ESTABLISHED 1879 | COLUMBUS, MISSISSIPPI FREE! C DISPATCH.HECOM TARKVILLE ISPATCH T S RIDAY PRIL D F | A 20, 2018 More Highway 12 work begins es by Mississippi pleted in mid-summer, depend- year. He said his agency will put MDOT bidding out 10-mile Highway 182 State University ing on the weather. a project out to bid in the sum- repaving project in summer out to near where As part of the project, High- mer that will see about 10 total it merges onto way 182 is being paved from the miles of Highway 182 paved. He Highway 82. west ramps onto Highway 12 to BY AleX HOllOWAY er one will be sent out for bids in said it will focus on Highway 182 The project, the east ramps onto Highway [email protected] the summer. west of Starkville from its inter- according to Mis- 12. Work on the ramps, intersec- Work has started on a $1.3 section with Highway 25 out to As the second phase of work sissippi Depart- tions and shoulders should be million overlay project on High- ment of Trans- Tagert completed next week. Adaton where it merges with the along Highway 12 progress- way 12 bypass by Highway 182 portation Public Information MDOT Northern District four-lane Highway 82. On the es, work on a new Mississippi in east Starkville. The project is Officer Jace Ponder, is under Commissioner Mike Tagert said east side of Starkville, he said Department of Transportation seeing pavement laid out along contract for 43 working days, more work for the Starkville area the paving will go from around project is underway, and anoth- the highway from where it pass- which means it should be com- is in the queue for later in the GHWSee HI AY 12, 6A Air Force BUDWEISER CLYDESDALES base set to host air show Gates will open at 9 a.m. Saturday, Sunday DisPatCH staFF REPORT For the first time in four years, Columbus Air Force Base is host- ing an air show. The Wings Over Columbus Air and Space Show will be held at the base on Saturday and Sunday. Gates open for the show at 9 a.m. both days, and the air and space show opening ceremony is set to begin at 11 a.m. At 11:15 a.m., the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachuting team will demonstrate a mass exit, fol- lowed by an Altus C-17 Demonstra- tion Team show at 12:15 p.m. At 1:30 p.m., the 14th Flying Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff Training Wing will conduct an ae- The famous Budweiser Clydesdales begin their Starkville delivery route to local bars and restaurants Thursday. Sitting top- rial review. At 2:30 p.m., the Golden side are drivers Manny Rober, left, and Scott Morrison and the Budweiser Dalmatian, Bud. The team rolled through downtown Knights will perform a full demo. and the Cotton District then had a meet and greet at Fire Station Park after their rounds. TOP OF PAGE: The Budweiser See AIR SHOW, 6A Clydesdales ride through the Cotton District Thursday. See more photos on page 2A. ‘The bottom of the pool’ local planning firm Finan- Bestselling author, speaker Andy cial Concepts at the Trot- New York Times Andrews speaks in Columbus ter Convention Center. bestselling author Andrews said he’s been Andy Andrews signs a book for Linda BY ISABELLE ALTMAN bestselling author, speak- making observations, par- Lennon at the Trotter [email protected] er and business consul- tially for his own amuse- Convention Center tant made sure that was ment, since his childhood Thursday night. Whenever someone the first thing his audi- and that’s allowed him to Andrews spoke at a asks Andy Andrews what ence knew about him become a successful writ- local financial plan- he does for a living, he ning firm’s annual when he spoke Thursday er and speaker. Andrews client appreciation tells them he’s a noticer. night at the 30th anniver- has written 26 books, dinner. The New York Times sary dinner for clients of See AUTHOR, 6A Isabelle Altman/Dispatch Staff WEATHER FIVE QUESTIONS CALENDAR COMING SUNDAY PUBLIC 1 What is your anterior cruciate liga- MEETINGS Today April 24: OCH ment more commonly known as? ■ Exhibit reception: A reception from 5:30-7 2 Who was the first player in the Regional Medical p.m. in Summer Hall on The W campus cele- WNBA to dunk? Center Board of brates the BFA exhibition “MOVE,” featuring art 3 The flag of