Columbus Packet
Encyclopedia
The Columbus Packet, also known as The Packet, is a weekly newspaper
published in Columbus
, Mississippi
(USA
). It was founded in 1991 by editor and publisher, Roger Larsen. Starting in July 2010 Colin Krieger took over the position as editor and publisher of The Columbus Packet with Roger Larsen remaining on as a columnist.
The Packet is published once a week on Thursdays. It focuses on stories and advertisements of local interest, and has grown rapidly in circulation in recent years. As of October 2008, it has a circulation of over 11,000. A particular focus of the paper has been to increase media exposure of the affairs of local government in the Lowndes County
area.
The Packet considers its main competition to be the local daily, The Commercial Dispatch
Earlier this year, Roger Larsen was in the packet office right after a double murder when he saw the killer outside the window. He then locked the door and called the police, and the man was capturred later that night.
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published in Columbus
Columbus, Mississippi
Columbus is a city in Lowndes County, Mississippi, United States that lies above the Tombigbee River. It is approximately northeast of Jackson, north of Meridian, south of Tupelo, northwest of Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and west of Birmingham, Alabama. The population was 25,944 at the 2000 census...
, Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
(USA
United States
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). It was founded in 1991 by editor and publisher, Roger Larsen. Starting in July 2010 Colin Krieger took over the position as editor and publisher of The Columbus Packet with Roger Larsen remaining on as a columnist.
The Packet is published once a week on Thursdays. It focuses on stories and advertisements of local interest, and has grown rapidly in circulation in recent years. As of October 2008, it has a circulation of over 11,000. A particular focus of the paper has been to increase media exposure of the affairs of local government in the Lowndes County
Lowndes County, Mississippi
As of the census of 2000, there were 61,586 people, 22,849 households, and 16,405 families residing in the county. The population density was 123 people per square mile . There were 25,104 housing units at an average density of 50 per square mile...
area.
The Packet considers its main competition to be the local daily, The Commercial Dispatch
Earlier this year, Roger Larsen was in the packet office right after a double murder when he saw the killer outside the window. He then locked the door and called the police, and the man was capturred later that night.