Starkville Academy finds a new way to win

STARKVILLE — The Starkville Academy football team had the type of game Friday that shows if a team is playoff ready, if a team can land the last punch after trading punches all night long.

The Volunteers hadn’t had to win ugly this season. They’d dominated teams with a punishing ground game and entered their matchup against Parklane Academy averaging 35 points in six wins.

Biofuels Conference: Secretary of the Navy says military can lead the way in alternative energy

The concept of using organic materials and waste to create energy isn’t as far fetched as it seemed when the movie opened in 1989. The United States Navy hopes to use biofuel to power at least 50 percent of its operations by 2020.

Grass fire spreads seven miles in county

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — The Oktibbeha County Fire Department Wednesday extinguished seven grass fires that splintered over a seven-mile area before they could reach trailer homes on County Lake Road and Polly Bell Road.

Starkville schools to teach abstinence-plus

STARKVILLE — After a split vote Tuesday night, the Starkville School District will begin teaching safe-sex practices in addition to encouraging abstinence.

WANTED: West Point cracks down on overdue fines

WEST POINT — If you’re in West Point, make sure your name isn’t on “the list.” You could find yourself handcuffed and in the back of a police car.

Starkville again considers limits on payday loan businesses

STARKVILLE — At least one Starkville alderman wants to limit the number of high-interest loan businesses in the city.

Starkville students encouraged to walk to school on Wednesday

Shortly after 3 p.m. each day, a single-file line of vehicles, each with a bright-colored sign of a student’s name on the dashboard, begins forming outside of schools nationwide. Parents wait patiently, vehicle engines idling to maintain the perfect cockpit temperature.

Rockhill Road to get emergency repairs in Oktibbeha

Rockhill Road will soon have a new look and feel. The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors Monday unanimously approved emergency repair to a 9,900-foot stretch that begins 3,000 feet past the city limits.

Howard to showcase Golden Triangle at global conference

To much of the U.S., not to mention the rest of the world, the Golden Triangle might as well be an alternate name for the fabled area in the Atlantic Ocean.

Ellenwood plans to reinvigorate local Boys and Girls Clubs

Joyce Ellenwood’s mission is clear: Raise the profile of the Boys and Girls Club in the Golden Triangle.

Leslie Sharp found not guilty

The tension in Leslie Sharp’s shoulders released and her family exhaled Friday when the not guilty verdict was read in her murder trial.

Sharp defends firing 10 rounds: ‘That’s how I was trained’

The third day of testimony in the Leslie Sharp murder trial ended with a stalemate over the allowance of new evidence.

Experts recreate homicide scene in Sharp trial

Testimony in Leslie Sharp’s murder trial Wednesday provided forensic details of the fatal injuries of Christopher Cole, the man Sharp says she shot in self-defense.

Defense of Leslie Sharp highlights conflicting testimony

Eyewitnesses Tuesday rehashed details of the shooting death of Christopher Cole during the opening day of testimony in Leslie Sharp’s murder retrial.

Dumas: The culture has to change

It was created by citizens, for citizens. It was touted as a potential catalyst for commercial growth in an underdeveloped sector of the city. So why did it bomb Tuesday?

Citizens vote ‘no’ to police station

Optimism that Starkville’s justice complex bond referendum would pass Tuesday sank when the first two precincts reported.

‘It’s a great honor,’ says incoming GSDP chair Langston

Steve Langston knows there’s big shoes to fill as board chairman of the Greater Starkville Development Partnership.

SPD make arrest in coed mugging

Starkville police have arrested and charged a minor with the armed robbery of a Mississippi State University coed on Sept. 18.

East Oktibbeha edges West Lowndes

CRAWFORD — It was a strange, sometimes perplexing football game Friday night between bitter rivals West Lowndes High School and East Oktibbeha County High School.

State Treasurer Profile: Lynn Fitch touts legislative connections

If being state treasurer were like being a investigative reporter, Lynn Fitch would be a Pulitzer Prize winner.