STARKVILLE – The board of aldermen voted Tuesday night to keep Starkville’s property tax rate the same for next fiscal year, but the city still expects to generate an additional $2.1 million from ...

WEST POINT – Trains will run, and blues music will croon as the Prairie Arts Festival returns for its 48th year. West Point-Clay County Growth Alliance Director Lisa Klutts said the festival, which is ...

Five-time national champion head coach Buddy Stephens is no longer the head coach at East Mississippi Community College. The college announced Monday night that associate head football coach/offensive ...

The Supreme Court gave us a start yesterday, with what looked, at first glance, like a win for Trump’s efforts to suppress mail-in ballots. But, as Andrew Egger explained, that isn’t quite what ...

The year 1813 was a pivotal time in the history of the Tombigbee River Valley. The ongoing War of 1812 with England was raging in the east and northeast but was little felt in the Mississippi ...

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 ...

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Mount Zion M.B. Church in Brooksville, with Sammie Lyons officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-5 p.m.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at New Temple Baptist Church, with the Rev. Derrick Holliday Sr. officiating. Burial will follow in Concord Cemetery. Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus is ...

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