STARKVILLE — Terry Abel, a two-time graduate of Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering, has received NASA’s prestigious Silver Snoopy award, an honor given to employees and contractors for ...

This is the second in a series of local columns that seek to defend higher education against recent political attacks. Since 2015, both Gallup and the Pew Research Center have documented a significant ...

A while back I was rummaging through my closet off the bedroom, probably to find something that wasn’t a black T-shirt to wear that day, when I came across a shirt that seemed familiar but it looked ...

Mississippi State takes on Florida this weekend at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville. Here’s a look at who has the edge at each position. Shapen is the more experienced player and may well have ...

DALLAS — Susan G. Komen, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, completed its own analysis comparing the disparity in mortality rates in 2014 and 2023 between Black women and white women with ...

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 ...

COLUMBUS — David Searcy Baucom Sr., 80, died Oct. 13, 2025, in Columbus. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory.

HAMILTON, Ala. — Charles E. “Luck” Fields, 68, died Oct. 7, 2025, at his residence. A private graveside service will be held at a later date. Otts Funeral Home of Sulligent is in charge of ...

Elena “Jane” Norma Brown, 71, of Columbus, MS, passed away Monday, October 13, 2025, at her residence. Visitation will be Thursday, October 16, 2025, from 5:00 P ...

STARKVILLE — Gayland Mario Hall, 54, died Sept. 26, 2025, at Rankin County Hospital in Pearl. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Peter’s Rock Family Worship Center, with Joseph Hawkins ...

ETHELSVILLE, Ala. — Melisa “Lisa” Jones Matthews, 59, died Oct. 10, 2025, at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 2 p ...

John Landon Atkins, 71, of Millport, Alabama, passed away Monday, October 13, 2025, at Aliceville Manor Nursing Home in Aliceville, Alabama. Visitation will be on ...