Built in the 1880’s, this building was once the place to buy farm equipment, then later automobiles. Birney Imes, Sr. bought the building for his newspaper in the 1930’s. Upstairs was the telegraph office, a dentist, a hairdresser and WCBI Radio AM 55. The family still owns the newspaper and Peter Imes is the current editor. The Dispatch is the only family-owned daily newspaper in the state of Mississippi.
