Roy Whitehead, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away Monday June 30, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. A memorial service will be held at ...

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A municipal election voting precinct opened 30 minutes late Tuesday morning because an election worker’s vehicle containing ballots was repossessed overnight.

Justin Flake named Starkville Academy head baseball coach Flake led Heritage Academy to a state championship in 2019, and most recently was head coach at Grenada.

Mississippi State University is changing the name of the Holmes Center, pending approval by the state board of trustees of the Institutions of Higher Learning.

A single-engine plane carrying a family of four crashed into a pasture in New Hope at about 4 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported.

Every time Pastor and Judge Larnzy Carpenter Jr. is about to take the bench, he has a few things he likes to do.

A fire consumed part of a Starkville home early Friday morning, leaving one pet dead, though the family living there evacuated safely.

Keith Gaskin did not want to run for a second term as mayor. Apparently, that does not mean he wants out of city politics. Gaskin, 60, qualified as an independent to run for the Ward 1 council ...

Changes are coming to Oktibbeha County voting precincts, District 3 Election Commissioner Dennis Daniels told The Dispatch.

Airbus Helicopters hopes to make the Golden Triangle a little greener with a near 6-acre solar farm on the facility’s grounds along Airport Road.

A Starkville man has been arrested for child deprivation after a 2-year-old shot himself with an unsecured firearm.