which African country Trustees, 4 p.m., by Emmanuel Johnson, Deidre Mosley, Elizabeth shows a rifle and hoe crossed over a OCH book —Egypt, Kenya or Mozambique? Raines, Johnathan Shedd and Jessica Wallace. April 27: Board John Davis Clark 4 What musician founded Lollapaloo- Free to the public. za? of Aldermen Work Kindergarten, Annunciation 5 John Deere paints its tractors what Session, noon, two colors? Saturday City Hall ■ Cotton District Arts Festival: Visit May 1: Board of High 71 Low 45 Answers, 8B Mostly sunny Starkville’s Cotton District for juried art, vendors, Aldermen, 5:30 Full forecast on music, Taste of Starkville, pet parade and more, p.m., City Hall page 2A. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. See schedule at cdafestival.com. May 7: Board of ■ Master Gardener plant sale: The Lowndes Supervisors, 9 INSIDE County Master Gardeners’ plant sale is 8 a.m.- a.m., Oktibbeha noon at the Brickerton Plaza off Military Road in County Courthouse Classifieds8B Obituaries 5A Columbus. 662-328-2111. May 8: Plan- Comics 6B Opinions 4A ■ Book signing: Joe Lee signs copies of his ■ Don’t miss The Dispatch’s ning and Zoning Crossword 7B Religion 7B new novel “40 Days” at 1 p.m. at Books A Million Starkville Restaurant Week Commission, 5:30 Dear Abby 6B in Leigh Mall, Columbus. special insert in Sunday’s paper. p.m., City Hall DISPATCH CUSTOMER SERVICE 328-2424 | NEWSROOM 328-2471 2A FRIDAY, APRIL 20, 2018 THE DISPATCH • www.cdispatch.com SAY WHAT? DID YOU HEAR? “These changes will improve the recruiting experience for prospective student-athletes and coaches and lead to better decision-making.” Files show rising alarm in Blake James, the NCAA’s Division I Council chair and athletic director at Miami, in a statement on changes to college baseball’s recruiting Prince’s circle as health failed Friday timeline. Story, 1B. ‘It’s pretty clear er know. ... It’s pretty clear from the evidence that from the evidence he did not know, and the people around him didn’t CLYDESDALES IN STARKVILLE that he did not know, that he was taking fentanyl.” know ... he was Metz said Prince had suffered from pain for taking fentanyl’ years and likely believed he was taking a common BY AMY FORLITI painkiller. The Associated Press Prince was 57 when he was found alone and un- MINNEAPOLIS — responsive in an elevator Some of Prince’s closest at his Paisley Park studio confidants had grown in- compound on April 21, creasingly alarmed about 2016. His death sparked his health in the days a national outpouring of before he died and tried grief and prompted a joint to get him help as they investigation by Carver realized he had an opioid County and federal author- addiction — yet none were ities. able to give investigators An autopsy found he the insight they needed died of an accidental over- to determine where the dose of fentanyl, a synthet- musician got the fentanyl ic opioid 50 times more that killed him, according powerful than heroin. to investigative documents The investigative ma- released Thursday. terials — including doc- Just ahead of this week- uments , photos and vid- end’s two-year anniver- eos — were posted online sary of Prince’s death, Thursday afternoon. Sev- prosecutors announced eral images show the mu- they would file no criminal sic superstar’s body on the Luisa Porter/Dispatch Staff charges in the case and floor of his Paisley Park The famous Budweiser Clydesdales pull a load of beer through the Cotton District to make deliveries to local the state investigation was estate, near an elevator. establishments Thursday. Hundreds gathered on the streets to see the team and later meet the horses and closed. He is on his back, his head drivers at Fire Station Park. “My focus was lasered on the floor, eyes closed. in on trying to find out His right hand is on his who provided that fentan- stomach and left arm on yl, and we just don’t know the floor. where he got it,” said The documents include Carver County Attorney interviews with Prince’s Mark Metz. “We may nev- inner circle. CONTACTING THE DISPATCH Office hours: Main line: n 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Mon-Fri n 662-328-2424 HOW DO I ... 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