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 – 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 ...

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 ...

The Mississippi State men’s tennis team will return to the court in Dallas, Texas, on Friday for its first-round match of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Indoor Championships. The No. 6 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...