NOXUBEE COUNTY — Omarion “OJ” Jones, 18, died Dec. 17, 2024, in Noxubee County. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday, at Noxubee County High School, with Montreal Rucker officiating.

NORTHPORT, Ala. — Jesse Bishop, 71, died Dec. 17, 2024, at Hospice of West Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, at New Wright M.B. Church in Aliceville ...

COLUMBUS — Lucie Riggsbee, 82, died Dec. 20, 2024, at Trinity Healthcare. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus.

COLUMBUS — Ella Jean “E.J.” Evans, 56, died Dec. 20, 2024, at Erlanger Hospital in Chattanooga, Tennessee. A private graveside service will be held at Friendship Cemetery. Visitation will ...

STARKVILLE — Starkville High School head football coach Chris Jones was named the new head coach at Hinds Community College on Monday, ending an eight-year run with the Jackets. The Starkville ...

Mississippi State and head coach Samantha Ricketts will have their work cut out for them in the new-look Southeastern Conference in 2025. What was already the toughest conference in college ...

Mayor Keith Gaskin on Friday vetoed a city council decision to assign two police officers to community service for getting into an altercation in front of the Municipal Complex. At Chief Joseph ...

SEATTLE — The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a honey bee hive in a matter of hours, has been declared ...

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin 15-year-old who shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student Monday was only in her first semester at the school but seemed to be settling in, a school official ...

A Starkville man was arrested for allegedly hitting a police car after fleeing a traffic stop early Friday evening. Jaquez Gray, 24, is charged with failure to yield when an officer signals and ...

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WEST POINT — Xzavier Orr was about to go into the ninth grade when his house burned down, and his family lost almost everything. But as his mother tried to figure out what to do next, she got a ...