A new partnership between Columbus Municipal School District and Mississippi University for Women aims to strengthen the pipeline of future teachers moving from the university into district classrooms ...

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NOXUBEE COUNTY — Braylan Dale, 16, died Jan. 22, 2026. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Macon.

WASHINGTON — The House rejected a Democratic-backed resolution Thursday that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending U.S. military forces to Venezuela after a tied vote on the ...

STARKVILLE – Sarah Saidi, a co-owner of 76 Gas and Grill on Highway 12, invested her life savings when she and her family moved from New York to Starkville last year, hoping to open a second ...

DAVOS, Switzerland — President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that he was scrapping his planned tariffs on eight European nations in an effort to force U.S. control over Greenland, pulling a ...

STARKVILLE – A Sturgis teen is behind bars following a Sunday morning shooting at Sonic Drive-In, located at 913 Hwy. 12 W. Jakobe George, 19, is charged with attempted murder, according to booking ...

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion on Thursday over allegations that JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to him and his ...

COLUMBUS — Tommie James Fraizer Sr., 72, died Jan. 16, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Goldent Triangle. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Stephen Chapel M.B. Church, with the Rev.

WEST POINT — Orson Roderic Shelton, 58, died Jan. 17, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, at St. Paul M.B. Church in Starkville. Burial will ...

HOMOSASSA, Fla. — Eleanor G. Comeau, 77, died Jan. 22, 2026, at HCA Florida Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Florida. A celebration of life will be held at Lowndes Funeral Home. Lowndes Funeral Home ...

COLUMBUS — Walter Keirn James Jr., 93, died Jan. 2026, at Aurora Health and Rehabilitation. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory of ...