SULLIGENT, Ala. — Johnny Mack Brown, 82, died Oct. 17, 2025, at Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m.Thursday, at Otts Funeral Home, with military honors ...

Bobby Joe Peeks, age 87, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 18, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel ...

Steven Leonard Miles, age 72, died Monday, September 15, 2025, at his residence in Columbus, MS. A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held Saturday, October 25, 2025, at 10 a.m. at Church On ...

Betty Baldwin Sims, age 77, of Columbus, MS, passed away October 19, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, October 23, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Rev.

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 ...

STARKVILLE — Delores Elane Bradford Gibson, 85, died Oct. 9, 2025. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Peters Rock C.O.G.I.C. Visitation is from 3-6 p.m. Thursday at West Memorial Funeral ...

ATLANTA — An eighth body has been discovered at the site of a fiery Georgia highway crash between a semitrailer and van, Deputy Jackson County Coroner Dean Stringer said Tuesday. The victims were ...

VERNON, Ala. — Jerry D. Robertson, 78, died Oct. 13, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, at First Baptist Church in Vernon, with Joe Beckon ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...