STARKVILLE – Cobwebs, fake blood and skeletons will decorate the theater at Mississippi State University’s McComas Hall for a haunted house from Thursday to Saturday. This will be the second year ...

Patrice Butts keeps a photo of her mother and sister on her desk at Safe Haven, where she works as a case manager for victims of domestic violence. Both women were killed in 2016 in an act of domestic ...

Executive Director of Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum Derek Aaron, left, holds a handful of candy while Patricia Coley places candy in a bag for Maddie Grace Jones, 5, Thursday during Pumpkinpalooza.

Residents of the Downtown Historic District began receiving letters recently from the city’s building department reminding them of what changes to their property require prior approval. For most, the ...

Award-winning chef and bestselling author Jeff Henderson brought more than recipes to Mississippi University for Women last week. Before headlining the 2025 Welty Gala on Friday evening, Henderson ...

In 2024, Mississippi’s infant mortality rate was recorded at a rate of 9.7 deaths per 1,000 births within their first year of life, or roughly one death out of every 100 babies born. That puts the ...

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State head coach Brian O’Connor’s first task when he arrived in Starkville in June was to meet with the returning players from a disappointed and frustrated baseball team. In ...

A fire early Sunday destroyed a Northside home, according to Columbus Fire and Rescue Chief Duane Hughes. Firefighters responded at about 1 a.m. to 1402 Eighth Ave. N., Hughes said. By then, the house ...

For the past seven years, 81-year-old Rayness Tulipan has been helping to make the dead rise at the Columbus Fairgrounds during the Community Benefit Committee’s annual haunted house. Over time, he ...

NOXUBEE COUNTY – Residents could see a face lift coming for their parks and downtown areas in the near future after the county was selected for an Environmental Protection Agency program that aims to ...

A grand re-opening ceremony for Hunt Intermediate School is scheduled for the end of October, nearly three months after the school year began. The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees ...

The Old Waverly Club announced the reopening of its Mossy Oak Golf Course on Thursday, reintroducing one of the top-rated courses in Mississippi after a redesign spearheaded by former U.S. Open ...