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Only one candidate submitted qualifying paperwork for an elected Columbus Municipal School District board seat ahead of Thursday’s 5 p.m. deadline.
A boutique hotel and new home for the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library will anchor a planned 15-acre development between the Cotton District and Mississippi State University.
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – Supervisors on Monday approved a $55 million purchase agreement to sell OCH Regional Medical Center to Baptist Memorial Health Care, putting the deal on track to close this ...
Position Preview: Looking at Mississippi State’s tight ends room for the 2025 season Veteran Traore, newcomer Reese could be impact players at the position ...
Mississippi State University members of the Famous Maroon Band aren’t just good musicians – they tend to be students who make everything look easy, including maintaining a high GPA.
Chris Curtis, owner of the Blue Moon Drive-In Theatre, holds his grandson, Christopher Henderson, 1, behind the concession stand counter Thursday morning. The drive-in, located in Gu-Win, Alabama ...
Supervisors unanimously agreed Monday to allow $700,000 left over state grant funding to be redirected toward relocating and upgrading the Josey Creek sewage pumping station, which serves ...
YouTube on Wednesday will begin testing a new age-verification system in the U.S. that relies on artificial intelligence to differentiate between adults and minors, based on the kinds of videos ...
President Donald Trump on Tuesday offered his assurances that U.S. troops would not be sent to help defend Ukraine against Russia after seeming to leave open the possibility the day before.
William Jerry “Sonny” Shelton, age 85, died Thursday, August 14, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital Columbus. A visitation will be held Sunday, August 17, 2025, ...
MCMULLEN, Ala. — Naomi “Shugg” Washington, 62, died Aug. 11, 2025, at Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m.
Even with no increase to the tax rate, the city stands to generate at least $106,000 in additional property tax revenue next year just from organic growth. Lowndes County Tax Assessor Greg Andrews ...