MACON — Mary Hopkins, 95, died June 21, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at New Hope U.M Church, with Kory Bridges officiating. Burial will follow at the ...

The Dispatch relies on the people like you to help keep us informed. Do you know of an interesting event coming up? Are you aware of possible wrong-doing that needs investigating?

ALICEVILLE, Ala. — William C. “W.C.” Cunningham, 75, died June 27, 2025, at Aliceville Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, at St. John Baptist Church in ...

COLUMBUS — Roy E. Whitehead, 82, died June 30, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral ...

COLUMBUS — Robert Alexander “Bobby” Patrick Jr., 78, died June 28, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Baptist Church ...

From the Opinion Page of The Dispatch, the hosts of this podcast debate and discuss local news for Columbus and Lowndes County, Mississippi.

COLUMBUS — Arnold Chandler, 82, died June 28, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes Funeral Home ...

Aldermen denied an exception for Burns Dirt to open a borrow pit on Pat Station Road, after a resident of a nearby home on Tuesday night raised objections to the company’s operations in the area ...

EUGENE, Ore. — Mississippi State decathlete Peyton Bair won the national championship at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. on Thursday, ...

Across the country, women make up only 11.5% of payroll employees in the construction industry. But at FORGE Girls Construction Camp this week, every camper hammering nails, pouring concrete, and ...

STARKVILLE — Starkville High School’s athletics complex is currently undergoing renovations, with work being done to re-turf the football, baseball and softball fields. The board of trustees ...

A pair of severe thunderstorms ripped through the Golden Triangle on Saturday and Sunday, downing trees and causing power outages and flooding roads throughout the area. A storm that passed ...