Roy Whitehead, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away Monday June 30, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Whitehead wa ...

COLUMBUS — Robert Alexander “Bobby” Patrick Jr., 78, died June 28, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 2 ...

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ALICEVILLE, Ala. — William C. “W.C.” Cunningham, 75, died June 27, 2025, at Aliceville Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 12 ...

Airbus Helicopters hopes to make the Golden Triangle a little greener with a near 6-acre solar farm on the facility’s grounds along Airport Road.

STARKVILLE - Starkville Academy announced the hiring of Justin Flake as the school's next head baseball coach on Friday. Flake joins the Volunteers from ...

Mississippi State University is changing the name of the Holmes Center, pending approval by the state board of trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning.

Keith Gaskin did not want to run for a second term as mayor. Apparently, that does not mean he wants out of city politics. Gaskin, 60, qualified as an independent to run for the Ward 1 council ...

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Starkville firefighters approach 41 Edgewater Lane Friday. The early morning fire consumed part of the house and killed a rabbit, though the human occupants escaped unharmed. Courtesy of ...

A single-engine plane sits in a New Hope area pasture with a broken wing after a family of four crash landed around 4 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported, according to Lowndes County Fire ...

Clay County Coroner Alvin Carter determined there were multiple apparent stab wounds from a knife on the body, Scott said, leading the sheriff’s office to investigate the case as a homicide and ...