COLUMBUS — Curtis “Bruh” Richardson, 69, died June 19, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Providence M.B. Church, ...

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ALICEVILLE, Ala. — William C. “W.C.” Cunningham, 75, died June 27, 2025, at Aliceville Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, July 12 ...

COLUMBUS — Roy E. Whitehead, 82, died June 30, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral ...

COLUMBUS — Robert Alexander “Bobby” Patrick Jr., 78, died June 28, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 2 ...

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Just an hour south of Starkville lies one of the greatest collections of country music artifacts in the world, a collection that will soon have a new museum thanks to a partnership with the ...

Li-ya Wilson, left, and Darien Hardy control their robots Iris and Lloyd as teacher assistant Kenna Henkel plays the characters’ pre-recorded lines from her laptop. A sound-system malfunction ...

Every year, roughly 230 of the state’s most gifted students flock to Columbus, prepared to take on the challenge of succeeding at Mississippi’s most academically rigorous high school.

A routine traffic stop turned into a drug bust Monday when Lowndes County sheriff’s deputies discovered 14 kilograms of illegal drugs.

MSU forwards Adia Symmonds, right, and Zoe Main, left, at the USWNT College Talent ID Camp in Atlanta this week. Main and her new freshman teammate are competing along with 40 other college ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State announced the hiring of the 19th head baseball coach in program history on Sunday, naming Hall of Famer Brian O’Connor ...