The superintendent for Caledonia Water and Sewer was arrested Thursday after fighting his son and threatening his family with a pistol. Christopher Bradley Box, 46, is charged with felony domestic ...

Police Chief Joseph Daughtry is taking a $14,000 pay cut to fill the same position in Yazoo City. Yazoo City aldermen unanimously hired Daughtry during their meeting Monday, offering him a salary of ...

The city council on Tuesday hired a Gadsden, Alabama-based company to manage the Sen. Terry Brown Amphitheater and tapped a downtown company to give the facility’s marketing some local flavor. The ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first-of-its-kind pill that can drastically reduce cholesterol in a way that’s previously only been available with expensive, injectable ...

STARKVILLE – Authorities have identified the man allegedly killed by his roommate Tuesday in their residence. In a text to The Dispatch on Wednesday, Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt identified ...

Having grown up in West Point, Bruce Simpson was tired of driving down Main Street to see door after door of downtown buildings closed. Now Old Growth Holdings, a company Simpson founded with two ...

Funeral services will be 11 a.m. Saturday, at Otts Funeral Home, with Steven Sanderson officiating. Burial will follow at Wofford Cemetery. Otts Funeral Home of Sulligent, Alabama, is in charge of ...

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Stephen Chapel M.B. Church in Columbus, with Claude Long officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 2-6 p.m. Friday, ...

Frances Earline Jourdan Howell passed away on July 18, 2026, at her home in Starkville, Mississippi. She was surrounded by her family that cared for her until the end. She graduated from Brooksville ...

She used to be a “five, five and five girl” — five minutes each of prayer, worship and reading her Bible every morning. Now she says she can’t look at her Bible without crying. “If I start to pray, ...

New Hope announced on Friday that a familiar face from the Golden Triangle has made its way onto the staff of the Trojans’ football team – former Starkville Academy head coach Chase Nicholson. After ...

The Southside Blues Festival returned to Townsend Park Thursday for its 21st year with Youth Night, music and the start of the annual softball tournament. Festivalgoers are invited back to the park ...