STARKVILLE – Aldermen approved a special zoning exception Tuesday allowing a proposed RV park to be located near the intersection of Old West Point and East Garrard roads, despite concerns from nearby ...

PITTSBORO — If NCAA lawyers didn’t know they were in for a long Thursday in court, they got a strong hint early on. Chad Logan, pastor of First Baptist Church of nearby Calhoun City, began proceedings ...

STARKVILLE – A new skate park could open at the Sportsplex by the end of the year following aldermen approval of a $120,000 federal grant Tuesday evening. The funding, administered through the ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – A decision not to open the Oktibbeha County Community Safe Room during a weekend of below-freezing temperatures has prompted questions about how and when the county-owned facility ...

STARKVILLE – Mississippi Horse Park will soon fill once again with the sounds of clattering hoofs and cheering crowds Friday as the Rotary Classic Rodeo returns for its 19th year. The Professional ...

Tim Adkins was cold and tired, but he still had a lot of work to do. As part of a 19-member crew from 4-County Electric Power Association deployed to Tippah County after Winter Storm Fern, Adkins and ...

A group of Buddhist monks, a day after completing a 108-day Walk for Peace from Texas to Washington, walked to Capitol Hill on Wednesday before heading to the Lincoln Memorial to conclude their ...

Almost one week after the vacancy opened for Starkville’s next head football coach, the Yellow Jackets are set to usher in a new era with a coach from a nearby powerhouse program – West Point’s Brett ...

Sue Wilburn Thompson, age 81, of Columbus, Mississippi, passed away peacefully on February 5, 2026, in her daughter’s home. Born April 7, 1944, in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama, to Raford Wilburn and ...

James Ralph Robinson passed away Sunday, February 1, 2026, at Windsor Nursing Home in Columbus, MS. Ralph was born in Columbus, MS, on October 31, 1944, to William Claude and Josie Augusta Wilder ...

COLUMBUS — Johnny “Pimp” Lang, 66, died Feb. 4, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 12 p.m. Saturday, at Hairston and Hairston Funeral Home, with the Rev.

COLUMBUS — Larry Dale Baswell, 76, died at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus. Mr. Baswell was born Dec. 7, 1949, in Columbus, to the ...