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The view from above: Flights offer insight into Wings Over Columbus acts

I don't think I've ever gripped something quite so hard as I did the harness straps in the back seat of a North American AT-6 Texan as it dove after its sister plane in the skies over Highway 82 between Columbus and Starkville.

TOP NEWS

Lee Middle deal possibly a month away

Posted yesterday in Columbus & Lowndes County

May could prove a critical month in the future of the Lee Middle School property on Military Road.

Innovation Challenge gives young entrepreneurs a head start

Posted yesterday in Starkville & Oktibbeha County

Jacob Miller sat at a table at Mississippi State University Friday with a group of four 14-year-old entrepreneurs.

Ask Rufus: By the flow of the inland river

Posted yesterday in Local Columns

By the flow of the inland river, Whence the fleets of iron have fled, Where the blades of the grave-grass quiver, Asleep are the ranks of the dead

The Father's Closet: Many hands, feet and hearts turned an idea into a full-fledged clothing ministry

Posted yesterday in Community

It started with an idea Beth Jeffers shared with her Sunday School class -- an idea to start a community clothing closet. Children's clothes, women's dresses, slacks, blouses, men's suits, all free to those who need them.

OTHER RECENT HEADLINES

CAFB air show reduced to one day |

Steens man dies in Monroe County wreck |

Merritt Bush, 3, sits on her father's shoulders during the 2018 Cotton District Arts Festival Saturday. Merritt is the daughter of Jeffery Bush and Kyle Merritt.

Photos: Super Bulldog Weekend |

Photos: Women's basketball celebration |

Settlement announced in coroner discrimination lawsuit |

Smithsonian director tours Mississippi Civil Rights Museum |

Photos: Budweiser Clydesdales in Starkville |

CLW power rates to rise this fall |

Air Force base set to host air show |

CMSD releases further information on superintendent candidates |

'The bottom of the pool': Bestselling author, speaker Andy Andrews speaks in Columbus |

More Highway 12 work begins |

Mississippi university tuition to rise 4 percent, on average |

Mississippi receives grant to fight opioid crisis |

Photos: Budweiser Clydesdales in Columbus |

Union Academy without water service after pipes burst |

SPORTS

Caledonia High School pitcher Cade Stacy delivers a pitch Friday night in a 10-0 victory against Cleveland Central in Game 1 of their best-of-three Mississippi High School Activities Association (MHSAA) Class 4A playoff series. Stacy threw a no-hitter.

West Point, Caledonia, New Hope wins baseball series |

Thompson shows growth at QB in MSU's spring game |

No. 5 Florida sweeps No. 19 Mississippi State |

Williams leads MSU receivers |

MacNamee delivers for MSU in sweep of No. 4 Arkansas |

No. 7 Ole Miss takes series from No. 24 Georgia |

OPINIONS

Other editors: We must dispel stigma surrounding skilled jobs |

Letter to the Editor: Nell Bateman |

Partial to Home: Revisiting Highway 61 |

Roses and thorns: 4-22-18 |

Editorial cartoons: 4-22-18 |

Mona Charen: Playboy Comes to D.C. |

LIFESTYLES

Sugarcane Jane — husband and wife Savanna and Anthony Crawford — will be in concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Rosenzweig Arts Center, a presentation of the Columbus Arts Council.