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 ...

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

Sue Cobb Altman, age 88, rollated into heaven on February 11th with her usual speed – the same speed she drove her 1972 Dodge Dart down Hwy 90 to Pearlington, drove her 2008 Buick down the back roads ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

STARKVILLE — Earl Lee Sudduth, 45, died Jan. 30, 2026, in Starkville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at New Prairie Grove M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Bell Chapel Cemetery.

COLUMBUS — Emitra Ann “MeJan” Humphreis, 50, died Feb. 2, 2026, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, at Anderson Grove M.B. Church, with Eric Thomas officiating. Burial will ...

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 ...

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 ...