Bitterly cold temperatures in the Golden Triangle are making it difficult for some area schools to keep classrooms warm. A malfunction with New Hope Elementary’s boiler system left rooms cold ...

I was very disappointed in the Associated Press coverage of the actual swearing-in ceremony for President Trump. This is the sentence to which I am objecting: “Trump followed moments after noon ...

STARKVILLE — Nan Nelle Bright Gillis, 94, died Jan. 21, 2025, at OCH Regional Medical Center. Funeral services are at 3 p.m. Friday, at Welch Funeral Home, with the Rev. Clifton Curtis officiating.

CHAMBERS COUNTY, Ala. — A man fatally shot a fire battalion chief and wounded the driver of a car that hit a deer in rural Alabama, authorities said. The Coweta County fire department is ...

CLAY COUNTY — A missing man was found dead Tuesday in a lake in Clay County. Timothy Gillispie, 50, of Macon, was found Tuesday afternoon by authorities combing a lake along Waverly Road.

COLUMBUS — Selmon C. “Sarge” Guyton, 61, died Jan. 11, 2025, at University Medical Center in Jackson. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at El Bethel M.B. Church, with the Rev ...

One of things we have lost with the emergence of digital communication is a wonderful thing called being caught by surprise. Today, when something happens, we hear about it instantly, usually on ...

STARKVILLE — Mary Ehtel Hudson, 97, died Jan. 9, 2025, in Starkville. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, at New Zion United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Memorial Garden.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A female student was killed and another student was wounded Wednesday in a shooting in a Nashville high school cafeteria, police said. The 17-year-old shooter, who was also a ...

STEENS — Annie G. Richardson, 90, died Jan. 17, 2025. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at New Zion M.B. Church, with the Rev. Barnell Tate officiating. Burial will follow at the ...

COLUMBUS — Buraleen Hester Pearson, 87, died Jan. 22, 2025, at Trinity Healthcare. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Robinson Funeral Home, with the Rev. Jerry Mitchell officiating.

STARKVILLE — Some of Starkville’s most essential workers got a break from the cold Wednesday thanks to a lunch honoring their service and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., who was ...