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About Author: Alex Hinton

Posts by Alex Hinton

  • Shortly after 1:00 am Saturday morning, Columbus Police officers were dispatched to a disturbance at Columbus Inn and Suites on Hwy 45 North.

    Saturday Morning Scuffle

    Posted on May 5, 2011 | 4 Comments
    Shortly after 1:00 am Saturday morning, Columbus Police officers were dispatched to a disturbance at Columbus Inn and Suites on Hwy 45 North.

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  • Columbus Police Department held their first annual “Tip a Cop” event Tuesday night at Station 7 Bar and Grill for Relay for Life. Chief Joe St. John and his band,...

    “Tip a Cop”

    Posted on April 16, 2011 | No Comments
    Columbus Police Department held their first annual “Tip a Cop” event Tuesday night at Station 7 Bar and Grill for Relay for Life. Chief Joe St. John and his band,...

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  • While the injured women were being loaded into the ambulances, Shepard leaned against his totaled vehicle and began eating what appeared to be a rather larger cheeseburger. (Fast food connoisseurs close to the investigation tell The Packet that the burger looks to be a Bacon Cheese Thick Burger from Hardees.)

    Double Wrecked Jeep…with Cheese

    Posted on March 25, 2011 | 2 Comments
    While the injured women were being loaded into the ambulances, Shepard leaned against his totaled vehicle and began eating what appeared to be a rather larger cheeseburger. (Fast food connoisseurs close to the investigation tell The Packet that the burger looks to be a Bacon Cheese Thick Burger from Hardees.)

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  • When asked about the scale Roland said "I collect scrap gold in Alabama." In response Officer Clint Simms asked, “then why does it have little green leaves on it" (in reference to the traces of marijuana that were present on the scales.)

    Guns, Grinders and Scrap Gold

    Posted on March 25, 2011 | No Comments
    When asked about the scale Roland said "I collect scrap gold in Alabama." In response Officer Clint Simms asked, “then why does it have little green leaves on it" (in reference to the traces of marijuana that were present on the scales.)

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  • Fellony Arrest Reports for Pickens County

    Mugshots for March 10, 2011- Pickens County

    Posted on March 10, 2011 | No Comments
    Fellony Arrest Reports for Pickens County

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  • Felony Arrest Reports for Lowndes County

    Mugshots for March 10,2011- Lowndes County

    Posted on March 10, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Felony Arrest Reports for Lowndes County

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  • Roger Dale Easley, Sr., 65 of Steens, MS passed away Monday, March 7, 2011 at his residence.       Visitation will be held Thursday, March 10, 2011 from 6 –...

    Roger Dale Easley, Sr.

    Posted on March 10, 2011 | No Comments
    Roger Dale Easley, Sr., 65 of Steens, MS passed away Monday, March 7, 2011 at his residence.       Visitation will be held Thursday, March 10, 2011 from 6 –...

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  • Retired Lt. Col. USAF Leonard W. “Corky” Kuhn, age 92, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 9, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Graveside services are Friday, March 11, 2011, at...

    Leonard W. “Corky” Kuhn

    Posted on March 10, 2011 | No Comments
    Retired Lt. Col. USAF Leonard W. “Corky” Kuhn, age 92, of Columbus, MS, passed away March 9, 2011, at Baptist Memorial Hospital.  Graveside services are Friday, March 11, 2011, at...

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  • Dear Editor: It is my request that you print my letter in my efforts to obtain justice and expose the cruel and unusual punishment I’ve been subjected to by the...

    Letter to the Editor

    Posted on March 10, 2011 | 1 Comment
    Dear Editor: It is my request that you print my letter in my efforts to obtain justice and expose the cruel and unusual punishment I’ve been subjected to by the...

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  • Dear Editor, When you think the liberal democrats have completely run out of ways to make an absolute mess of things, you wake up one morning and realize just how wrong...

    Letter to the Editor

    Posted on March 10, 2011 | No Comments
    Dear Editor, When you think the liberal democrats have completely run out of ways to make an absolute mess of things, you wake up one morning and realize just how wrong...

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