MSU, C Spire partner to test state’s first terabit network

C Spire and Mississippi State University have recently announced the successful testing of the state’s first terabit-speed network connection.

Aldermen interview two community development director candidates

Starkville aldermen interviewed two candidates for the city’s vacant Community Development Director position on Tuesday.

Partnership recounts growth, accomplishments of 2018

Greater Starkville Development Partnership leaders lauded the organization’s growth in 2018 at its annual banquet on Tuesday evening.

Talley gets 50 years in Cotton District rape case

A Monday morning guilty plea in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court has concluded a 2016 Cotton District sexual assault case.

Jerry Talley, 32, of McCool, was sentenced to 50 years in prison, with an additional 10 suspended, after he pleaded guilty to kidnapping and sexual battery.

Talley pleads guilty in Cotton District rape case

A Monday morning guilty plea in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court has concluded a 2016 Cotton District sexual assault case.

Families First seeks community funding options

A 35-day partial federal shutdown has forced a Family Centered Programs initiative to look to possible community funding avenues after learning it will no longer receive grant funding.

Agencies organizing support drives for federal workers

The day before President Donald Trump announced a deal to temporarily reopen the federal government after the longest shutdown in United States history, Golden Triangle agencies publicly asked for community donations to help local federal employees who have gone for more than a month without pay.

‘He was a good kid’: Mothers of deceased hazing victims tell their sons’ stories to members of MSU fraternities, sororities

Rae Ann Gruver can remember dropping off her son, Max, for the last time at Louisiana State University.

It was Aug. 15, 2017. It was, she said, a moment she’ll never forget. Her last photo with Max is from that day as they hugged while he moved in at LSU.

MDOT funds 7 bridge repairs in Okt., 1 in Lowndes

Lowndes County, Oktibbeha County and Starkville have landed more than $4.6 million combined in state funding for eight bridge repair projects through the Mississippi Department of Transportation’s Emergency Road and Bridge repair program.

Ashford, Elliott added to Starkville’s Unity Park

Annette Ashford Johnson can remember a story from the Civil Rights era in Starkville where three men who participated in a sit-in protest at a diner in Clayton Village were arrested.

Oktibbeha County moves ahead with bridge repair projects

Work will soon begin to repair two Oktibbeha County bridges that have been closed since late 2018.

Supervisors approved bids, totaling about $320,000, to repair bridges on Mt. Olive and Self Creek roads.

Starkville planning two pedestrian infrastructure projects

The city of Starkville is moving through the early stages of two infrastructure projects that should further the city’s ongoing efforts to improve pedestrian accessibility options.

SOCSD to launch career prep tracks at high school

The Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District is preparing to launch academic houses in the hopes of better preparing its high school students for career paths of their choosing.

Haddix named new Oktibbeha NAACP president

Yulanda Haddix has always had an eye for community service.

Now she’ll take her passion for involvement in the community to a new phase, as the newest president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’s Oktibbeha County chapter.

Starkville moves ahead with development code rewrite

Starkville is hoping to have the first draft of a long-awaited development code rewrite completed by early March.

MSU student launches nonprofit for rare disease

Amanda Swanton always thought she was a normal 16-year-old.

That changed one day when Swanton, while singing with her high school show choir, abruptly fainted.

’48 Hours’ to air special on Labor Day murders

Richard Schlesinger thought a “48 Hours” special might help stir enough interest in Starkville’s infamous Labor Day murders to help police solve the case.

It turned out the CBS News correspondent and his crew would get a front seat to the biggest break in the case since it opened in 1990.

Wright enters sheriff’s race as two drop out

Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Greg Wright has joined the race for sheriff as two other candidates have dropped out to support him.

Former county administrator passes away

Don Posey, a former Oktibbeha County administrator who served in the position for nearly 20 years, passed away in a Jackson hospital on Wednesday.

Court of Appeals rules in favor of Starkville industrial park rezoning

The state Court of Appeals has upheld an Oktibbeha County Circuit Court decision affirming the city of Starkville’s rezoning of land for an under-construction industrial park.