West Point News

Mardi Gras revelry will arrive early in West Point when volunteers from the West Point/Clay County Animal Shelter throw their second annual Mardi Gras celebration.

A Mooreville soldier died in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan, Tuesday while serving on his third tour of duty.

It was a scary Wednesday night in West Point for the victim of a surprise attack that happened at a service station near Highway 45 Alternate, which left one West Point man behind bars.

Steven Corinth Ross, 46, of 2411 Third. Ave. S., assaulted 50-year-old Willie McCarthy around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 2400 block of Third Avenue South, according to Columbus Police Investigator Raymond Hackler, who gave no further details about the incident.

When Columbus-Lowndes Development Link CEO Joe Higgins first arrived in Columbus, his only mandate from city officials was to get the town a movie theater.

Tray Hairston , policy advisor and staff attorney for Governor Phil Bryant and Joe Max Higgins, director and chief executive officer of the Columbus Lowndes Development LINK, talk economic development Tuesday at the 86th annual West Point/Clay County Growth Alliance Banquet.

Skateboarders young and old will soon take their 360 spins, butter flips, backside pop shoves and other skateboarding moves to the concrete of WISE , which is soon to be built in Marshall Park.

West Point firefighters along with Fire Chief Johnny Littlefield try out Holmatro rescue tools Friday during a simulation of an extrication rescue.

The newest member of the Lowndes County Board of Supervisors is learning, meeting and gaining an appreciation for others who serve in public office.

At least three individuals were transported to the hospital earlier today following a four-vehicle wreck after which the driver of one vehicle was arrested.

Key evidence and testimonies that could help former West Point Police Chief Steve Bingham gain victory in his workplace discrimination case against the city of West Point could be tossed out the window by the United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi.

Growth Alliance staff member Robin Perry announces upcoming events in West Point Wednesday during the West Point Main Street Association's meeting.

West Point police have nabbed a woman from West Point who has a record of swiping items from the shelves of stores with no intention of paying for them, and today that woman remains behind bars.

PHOTO PROVIDED National singing group "Spoken 4" will be in concert at Fort Meade's United Methodist Church on Saturday, Feb.

A staggering number of firearms in West Point unfortunately lay in the hands of individuals unauthorized to use them, which puts the community of West Point in further danger, but officers with the West Point Police Department are working to reduce that problem.

Investigator Sergeant Albert Lee said on Jan. 16 officers with the West Point Police Department responded to Ellis Steel on Bugg Street in reference to a break in at the company.

Republican presidential candidate John Davis is making an effort to visit all 3,143 counties in the nation as part of his Votercade Across America grassroots campaign tour, and Thursday Davis will be in Clay County taking questions from voters and talking about his campaign for the White House.

Link Executive Director Joe Max Higgins said Monday he would be happy to talk with officials in Starkville about a partnership.

COLUMBUS and WEST POINT - The Columbus Lowndes Development LINK board of directors has voted to establish a formal affiliation between the LINK and the West Point Clay County Community Growth Alliance .

Betty Sanford, homeowner of 971 Griffin Street, surveys Friday the damage done to her home, which was destroyed by a fire in December.