MSU women beat Auburn to end SEC slide

AUBURN, Ala. — Super Sunday turned out to be mighty super for the Mississippi State women’s basketball team.

MSU finally broke into the Southeastern Conference victory column Sunday afternoon with a 57-45 victory against Auburn University in the new AU Arena.

Bost makes big plays to lift MSU past LSU

BATON ROUGE, La. — Dee Bost didn’t have one of his better afternoons Saturday in the Mississippi State men’s basketball team’s 58-57 victory against LSU.

But Bost made the necessary plays to give the Bulldogs a much-needed victory.

Warren, Graham lead Rebels

FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Andy Kennedy knows there’s nothing his University of Mississippi men’s basketball team can do about its four-game losing streak to open Southeastern Conference play.

The Ole Miss coach knows it happened. It’s not going away.

Alabama stays hot, beats Tennessee in OT

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — The University of Alabama men’s basketball team is trying not to forget how it feels to lose while it’s busy dominating the Southeastern Conference.

Even as its offense struggled the Crimson Tide buckled down on defense and went 10-for-10 from the free-throw line in overtime to beat Tennessee 65-60 on Saturday.

Freedom struggles are topic of Colom’s Table Talk

Dorothy W. Colom, senior judge for the 14th Chancery Court District of Mississippi, will headline the Feb. 9 Friends of the Columbus-Lowndes Public Library Table Talk series and review Chris Myer Asch’s award-winning “Senator and the Sharecropper: The Freedom Struggles of James O. Eastland and Fannie Lou Hamer.”

Comedian, activist Dick Gregory to visit MUW stage Thursday

On Thursday, Feb. 10, Columbus will play host to one of the most important African-Americans of our time — Dick Gregory.

Oktibbeha museum fans the flames of Valentine’s Day

So many of our holidays have fallen victim to the political correctness police, but one holiday continues to warm the heart while Ole Man Winter insists on dumping snow, ice and rain on the country.

Johnson serves as CAC interim director

The Columbus Arts Council Board of Directors has named Elizabeth Johnson as interim executive director of the nonprofit organization.

Oktibbeha County Circuit Court 2-6-11

Judges Jim Kitchens and Lee Howard handed out sentences to more than a half-dozen defendants Wednesday in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.

Cotton District Arts Festival issues call for artisans

All area artists are invited to submit applications for consideration and possible inclusion in the Artisans’ Village, sponsored by the Greater Starkville Development Partnership, for the 16th annual Cotton District Arts Festival Saturday, April 23 (Easter weekend), in Starkville’s Historic Cotton District.

WINTER SMASHUP: Hundreds of wrecks reported across Golden Triangle (video)

Two Columbus police officers and several citizens were injured in wrecks Thursday and early today as hail, sleet and freezing rain iced roads and bridges in the Golden Triangle.

Gibbs, Kessinger will return to manage at Ole Miss

OXFORD — Baseball legends Jake Gibbs and Don Kessinger will return to the field at Oxford-University Stadium on Saturday to manage the Rebels and alumni in the program’s inaugural alumni game.

Most Golden Triangle schools, MUW closed Friday amid freezing weather

Lowndes and Clay County, West Point and Columbus city school districts, and Heritage Academy and Immanuel private schools, said they would stay closed Friday as freezing precipitation moved through the area Thursday night.

KiOR says it’s close to receiving federal loan guarantees for biofuel plants

KiOR, a Pasadena, Texas-based company, says it is a step closer to receiving federal loan guarantees to build four biofuel refineries — two in Mississippi and one each in Georgia and Texas.

Senate OKs ban on texting while driving

The Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that would ban texting while driving.

West Point animal shelter calls for volunteer help

They are there in all shapes and sizes, every color and every temperament waiting for someone to give them a real home.

Wrecks clog highways as weather worsens, bridges ice over

Golden Triangle rescue workers and police were responding to multiple accidents along Highway 82 and other areas as bridges and roads began to freeze Thursday evening.

Ole Miss signs top in-state talent

OXFORD — The University of Mississippi endured a difficult football season in the fall, stumbling to a 4-8 record and last place in the Southeastern Conference Western Division.

Coach Houston Nutt said his program went a long way toward rectifying those problems Wednesday, when the Rebels announced a 22-person signing class that fills needs in almost every area.

Alabama gets split signing day decisions

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — University of Alabama coach Nick Saban went in search of athletic defensive linemen and a few imposing blockers on offense.

The Crimson Tide has stocked up on both and apparently isn’t giving up hope of bringing in the two biggest lineman prizes.

Miss. Senate reconsiders, passes deer breeding bill

The Mississippi Senate has reconsidered and passed a bill that would allow genetically enhanced deer on breeding farms in the state.