OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – An Ethel man died in a two-vehicle collision Tuesday morning on Highway 12. Marvin Graham, 54, was driving east on Highway 12 near Smith Road at about 6 a.m. when a second vehicle ...

STARKVILLE – The final nail was the most painful for Mississippi State on Thursday night. After falling behind 10-2 to a prolific Georgia team, the home team Bulldogs didn’t give up. They clawed their ...

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WASHINGTON — A key measure of inflation stayed high in February, before the war in Iran spiked gas prices, a sign that everyday costs were elevated even before the conflict began. An inflation gauge ...

SULLIGENT, Ala. — Melinda Ann Allen, 57, died April 4, 2026, at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Thursday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, with B.J. Mills ...

Jerry Lamar Chunn went home to Jesus on April 8, 2026, at age 89. Jerry will be greatly missed. A celebration of life service will be Saturday, April 11, 2026, at 1:00 P.M. at Whitehall Church in ...

WEST POINT — Octavious Griffin, 80, died March 28, 2026, at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital in Elmhurst, Illinois. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. at Mt. Zion M.B. Church in West Point, with Vernon ...

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MABEN — James Earl Banks, 59, died March 30, 2026, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Grove Chapel M.B. Church, with the Rev. Frederick ...

Artemis II Mission Manager Matthew Ramsey played for Mississippi State in the early 1990s as a pitcher before leaving the team to pursue his engineering education. Ramsey, a Hernando native, graduated ...

Charles Herron knows a thing or two about football. He’s been the defensive coordinator at West Point, one of the most successful programs in Mississippi, for the past 15 years. In his tenure, the ...

Betsy Poag Jones, 71, of Starkville, MS, passed away peacefully at her residence on Sunday, April 5, 2026, The funeral service will be held at Welch Funeral Home in Starkville, MS, on April 8, 2026.