Articles by Carl Smith
SOCSD shakes up high school leadership team
Three core Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District functions will have new leaders for the upcoming 2016-2017 academic year.
MSU examines policies after Jumbotron accident
Mississippi State University officials pledged to review all applicable policies surrounding the security of their facilities and prosecute future trespassers after a junior environmental economics and management major fell to his death Saturday.
LINK: Starkville airport extension issue could take 16th section park option off table
Issues surrounding the planned George M. Bryan Airport runway expansion project could negate the construction of an access road in a proposed industrial park south of the area, thereby eliminating one of three industrial park options.
MSU student dies after fall from Jumbotron
A Mississippi State University student died after falling at least 20 feet from one of Davis Wade Stadium’s video boards early Saturday.
Tiered fees added for Oktibbeha county development guidelines
Oktibbeha County supervisors tacked on a tiered application fee to a proposed development review process at their Monday meeting.
Man arrested in Cotton District rape, assault
A McCool man was arrested in connection to a Sunday rape and assault in the Cotton District.
Law enforcement: Beware of IRS scam, mailbox theft
Two local law enforcement agencies are warning residents to be aware of scammers posing as Internal Revenue Agency employees.
Aldermen raise taxes to fund SPD improvements
Eleven months of renovations will solve an issue that has plagued Starkville for 20 years.
Lowndes, Columbus officials miss financial disclosure deadline
Numerous elected Lowndes County and Columbus area officials failed to file their 2015 statements of economic interest online with the Mississippi Ethics Commission by Sunday’s deadline.
Affidavits: West Point man allegedly bound male victim, raped female
A West Point man is behind bars after he allegedly assaulted a man, bound him with shoelaces and raped a woman in the Cotton District Sunday, court documents state.
Oktibbeha County picks industrial park plan, pledges $7M toward development
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors voted 4-0 Monday to select the Golden Triangle Development LINK’s large industrial park option — 400 acres near the Highway 82-Highway 25 juncture — as a potential development site and directed the organization to prepare a $7 million bond intent notice for the project.
12 county, city officials miss financial disclosure deadline
Twelve of 31 elected officials in Oktibbeha County — including three state lawmakers, three supervisors, three county incumbents and three Starkville aldermen — failed to file their 2015 statements of economic interest online with the Mississippi Ethics Commission by Sunday’s deadline.
Oktibbeha supes to discuss site development guidelines, process
Oktibbeha supervisors could call for public hearings to be scheduled Monday for the county’s first set of site development guidelines and regulations.
MSU pushes fundraising goal to $1B
Mississippi State University officials extended the school’s most successful fundraising campaign’s goal to $1 billion by 2020 after Infinite Impact reached its original $600 million goal in December.
MSU’s Raspet tests drone and aircraft collision
Since computer models and data simulations only go so far to predict real world events, Mississippi State University researchers are preparing to shoot drones from an air cannon into the turning blades of an active jet engine and other common aircraft parts.
MSU Student Association slams religious freedom bill
The Mississippi State University Student Association passed a resolution Tuesday slamming the Legislature’s recent passage of House Bill 1523 — the religious freedom bill — and urged local and state lawmakers to protect residents from discrimination.
Arrests made in McDonald’s robbery, Sportsplex burglary
Local law enforcement agents arrested an off-duty McDonald’s employee accused of robbing the 817 Highway 12 restaurant at gunpoint last week.
Alabama man charged with Sports Center burglary
The Starkville Police Department has charged an Alabama man with commercial burglary following a break in at Sports Center.
Holloway: Tax-neutral bond could be unveiled this summer
With a legislative promise for school construction funds in tow, Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District administrators and trustees are now expected to begin discussions on moving forward with a local bond that will help build a grades 6-7 campus for all Oktibbeha County schoolchildren.
Starkville applying for loan to help pay for new meters
Starkville is applying for a $554,800 capital improvements loan through the Mississippi Development Authority to assist with its transition to automated electric and water meters.
Bulldogs announce 2025-25 men’s golf schedule
July 24, 2025
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