When Betty Bryan first walked into Franklin Academy as a student in 1951, one of her aunts was the principal and another was a third-grade teacher. “It was just like being at home,” she told ...

STARKVILLE — A new chapter has begun for the Starkville Area Arts Council, with a new face at the helm. Former Interim Executive Director Juliette Reid announced in March that she would be ...

An Artesia teenager was arrested Friday and charged in connection with a March 29 robbery in Lowndes County. Anthony Hill Jr., 18, of Artesia was arrested at about 11 p.m. Friday for traffic ...

Facing NiJaree Canady for the fourth time in the last two seasons, Mississippi State forced Texas Tech’s superstar ace into by far her worst start of the year in terms of runs allowed.

ALICEVILLE, Ala. — David Devon “Heavy D” Prude, 35, died May 16, 2025, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, at Pickensville Church of Christ in ...

JACKSON – The following local students swerve among a select number of students named to Belhaven University’s Spring 2025 Adult, Graduate and Online President’s List. Local students include ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans, potentially exposing them to deportation. The court’s order, with ...

East Mississippi Community College conducted spring 2025 graduation ceremonies May 9 and May 10, in the Lyceum Auditorium on the college’s Golden Triangle campus. Two commencement ceremonies ...

STARKVILLE — A Starkville man and his wife were arrested on Sunday in connection to a stabbing that occurred Saturday night at Chandler Park Apartments. William “Gene” Roberts, 54, was taken ...

A 71-year-old woman walks into a cannabis dispensary. She recently got her medical marijuana card, and she wants to branch out beyond just topicals. But she doesn’t want to inhale smoke.

NOXUBEE COUNTY — Annie Ruth Skinner, 82, died at Noxubee General Hospital in Macon. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Mount Zion M.B. Church in Brooksville, with George Cain ...

A Columbus man was sentenced Thursday to eight years in prison for manslaughter in connection with a three-car collision that resulted in one death. Joseph Tailor Gwathney, 21, of Columbus pleaded ...