COLUMBUS — Johnny Webber, 76, died April 23, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus.

STARKVILLE — Jessie D. Harris, 92, died April 20, 2025, in Starkville. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at West Memorial Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Fox Cemetery. Visitation ...

STARKVILLE — Walter Donell O’Bryant, 57, died April 18, 2025, in Starkville. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Blackjack M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Memorial Garden Park.

Twenty-seven percent more rape kits were sent to the state crime lab in 2024 than the year before in Mississippi. The increase is thanks in part to a law passed in 2023 to streamline rape kit ...

A Columbus man was arrested Monday for allegedly trying to swerve his vehicle at his girlfriend’s car on Lee Stokes Road. Noah Baker, 26, was charged with aggravated domestic violence, according ...

Miller said relocating the school would be both an irresponsible decision by state leaders and a threat to the school’s unique identity. The solution for MSMS isn’t relocation, she said, but ...

Sales tax collections in Starkville are up nearly 10% compared to this time last year. Meanwhile, year-to-date collections in Columbus and West Point are down slightly. So far this fiscal year ...

STARKVILLE — Cyber attacks, including data breaches and hacking, are increasingly common. Cybersecurity is a costly and evolving field where law enforcement and government officials compete ...

PEARL — Mississippi State was so close to flipping the script Tuesday night with so many factors stacked against the Bulldogs. The pitching staff was already overworked from a taxing and ...

With Superintendent Stanley Ellis’ resignation officially approved, the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees hopes to have an interim superintendent tapped by its May meeting ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State soccer announced the arrival of another player through the transfer portal on Monday, signing veteran forward Nancy Almanza. The DeLand, Fla., native is a ...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Kenneth Ray “Kenny” Carr, 64, died April 19, 2025, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory.