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‘We need more Hollys’: MSU celebrates alumna’s selfless, lifesaving act for her student
Holly Allgood was in her classroom at Tupelo’s Early Childhood Education Center with her student, Bowen Dorr, when the phone call came – she was a match.
Ireland’s Pat Byrne to appear at The Barn
Irish singer-songwriter Pat Byrne, now living in Austin, Texas, will appear at The Barn on Thursday.
DAR chapter hosts Gold Star Family memorial service
The term “Gold Star Family” is a modern reference that comes from the service flag first flown by families during World War I.
Bobby Halford passes ‘the master’ as state’s all-time leader in victories
April, 1985: Ronald Reagan was president. Bill Allain was Mississippi’s governor. John C. Stennis still represented Mississippi in the U.S. Senate. Chicago Cubs second baseman
Three arrested after allegedly burglarizing same store twice
Three people are behind bars after they allegedly burglarized the same business on two different nights.
Officials in a Mississippi county settle lawsuit filed by 2 Black men tortured by deputies
Rankin County officials announced last week that they had settled a lawsuit filed by Michael Jenkins and Eddie Parker—who were brutalized by sheriff’s deputies in 2023 — for $2.5 million.
Letter: Comparing leaders
In Saturday’s performance by the Starkville-MSU Symphony Orchestra, I heard Aaron Copland’s “Lincoln Portrait.” Lincoln’s speeches as his nation was being rent by civil war
Mary Means Business: New fitness group acquires three local gyms
According to Mississippi’s recent health reports, the Magnolia State consistently ranks near the bottom for physical health.
Lowndes County Building Permits, May 7, 2025
Spec; Sleepy Fawn Pk., construct s/f residence; Mike McElhenney James Culberson; 183 Marilyns Pl., construct pool; owner Michael Carney; 1313 Halbert Road; construct storage/shop; owner
Oktibbeha County Divorces, April 2025
Divorces Jessica M Drummons and James K Drummond; April 24 Steven Wiley and Autumn Wiley; April 30 Lekritra Rice and Armand Rice; April 9 Ethel
Lowndes County Marriages and Divorces, April 2025
Marriages McKinley Williams and Chasisty Butler; April 1 Mark Lewis and Melissa Greene; April 3 Ervin Coburn and Angele N’Guessan; April 4 Harold Pounders and
City of Columbus Building Permits, April 28-May 1, 2025
Bennier Aaron Jr.; 822 Burgandy Drive; building; George Harris Will Swedenburg et al; 2321-F Highway 45 North; sign for Unwind Esthetics; Brea Liddell Columbus-Lowndes Riverwalk;
Lowndes County Building Permits, April 30, 2025
Tranpas Criddle; 8428 Highway 12 East; construct storage/shop; Owner Ivey Schnider; 2709 Nashville Ferry Road East; set up mobile home; Williamson Electric Ivey Schnider; 2709
Sid Salter: Four decades later, a cold case arrest may fill in the blank on Shondra May’s tombstone
In the lonesome isolation of the small, rural Clark Cemetery in the Pea Ridge community in northern Scott County, the grave of Shondra Denise May is difficult to miss and almost impossible to forget.
Fishermen sue Mississippi over plan to lease oyster reefs
A group of more than 20 fishermen, led by Mississippi Commercial Fisheries United Inc., a nonprofit trade organization, are suing the state over its attempts to lease historically public oyster reefs in the Mississippi Sound.
Robert St. John: Onward toward a creative life and not an unlived life
There’s a quiet fear I carry that never really goes away.
As storied college career nears its end, Caitlyn Macnab is ‘trying to be where my feet are’
OXFORD – Despite becoming the first Ole Miss women’s golfer to ever win the SEC individual championship, Caitlyn Macnab isn’t one to rest on her
Sites & Bites: Surviving the spring and summer with salads
When I say “salads are spring/summer survival food,” I’m not referring to pale leaves of iceberg lettuce topped with a few shakes of tasteless low or no-fat dressing.
Pedestrian in critical condition after being hit near Propst Park
July 26, 2025
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