The Lowndes County Board of Supervisors is withdrawing more than $1.1 million from its hospital trust fund this year. The trust was established with $30 million the county received from the sale ...

OXFORD — Following a shocking loss at home to Kentucky, Ole Miss head coach Lane Kiffin was keen on not being reactionary. One game in a 12-game regular-season slate doesn’t have to tell the ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State soccer kept rolling on Sunday, dominating LSU in a 2-0 home win. The Bulldogs moved to 9-1 and 3-0 in Southeastern Conference play thanks to another shutout ...

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COLUMBUS — Mark Shawn Eads, 52, died Sept. 26, 2024, in Conroe, Texas. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory Columbus.

Politicians often depend on numbers to make their argument. But numbers can be confusing and misleading. Supporters of eliminating the income tax cite a lot of numbers to bolster their contention ...

FORGE is excited to get an early start in celebrating Careers in Construction Month, which begins on Oct. 1, by distributing 180 tool kits to seventh-graders at Columbus Middle School. This ...

COLUMBUS — Mississippi University for Women had another busy week in the athletic department, with four of its programs seeing action last week. Estabrook It was another big week for the Owls ...

I was never really given a choice. From Day 1, my fate as a Mississippi State fan was signed, sealed and delivered. There’s a photo of me just before I turned two years old in a matching MSU ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is sending a “few thousand” troops to the Middle East to bolster security and to defend Israel if necessary, the Pentagon said Monday. The announcement follows word ...

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud ...