Roy Whitehead, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away Monday June 30, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. A memorial service will be held at ...

Bobby Patrick Posted: June 30, 2025 COLUMBUS — Robert Alexander “Bobby” Patrick Jr., 78, died June 28, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m ...

Roger Harris Posted: June 27, 2025 SULLIGENT, Ala. — Roger Harris, 78, died June 24, 2025, at his residence. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Friday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, with Lon Moon ...

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Connie Locke Posted: July 8, 2025 MURRAY, Ky. — Connie Locke, 83, died July 2, 2025, in Murray. Funeral services will be at noon Thursday, at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home, with the Rev. Klaus R. Tate ...

STARKVILLE — Eddie James Davis, 59, died June 15, 2025, in Pearl. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, at Beth-el MB Church. Burial ...

Jimmy Craddieth Posted: July 8, 2025 COLUMBUS — Jimmy Craddieth, 85, died July 6, 2025, at Windsor Place. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus.

Cynthia “Cindy” Diane Jaynes Wingo, 65, died at her residence in New Hope, MS. A Celebration of Life service will be held at a later ...

William Cunningham Posted: July 2, 2025 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 ...

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.

Mississippi State continued its offseason roster overhaul, bringing in Achor Achor in the transfer portal on Friday. Achor most recently played at Kansas ...

Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District started the spring semester Tuesday without internet access thanks to a disruption to its computer service.