COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The city of Columbus voted to apply for a FY25 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Competitive Grant for its Forensic Crime Lab.

Mayor Stephen Jones said he has always pushed for advancements in the crime lab, even when he was a councilman, and feels it’s a great asset to the city.

Jones said they want to make it bigger as they have people who come from other counties to use the crime lab, as the state crime lab in Jackson stays booked up.

He said they’ve gone to the state and federal government to get funds to expand.

“Like I said, the crime lab in Jackson stays booked up and behind. You can go months or a year waiting on something from them sometimes. So, it helps these other counties and in the Golden Triangle, and like I said, up in Desoto County, N

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