STARKVILLE — The crowd in the Junction grew quiet Saturday afternoon as 7-year-old All-American dog Boom Boom prepared for her dive into the pool. Boom Boom’s owner, Laura O’Donnell, placed ...

STARKVILLE – After dropping the series’ first contest to South Carolina on Friday night, Mississippi State responded by slugging its way to an 11-4 victory on Saturday afternoon at Dudy Noble ...

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Mississippi lawmakers have reached an agreement to ban diversity, equity and inclusion programs and a list of “divisive concepts” from public schools across the state education system ...

Voter turnout in the 2025 municipal primaries for Columbus and Starkville showed improvement compared to low participation in 2021, though Columbus fell short of its higher turnout in 2017 ...

COLUMBUS – A municipal election voting precinct opened 30 minutes late Tuesday morning because an election worker’s vehicle containing ballots was repossessed overnight. The receiving and ...

Sanders said CBC will get by on donated food until it can find another opportunity to fundraise. Typically that would come in June or July from the group’s annual gala, but given the upfront ...

Mississippi District 41 Rep. Kabir Karriem will serve as chairman of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus after being sworn in Wednesday. Karriem was elected as chairman by members of the ...

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Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill to overhaul Mississippi’s tax system — one that many lawmakers inadvertently voted for because of typos — into law on Thursday. This sets Mississippi on a path ...

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Three suspects have been arrested for a shooting over the weekend that resulted in no injuries and involved a child. Christopher Brown, 33, of West Point, Jennifer Bass, 31, of Starkville and ...