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Zack Plair

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  1. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Zack Plair

    Ask The Dispatch: How will my property tax bill change this year? (opens the original)

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    Editor’s note: Do you want answers to questions about the Golden Triangle? Each week, Dispatch reporters set out to explain or update a timely, practical issue. Email your question to [email protected]. With the new fiscal year starting today, property owners will be receiving their tax bills in the mail soon. Depending on where you live, those could be higher than last year, even if you haven’t bought new property or added on to your home or business. In some cases, your tax bill might be lower

  2. Article · Oct 1, 2026 · Zack Plair

    Trotter use comes up, gets heated…again (opens the original)

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    The city council on Wednesday formed a committee to discuss changes to the use policy for city facilities as the first agenda item for its work session at City Hall. But confusion arose when three subsequent agenda items included discussions on complimentary use of Trotter Convention Center or Regal Hall, among the things the committee seeks to address with an upgraded policy. Keep Columbus Beautiful wants to host a year-end recognition event at Regal Hall, while Mayor Stephen Jones requested fr

  3. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Zack Plair

    Man arrested for aggravated assault in Northside shooting (opens the original)

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    A man is behind bars for a Friday morning shooting near Waterworks Road and 14th Avenue North. Demon Clopton, 24, is charged with aggravated assault, according to Lowndes County Adult Detention Center booking information. Officers responded to the scene at about 10:40 a.m. Friday after receiving a report of a shooting, a Columbus Police Department press release said. Before they arrived, the victim had left the scene in his own vehicle for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, where he was

  4. Article · Sep 27, 2026 · Zack Plair

    Man arrested for aggravated assault in Northside shooting (opens the original)

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    COLUMBUS – A man is behind bars for a Friday morning shooting near Waterworks Road and 14th Avenue North. Demon Clopton, 24, is charged with aggravated assault, according to Lowndes County Adult Detention Center booking information. Officers responded to the scene at about 10:40 a.m. Friday after receiving a report of a shooting, a Columbus Police Department press release said. Before they arrived, the victim had left the scene in his own vehicle for Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle, wh

  5. Article · Sep 23, 2026 · Zack Plair

    Webster man shoots ex-boss with crossbow, flees to Arkansas (opens the original)

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    MABEN – A Webster County man faces charges in two states after he allegedly shot his former boss with a crossbow at a convenience store Tuesday and fled to Arkansas. Jonathon Frost is accused of shooting the male victim at about 5:20 a.m. at the store at 1922 Hwy 15 S. in Maben, according to an Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office press release. He was arrested nearly six hours later outside McGehee in eastern Arkansas. The victim, who was wounded in “the body,” received life-saving treatment at th

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