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When two contractors were critically injured last week in a fire at Steel Dynamics’ Biocarbon Solutions plant, firefighters and paramedics from the new industrial fire and rescue station at the ...

COLUMBUS — Bobby Lee Wrench, 64, died Nov. 13, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at St. Paul M.B. Church, with the Rev. Willie Mays ...

STARKVILLE – A $45 million redevelopment project planned for an old stormwater detention area off Highway 12 is one step closer to fruition following Tuesday’s board of aldermen meeting. The board ...

SULLIGENT, Ala. — Rebecca “Becky” Ann Rhudy, 66, died Nov. 16, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services are at 3 p.m. Wednesday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, with Jeff Chaffin and B.J. Mills ...

Millard Daniel (Salt) Jones, 72, passed away on October 1, 2025, at his home in Amory, Mississippi. Salt was born on May 27, 1953, in Sweetwater, Texas and grew up in Quitaque, Texas. In 1985, Salt ...

Alexander Leonard “Nelson” James, 77, of Caledonia, MS, passed away on the morning of November 15, 2025 at his residence surrounded by his family. Visitation will be Wednesday, November 19, 2025, from ...

When Clyde Hollis offered to pay Lucy Willcutt to do some decorative window painting at his rental storage business three years ago, she figured it would be sort of a one-time deal. It has instead ...

STARKVILLE – Danyell Latham wiped away tears Saturday as volunteers with Habitat for Humanity handed her and her sons, Robert and Kasen Kelly, the keys to a new home they helped build. Only about ...

PRAIRIE — Missouri Wilson, 97, died Oct. 30, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Cross Road C.M.E. Church, with Cheryl Penson officiating. Burial will follow at ...

Walter Elias Whitehead, passed away on September 27, 2025, at the age of 73. A memorial service will be held Sunday, November 23, 2025, at 2:00 p.m. at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel, with Pastor Luke ...

COLUMBUS — Tommie Deloach, 57, died Nov. 19, 2025. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus.