Out of the night that covers me, Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud, Under the bludgeoning of chance My head bloody, but unbowed   Beyond this place of wrath and [...]

Please join Porkchop and The Real Story team, tonight, as we celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer. We, along with many other dedicated volunteers in the war against Cancer, will be at this year’s Relay for Life event, which begins at 6pm, at Columbus High School’s soccer field/track, on Hemlock Street. Porkchop [...]

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in our April 18, 2012 Print Edition. In what was one of the most bizarre twists in local politics, this week, the Columbus Police Department saw fit to shoot an individual and not notify the community or the media.  That’s right, campers – someone just got shot by [...]

“…I may make you feel, but I can’t make you think…” – Jethro Tull In what had to be a Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau (CCVB) record, the Board met for 13 minutes to approve additional funding for the upcoming festival season.  Over $26,000 was added to the grant program, which benefits special events that [...]

The April 3, 2012 City Council Meeting lasted 24 minutes.  It was highlighted by Councilman Joe Mickens apologizing to Hilda Fox and letting everyone in Ward 2 know his telephone numbers.  This was a result of Ms. Fox’s attack on the Councilman, during the last Council meeting, for not returning her phone calls. In other [...]

Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in our March 28, 2012 print edition. The problem with bullying is that if everyone is afraid of the bully, who is going to stand up against him?  That was the fundamental problem with what occurred at the March 20, 2012 City Council Meeting.  Most everyone stood impotent, [...]

The recent apparent collapse of the City over providing paving to a private business on Gardner Blvd and the antics of the Columbus Convention & Visitors Bureau (CCVB) are, unfortunately, classic examples of our hard-earned tax dollars at work. If these organizations were to hold their meetings jointly, the result would be a huge savings [...]

Well, well – where do I begin?! Despite arriving well ahead of the City Council’s 5pm start time, nearly every seat in the Council chamber was full, with another 50-60 people standing in the aisles.  Can you say “fire code violation”?A review of the printed agenda provided an inkling of what was to come: two [...]

Just some random musings for the morning: Why is it that only movies I have never heard of win at the Oscars? Who is the “real” Republican Candidate for 2012? Is gas really going to be $5.00 a gallon? Why is gas so expensive in Lowndes County? Why do we only talk about the school [...]

Education.  It has been a topic of great debate for the past several weeks, or ever since the community found out that the City of Columbus was going to cut 69 jobs from its work force.  The unfortunate problem is that no one ever says anything about education until there is trouble and, in the [...]

Sometime on Friday, February 17, 2012, the “little old website that could” received its 100,000th view, all-time!  It’s hard to believe that, in such a short time we have had so much web activity, but it is true.  Add that to the fact that we have printed two editions of our paper and anyone can [...]

As we continue the trend of discussing crime in our community, it is imperative that citizens are educated. It is easy for a police department or a city to handle the problem of crime with a panicked response. Sending every available officer out onto the street with no plan or direction is pure folly. It [...]

Crime. It’s what everyone is talking about in our community. It’s in the papers, on television and everywhere you look in the media. It is the topic that most of the community is worried about. But, Lowndes County is different than most communities. Instead of pointing fingers and complaining while doing nothing, our community has [...]