to make cigarettes far less addictive by capping their nicotine content, a goal long sought by antismoking advocates ...

WEST POINT — Richard Thomas Pernell Sr., 65, died Jan. 10, 2025, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Strong Hill M.B. Church, with ...

Hill and Richardson are being held in the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center. Hill’s bond is set at $750,000 while Richardson is being held without bond. An inmate photo for Richardson, who ...