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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge agreed Thursday to block the Pentagon from punishing Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, a former Navy pilot, for participating in a video that called on troops to resist unlawful ...

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 ...

PANOLA, Ala. — Tramaine Quintell Pruitt, 45, died Feb. 2, 2026, in Birmingham, Alabama. Funeral services will be at noon Friday, at Zion Valley M.B. Church, with ...

STARKVILLE — Dosie Mae Suell, 83, died Jan. 28, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Hairston and Hairston Funeral Home, with the Rev.

GULFPORT — Arvetia Bishop, 59, died Jan. 21, 2026, at Gulfport Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Friendship M.B. Church in Columbus, with Akeem Bishop officiating.

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Macon.

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 ...

CRAWFORD — Rosie Bell Malone, 95, died Jan. 27, 2026, in Crawford. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Grove M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery. Visitation ...