Pay, work hours to decrease for OCH employees

OCH Regional Medical Center CEO Richard Hilton confirmed some hospital employees will see a slight reduction in pay and work hours as the company attempts to offset rising expenses and lower reimbursements for health care services.

Hood aiming for Zacharias road bill in next legislative session

State Rep. Joey Hood, R-Ackerman, confirmed Tuesday he will again propose renaming a portion of a local roadway after former Mississippi State University President Donald Zacharias in the upcoming legislative session.

Arrest warrant issued for robbery suspect

Starkville police officers are searching for a suspect who allegedly robbed someone after first asking for money.

Miss. House Speaker gets input during ‘Idea Tour’

Twelve area residents pitched various ideas — defund the Affordable Care Act, get out of Common Core educational standards and protect gun owners’ rights — during Miss. House Speaker Phillip Gunn’s “Mississippi Solutions — An Ideas Tour” stop Tuesday at Mississippi State University.

Supervisors, EMCC interested in Starkville satellite facility

East Mississippi Community College and Oktibbeha County representatives say they’re willing to work together on a partnership that would bring a workforce training satellite facility to Starkville.

One down, and more to come

As economic developers and business representatives shook hands after C Spire announced it will construct a $22 million data-processing facility in Starkville, local leaders trumped up the successful relationship between Oktibbeha County and the Golden Triangle Development Link, and set their sights on the next job-producing investment.

Partnership increasing advertising, salary line items

Increased Greater Starkville Development Partnership revenues will help pay for more advertising and marketing, a tool CEO Jennifer Gregory says directly impacts tourism and out-of-town spending in Starkville.

C Spire to build data-processing site in Starkville

C Spire officials announced Thursday the company will build a $22 million data-processing center at Mississippi State University’s Thad Cochran Research Park, a move which marks the first significant Oktibbeha County investment landed by the Golden Triangle Development Link.

School plans narrowing but still undecided

The Commission on Consolidated Starkville School District Structure laid out two plans to address short- and long-term, merger-created logistical needs Thursday but did not cement options on how to successfully join the two systems’ student populations in 2015.

Law enforcement efforts ramping up for Bulldog Bash

As Starkville’s weekend population swells with visitors to Bulldog Bash and Mississippi State University’s home game against Louisiana State University, local law enforcement agencies will increase the amount of officers patrolling city and county roads.

Board places sidewalk, landscaping ordinances under microscope

Starkville aldermen unanimously tasked Community Developer William Snowden with reviewing the city’s sidewalk and landscaping ordinances after two representatives –Ward 2’s Lisa Wynn and Ward 3’s David Little — said the rules place unfair, economic development-prohibiting burdens on property owners.

Project Cumulus appears to be a done deal for Starkville

State and local government officials, higher education leaders and economic developers are expected to announce a major breakthrough concerning Project Cumulus, a proposed $20 million technology initiative, Thursday at the Thad Cochran Research Park.

Final approval sought for medical center’s tax abatement

Starkville aldermen are expected to approve a tax abatement request Tuesday that exempts ad valorem property assessments Medical Development properties LLC’s Premier Imaging facility up to 2020.

Enrollment reports confirm consolidation needs

The process of logistically joining Oktibbeha County’s two school systems will be a plan driven by raw numbers and dictated by campus capacity constraints and yet-to-be secured funding for potential construction and renovations.

Fire station park improvements soon moving forward

Starkville Main Street Association will soon bid out the first phase of its Starkville Fire Station No. 1 improvement project, a plan which includes infrastructure and accessibility upgrades near the intersection of Lampkin and Montgomery streets, Greater Starkville Development Partnership CEO Jennifer Gregory confirmed Thursday.

Hood among 40 AGs asking FDA for e-cigarette regulations

Forty state attorneys general, including Mississippi’s Jim Hood, co-signed a letter this week imploring the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to issue more-stringent regulations on electronic cigarette advertising, ingredients and sales by Oct. 31.

Starkville vying to become C Spire’s first gigabit city

Starkville was one of the first Mississippi cities Tuesday to put their name in the hat to become C Spire’s first recipient of ultra-fast Internet access.

C Spire officials launched Fiber to the Home, a substantial investment that will develop fiber optic Internet capabilities in the state.

County education building in limbo

As consolidation committee members turn their attention to forming a unified school district’s structure for students, the fate of the county’s education building remains an unsettled issue.

Starkville sees second-best July on record in sales tax receipts

Starkville collected $441,240.29 in non-2 percent sales tax receipts for July, a figure which represents the second-best July on record for the city.

Sales tax returns for the calendar year continue to track closely to 2012’s pace.

Cornerstone Park again part of Link development strategy

Cornerstone Park, an industrial site located south of the Miss. Highway 12 and Miss. Highway 25 bypass, has been submitted for at least two economic development projects after inventory and logistical analysis revealed 4-County Electric Power Association can commit more electricity than developers once believed.