TRUSTEES OFFER DEAL TO OLE MISS CHANCELLOR Inside, See page 3A ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI C DISPATCH.COM 50 ¢ NEWSSTAND | 40 ¢ HOME DELIVERY FRIDAY | MARCH 27, 2015 Champ addresses Columbus youth William Browning/Dispatch Staff Railroad cars stand on a South Rail Corpora- tion track near Lehmberg Road this morning following a derailment. Railroad investigating Columbus derailment No injuries reported after four- car derailment this morning BY ZACK PLAIR
[email protected] Clean-up efforts are ongoing from a train de- railment in Columbus early this morning. Four cars from an Alabama Southern Rail- road train derailed from a track near Alabama and South Lehmberg streets, according to Communications Director Tracy Vanbecelaere of Watco — the Kansas-based railroad compa- ny’s operator. Vanbecelaere said three of the four cars were Mark Wilson/Dispatch Staff empty, while the fourth contained non-hazard- Deontay Wilder, WBC World Heavyweight Champion, waits to speak to student-athletes during a visit to Colum- ous material. Only a single axle from each car bus Middle School with his son 3-year-old son, Dereon, on Thursday. Wilder is a Tuscaloosa native. derailed, she said. None of the cars tipped over. Crews had already rerailed one of the cars Wilder: ‘It’s important to get their patch students in the Golden Triangle can relate to his by 9 a.m., Vanbecelaere said, and the others background. His message was clear: If you’re going to See DERAILMENT, 8A attention while they’re young’ do anything, give it your all. The students managed to sit through a series of BY ANDREW HAZZARD preambles given by various members of the Deontay
[email protected] Wilder celebration committee, a group of local lead- ers and boxing enthusiasts who helped get Wilder to Compared to the standard “don’t do drugs” talk, speak Thursday.