On Saturday, Wright Thompson will deliver the keynote address for the Possumtown Book Fest at the Rosenzweig Arts Center’s Omnova Theatre, and the timing ...

GE Appliances plans to shift production of refrigerators, gas ranges and water heaters out of China and Mexico as part of a more than $3 billion investment to expand its U.S. operations in ...

An inmate at Lowndes County Adult Detention Center died Sunday evening after suffering a “catastrophic medical event.” Sammy Harris, 44, was being taken from one cell to another on a higher ...

The Justice Department has subpoenaed New York Attorney General Letitia James as part of an investigation into whether she violated President Donald Trump’s civil rights, according to people ...

Just two weeks before Casey Thomas was set to graduate from Mississippi State with a degree in marketing, she changed her mind.

The Supreme Court on Thursday refused for now to block enforcement of a Mississippi law aimed at regulating the use of social media by children, an issue of growing national concern.

Harvard University and the Trump administration are getting close to an agreement that would require the Ivy League university to pay $500 million to regain access to federal funding and to end ...

Mississippi State University’s newest and largest student residence hall is officially open, and Azalea Hall is welcoming its first occupants this week to launch the 2025-26 academic year.

Despite Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District’s plans to borrow up to $125 million to build a new high school by 2027, that debt will not show up in next year’s tax bill for ...

David Pate; 1610 Waterworks Road; demolition; same Columbus/Lowndes Habitat; 1110 Gardner Blvd.; roof; Hollis Roofing MHC2LLC; 1215 Second Ave. N.; sign ...

In Wednesday’s edition, The Dispatch reported the arrest of a teenager, who allegedly threatened and hit another minor with a gun while recording a video that quickly went viral.

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