Caledonia News

Area school districts have much room for improvement, according to new school district accountability scores released today.

Larry Swearingen was celebrating his birthday last Friday with family in Thomaston, Ala., when he found out his home was on fire.

With one suspect in jail and others suspected of involvement, investigators continue to probe a Friday arson at the home of a Caledonia marshal.

During Friday's meeting of the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors, Board President and District 1 Supervisor Harry Sanders presented a plan to fund ongoing and proposed projects in the county, without increasing taxes.

The following people were arrested on felony charges, according to reports released from the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office: Ricky Adkins, 27, of 20 Kathy Lane in Columbus, was arrested Nov.

Parents of Caledonia elementary and middle school students are re-evaluating whether or not to allow their children to receive the H1N1 vaccine after nine high-school students went to the hospital Wednesday with complications from the vaccine.

The race for Lowndes County District 1 Justice Court Judge will continue as candidates Ron C. Cooke and Chris Hemphill move on to a Nov.

Opinions of potential jurors will determine whether or not Brian Holliman's murder trial will be held in Lowndes County.

A Columbus man was arrested last week for relieving himself in public. Dexter Calvin Fulton, 42, 1011 Fourth St.

Freda Stacy sat on a park bench in Caledonia Sunday afternoon, remembering her 'wonderful, wonderful granddaughter.' Since the Oct.

The following felony arrests were reported by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office: Sherita Shunta Baker, 25, of 314 Kidd Road in Caledonia, was arrested Tuesday by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office on counts of uttering forgery and grand larceny.

Local lawmakers, Caledonia's mayor and a local school board member have been under scrutiny for signing affidavits in support of moving Brian Holliman's murder trial out of Lowndes County.

Heritage Academy students, parents and alumni have decided they can build it, if they build it together.

Crystal Lynn Sessum remains in custody at the Lowndes County Adult Detention Center after a shooting at her home Thursday night.

Four Lowndes County public figures have signed affidavits requesting a high-profile murder trial be moved out of the county.

Mitchell 'Mickey' Wiggins, a longtime Lowndes County employee and former District 1 supervisor, died Saturday night at his home in Caledonia.

Four prominent Lowndes County public figures have signed affadavits filed in Circuit Court requesting the relocation of Brian Holliman's murder trial.

A vote to freeze salaries for all city positions until 2013 was voted down Tuesday at the Caledonia Board of Aldermen meeting.

The following arrests were reported by the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office. Robert Delawrance Phinizee, 33, of 468 Porter Road in Columbus, was surrendered by a bonding company Thursday on one count of sexual battery.

A Lowndes County man ended up behind bars after leading police on a chase through the town of Caledonia, Tuesday.