CLAY COUNTY – A mother is dead following a Monday shooting on East Hazelwood Road. Her adult son is believed to have shot her in the head before turning the gun on himself, Sheriff Eddie Scott told ...

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory of Columbus.

Jerry “Allen” Fitch, 61, originally from Columbus, Mississippi, passed away on May 31, 2026, at his home in Millbrook, Alabama. Allen was born on September 5, 1964, in Columbus, Mississippi, to Cecil ...

Gregory “Mark” Price, 64 of Columbus, MS, passed away Friday, May 29, 2026, at his residence. A memorial service will be held June 13, 2026, at 10:00 AM at Calvary Baptist Church, Columbus, MS, with ...

A Saucier-based roofing company racked up 10 citations and was assessed more than $82,000 in penalties by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration following an incident at Mississippi ...

Ace Hardware in Starkville is officially closing down. Chad Porter of the Louisville store confirmed the Starkville location will close by the end of June or possibly earlier than that, depending on ...

Stan McCrary still remembers the first day he took his grandson, Jefferey Turner, fishing at Barksdale Catfish Lakes in 2021. The two found a quiet corner and went to work casting out Turner’s fishing ...

With Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District borrowing $101 million for the new Starkville High School, property owners in the district are set to pay hundreds of dollars more on their next ...

Already more than 2,000 miles away from home, Mississippi State’s softball team begins its trek to the Women’s College World Series today against St. Mary’s (Ca.) in Oregon as a part of the Eugene ...

STARKVILLE – The new Starkville High School project now has a price tag and a bond issue to match. During its regular meeting Tuesday at the Greensboro Center, the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated ...

LAMAR COUNTY, Ala. – Two Columbus Air Force Base pilots ejected safely from an aircraft Tuesday in west Alabama. The pilots were flying a T-38 Talon II in a training exercise at about noon when they ...

Oliver Latham was in his apartment singing along to karaoke with two friends during a birthday party April 17 when shouting outside interrupted the night. At first, he thought a fight had broken out ...