Prize soup: A chef shares his winning recipe for

The name will get your attention; the taste will seal the deal. That’s what a soup by Chef Paul Brasfield and the Bin 612 team did at the 2016 SOUPer Bowl in Starkville.

A sacred space: An unexpected discovery becomes a special Pilgrimage tour stop

Grayce and Dewitt Hicks never set out to acquire a chapel.

Spring marks return of Columbus’ Noon Tunes

Main Street Columbus expects the Trotter Convention Center Courtyard to be a lunchtime destination on four consecutive Thursdays, March 31 to April 21.

MSU will try to build momentum after sweeping Oregon

STARKVILLE — After sweeping a top-15 opponent, the Mississippi State baseball team doesn’t have much time to celebrate.

MSU beat then-No. 11 Oregon three times last weekend to cap a 4-0 week. The sweep was one of the best series wins in the country and catapulted MSU nine spots to No. 15 in the latest Baseball America poll prior to the start of Southeastern Conference play.

But two midweek games mean the Bulldogs have to move on from the sweep. At 6:30 tonight (SEC Network +), No. 15 MSU (12-3-1) will play host to Eastern Kentucky (7-8). At 6:30 p.m. Wednesday (SEC Network +), MSU will take on Oral Roberts (7-7). Both games will be at Dudy Noble Field.

The minis: Good things come in small packages

It was feeding time at the Bradford barn, and the stall residents were restless. Horses — as any horseperson can testify — have clocks in their tummies.

JA of Columbus introduces 66th annual Charity Ball court

Junior Auxiliary of Columbus announces the members of its 66th annual Charity Ball court.

Columbus photographer’s images featured in show at The W

Chris Jenkins has been a familiar sight on the Mississippi University for Women campus for more than two decades — usually with a camera in tow.

Boys & Girls Club of Golden Triangle to host fundraiser Saturday

The Boys & Girls Club of the Golden Triangle will host “The Purge” Saturday.

Good to be green: Food ideas that give a nod to St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day — the Feast of Saint Patrick, La Fheile Padraig — is next Thursday.

The Book Ladies: ‘Have books, will travel’ could be the motto for these dedicated volunteers

Julia Wells really likes a good Christian romance novel. She set out to find one on an afternoon bright with spring promise, in a cheerful room with butter-yellow walls near the Trinity Place Retirement Community dining room.

CCT’s ‘The Left Hand Singing’: three families and the legacy of Freedom Summer

More than a half century after the Freedom Summer of 1964 in Mississippi, memories of that turbulent time exist only in history’s accounts for many.

Sweet Dreamz: Entrepreneurial spirit to make the sweet tooth smile

While working as an optician and later mentor manager for an optical concern in the Tuscaloosa region a few years ago, Nikeah Leech began to realize she had a knack for business.

Stand up!: In a chair-bound world, more of us are getting to our feet

Standing desks aren’t exactly a new idea. Leonardo Da Vinci, Benjamin Franklin, authors Ernest Hemingway and Virginia Woolf, and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld used them.

Sibling drama gets hilarious in SCT production

In Starkville Community Theatre’s production of the comedy “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” long-repressed sibling resentments bubble up in a weekend filled with voodoo dolls, costume parties and unexpected romance.

‘You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown’ comes to The W stage

The Mississippi University for Women Department of Theatre presents “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown” Thursday through Sunday, Feb. 25-28.

MSU presents ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Even audiences familiar with the tale of William Shakespeare’s star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet are likely to find something fresh in the Mississippi State University Shackouls Honors College production set for Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. in Griffis Hall on campus.

Heart and home: One young couple cooks up a sweet new enterprise

Long before the sun is up most Friday mornings, the kitchen windows at Christa and Tyson Lee’s home are ablaze with light. Fridays are baking days.

Youth to youth: 4-H members send positive message to youth in local Detention Center

Today is Valentine’s Day. Sweethearts are showing each other how much they care. Teens have composed love tweets and given each other gigantic stuffed animals. Children have tucked “Star Wars” and “Frozen” Valentines in classmates’ desks and gorged on suckers, candy hearts and cupcakes. This celebration of Cupid isn’t so happy for everyone, though.

Symphony Association to present ‘Jazzy Affair,’ concert

February is a busy month for the Starkville/MSU Symphony Association. Two banner events are scheduled — “A Jazzy Affair” Feb. 20, and a winter concert Feb. 27.

JA Charity Ball ticket sales to open Thursday

Junior Auxiliary of Columbus will open the sale of tickets for the 66th annual Charity Ball on Thursday, Feb. 18 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Junior Auxiliary Hut at 1000 Park Circle.