SFD responds to garage fire, saves home

Swift work by Starkville firefighters kept a garage blaze from damaging an entire home Sunday morning.

Station 3 of the Starkville Fire Department responded to 90 Leflore St. in the Rolling Hills subdivision off North Jackson Street at 8:11 a.m. Sunday after a neighbor called and alerted the three occupants that the garage was engulfed by flames.

DNA test should ID rape suspect

Starkville police hope by the end of the week to have a positive identification of the man wanted for an attempted sexual assault on University Drive.

Pink Heals tour coming to Starkville

STARKVILLE — With breast cancer awareness at an all-time high, there’s still thousands of women who don’t receive an annual mammogram.

Whether it’s due to a lack of health insurance or a belief that age and a relatively healthy lifestyle significantly lowers risk, many women are skipping screenings.

Circuit court term begins Monday in Oktibbeha

STARKVILLE — Two murder trials are slated for the Oktibbeha County Circuit Court’s October term.

Steven D. Love, 28, of Maben, will stand trial Wednesday for the beating death of 68-year-old William C. Brown in late 2009. Love’s trial has been continued multiple times since he was indicted in August 2010.

Starkville beats Canton to remain atop region

STARKVILLE — The Starkville High School football team recovered four Canton fumbles, and running back Preston Baker scored two touchdowns to lead the Yellow Jackets to a 45-8 win Friday night.

The blowout win keeps the Jackets (6-2, 4-0) undefeated in the Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5A, Region 2 standings and clinches a playoff berth.

The first class: Original MSU vet school class returns for 30th anniversary gala

STARKVILLE — It’s late 1976, and Newton-native Jerry Bounds has his fingers crossed that one of the students accepted into Auburn University’s veterinary school will decline their invitation.

Pumpkinpalooza expected to draw 5,000 to downtown

Neighbors who’ve recently driven by the farm of Anna and Eric Lancaster have noticed something out of the ordinary. Where tomatoes and peas usually grow, close to 300 pumpkins and gourds have sprung up over the past three months.

Starkville finalizing capital improvements plan

By the end of the calendar year, the city of Starkville will have a five-year capital improvements plan. Mayor Parker Wiseman is close to rounding up suggested improvements — prioritized from immediate need to long-term projects — from city department heads and aldermen.

Starkville, MSU hash out plans for free transit system

Starkville and Mississippi State University are inching closer to finalizing their grant proposal for a joint-transit system. A 10-member transportation committee of city and university officials rode an MSU shuttle along proposed routes last week and gathered data they’ll use to determine the location of shelters and stops and the exact time between routes.

Starkville woman dies in hospital after collision with log truck

A Starkville woman died Friday night following a vehicle collision with a logging truck that morning.

Jessie L. Brown, 65, was driving her 1995 Chevrolet Lumina southbound on Reed Road in Starkville when she failed to give the right-of-way to the 18-wheeler headed west on Highway 25 and struck the left side of the truck, according to police.

Candidates discuss economic growth at election social

Create jobs. Don’t raise taxes. These two demands from residents are the most frequently headed by Oktibbeha County supervisor candidates in the Nov. 8 general election.

MSU students organize protest of ‘Personhood Amendment’

Mississippi is the new testing ground for a nationwide initiative that has failed in other states.

Initiative No. 26, or the “Personhood Amendment,” which aims to change the legal definition of the word “person” in the state constitution, will be on the state election ballot in November.

West Point man sought for shooting cousin

WEST POINT — The West Point Police Department is looking for a 20-year-old black male they say shot his cousin last week.

Biofuels plant produces power from your garbage

Each week, dumpsters line the curbs of neighborhoods across the Golden Triangle. Garbage trucks comb through towns and rural areas, collecting our throwaways to take to the dump.

Clay County to launch drug court program

WEST POINT — By Nov. 1, misdemeanor drug offenders in Clay County will have an alternative to jail time.

Oktibbeha County Republican candidates speak at Sportsplex

STARKVILLE — During the Democratic primary elections for Oktibbeha County sheriff, candidates touted experience, experience and more experience.

Rotary Club raises money (and a balloon) for Habitat

STARKVILLE — Door prizes, golf tournaments and bingo are so yesterday when it comes to fundraisers. If you really want to raise money, bring in a hot air balloon.

Hernando sweeps Starkville out of playoffs; Caledonia loses

STARKVILLE — Once the Starkville High School volleyball team regrouped, it was too late.

The Lady Yellow Jackets, undefeated region champs and in the playoffs for the third straight season, managed just 15 points Saturday in the first two sets of their Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 2 first-round playoff match against Hernando.

Cause of death of woman found in Oktibbeha unknown

Oktibbeha County Coroner Michael Hunt said the official cause of death of a Hattiesburg woman whose body was found off County Lake Road on Sept. 4 is still undetermined.

Meet the candidates: Election hopefuls featured in upcoming forums

In the months leading up to the 1995 general election in Oktibbeha County, then-circuit clerk candidate Angie McGinnis had a campaign schedule chock-full of public forums and speaking engagements.