Thomas Calvert Naugle, Jr., M.D., passed away peacefully August 15, 2026, at home, in the loving arms of his wife, Dennie Elizabeth (Betsy) Naugle. Dr. Naugle was born in Gadsen, Alabama, on November ...

Raymond McCool, 81, of Caledonia, MS, passed away Thursday, August 28, 2026, at Windsor in Columbus, MS. Visitation will be Sunday, August 30, 2026, from 2:00 P.M. to ...

STARKVILLE — Robert Ervin Young, 73, died Aug. 16, 2026. Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at New Zion United Methodist Church. West Memorial Funeral Home of Starkville is in charge of ...

In 2020, Starkville Area Arts Council drafted a strategic plan with a dream that, by 2025, it would build a “modest” endowment of $500,000 and secure 25 local donors giving $5,000 annually. The dream ...

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

STEENS — Rev. Pastor Maurice Williams, 77, died Aug. 17, 2026, at University Medical Center in Jackson. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Southside M.B. Church, with the Rev. Nathaniel D ...

WEST POINT – A patient at North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point was arrested Tuesday after allegedly smashing several receptionist windows in the hospital’s emergency room. Tyler Bell, 40, was ...

STARKVILLE – The board of alderman plans to generate an additional $2.1 million from property tax next year. About $1 million of the additional $2.1 million would go toward costs already approved by ...

Fred Allen Hill, 85, passed away Sunday, August 23, 2026, at the Windsor Place in Columbus. He was born February 8, 1941, in Woodland to Woodrow and Bonnie Hill. He was a longtime pipefitter and ...

NOXUBEE COUNTY — Lizzie Stallings, 91, died Aug. 20, 2026, at NMMC in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at Union Chapel M.B. Church in Brooksville, with James Rice officiating.

ABBEVILLE, La. — Elon Musk’s space company plans to spend $100 billion to build a massive new spaceport in Louisiana to launch rockets, state officials and the company announced Tuesday. Louisiana Gov ...

Giles Sims, 34, was sick of getting passed over for jobs because he didn’t have a college degree. But with a wife and a widowed mother to help support, he needed a quick solution. So the laid-off web ...