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 ...

If you were building a public university from scratch in Mississippi, what outcomes should a taxpayer expect? You should expect a university that educates Mississippians. You should expect students to ...

STARKVILLE — Lekayla Hatisha Calmes, 34, died Fe. 3, 2026. Funeral services will be at 2 p,m, Sunday, at Bethel M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Chapel Hill Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-4 p.m ...

COLUMBUS — Nicole Renee “Nikki” Lavender Cungious, 52, died Jan. 29, 2026, at St. Dominic Hospital in Jackson. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Hopewell M.B. Church. Burial will follow ...

COLUMBUS — Barbara Jean Strong Malone, 79, died Feb. 2, 2026, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Carter’s Funeral Services Chapel. Visitation is from 4-6 p.m. Friday at ...

Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Friday, at Otts Funeral Home. Burial followed at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery. Otts Funeral Home of Sulligent was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Otts was born March 29,1941 ...

STEENS — Larry Shirley Sr., 70, died Feb. 1, 2026, in Eupora. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at 15th Street Church of God in Christ in Columbus, with Marion Bonner officiating. Burial ...

MACON — Jessie Bradford Jr., 23, died Jan. 16, 2026, at Noxubee General Hospital. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Emmanuel Baptist Church, with Carl Johnson officiating. Burial will ...

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 — Fannie Stephenson, 88, died Feb. 5, 2026, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at the Seventh Street Centre. Burial will follow at New Hope/Armstrong Cemetery.