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 ...

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 ...

From the Opinion Page of The Dispatch, the hosts of this podcast debate and discuss local news for Columbus and Lowndes County, Mississippi.

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 ...

The sound of gears clicking and whirring echoed through the classroom as robot sisters Sammy and Kenzie took center stage on a distant planet.

The city of Jackson announced 10 new chargers for electric vehicle owners on Thursday thanks to a $160,000 donation from Entergy.

A single-engine plane carrying a family of four crashed into a pasture in New Hope at about 4 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported.

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.