In the wake of a politically charged climate surrounding immigration, some local businesses are facing heightened uncertainty. Immigration advocacy groups, like the National Immigration Law Center, ...

To anyone in Columbus for the last 49 years, the giant building at 1404 Old Aberdeen Road has always been Leigh Mall. But the Hull Property Group, which bought the mall in 2019 with the goal of ...

With the shuttering of Franklin Academy earlier this year, Columbus Municipal School District trustees must decide what comes next for the property. Ideas for the property, which has housed a school ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University announced new tailgating zones for the 2025 football season on Thursday, with the biggest change being the rezoning of The Junction, removing public ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – Supervisors on Monday approved a $55 million purchase agreement to sell OCH Regional Medical Center to Baptist Memorial Health Care, putting the deal on track to close this fall.

STARKVILLE – Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District is one step closer to getting a new Starkville High School. The board of trustees voted Tuesday to authorize borrowing up to $125 million ...

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COLUMBUS — Martha B. Moore, 64, died Aug. 10, 2025, at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes Funeral Home of ...

The former executive director of Mississippi State University’s Longest Student Health Center has had his medical license suspended for a year for engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a ...

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Three men were injured in a shooting Saturday afternoon outside of a home on Airline Road, according to a Columbus Police Department press release. CPD officers responded to a call of shots fired at ...

STARKVILLE — Jazzy music plays over the speaker of an engineering classroom on Aug. 3 in the Simrall Engineering Building at Mississippi State University. In the middle of the classroom-turned-dance ...