Jerry Howard Powell, age 78, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 26, 2025, at the State Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS. Funeral services were Sunday, November 30, 2025, at 2:00 PM at Memorial ...

MILLPORT, Ala. — Lon Edward “Eddy” Wright, 79, died Nov. 26, 2025. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Dowdle Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Ebenezer Cemetery. Visitation is one hour ...

NOXUBEE COUNTY — Bruce Cunningham, 61, died Nov. 25, 2025. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Macon.

VERNON, Ala. — Bobby Dwight Gault, 82, died Nov. 23, 2025. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, at Chandler Funeral home with Kevin Brown and J.D. Markham officiating. Burial will follow at ...

Dennis Lawrence Perkins, age 66 of Springdale, Arkansas, passed away on Thursday, October 2, 2025, in Fayetteville. He was born November 10, 1958 in Harlingen, Texas to the late Ottis Lawrence Perkins ...

COLUMBUS – On the way to the assembly line at Airbus, a sign reads, “392 days without an accident.” It’s a reminder of the care and attention to detail required by the workers, both for their own ...

STARKVILLE – The Mississippi State defense was reeling, but had seemingly done just enough damage control to keep from collapsing before halftime. No. 5 Georgia was up 17-7 with 30 seconds to play in ...

Golden Triangle residents can take a trip around the world this weekend without ever leaving the area during the Mississippi School for Mathematics’ International Culture Festival, to be held on the ...

Police are investigating a Friday night shooting that left two teens injured. Officers responded at about 8:15 p.m. to Clover Street after reports of shots fired, according to a Columbus Police ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – East Oktibbeha Wastewater District is nearly halfway done with a $1.4 million sewer expansion into the northeastern part of the county, while expansion south of Starkville remains ...

Add another $1 million toward completing the Sen. Terry Brown Amphitheater on the Island. City council members voted 4-0 in a special-call meeting Thursday, held over Zoom, to accept the contribution ...

Today’s column continues the stories of veterans of the American Revolution who resided in Lowndes County. I have previously written about Willam Cocke and Silas McBee. Another veteran living here was ...