Witnesses testify to man’s shooting death during trial

Details surrounding the death of Christopher Cole emerged Tuesday as the three eyewitnesses to his shooting testified at Leslie Sharp’s murder trial.

Starkville school board responds to Aldermen criticism

Two aldermen again took aim at the Starkville School Board Tuesday night.

Planning firm gives Starkville recommendations to improve access to downtown from MSU campus

Starkville’s Board of Aldermen heard suggestions Tuesday on how to shrink the one-and-a-half miles from campus to downtown.

Motion to dismiss Sharp murder case denied

An early attempt to dismiss Leslie Sharp’s murder trial went nowhere Monday.

Oktibbeha supes OK road paving projects

Some much needed road work is coming, but not everyone at Monday’s Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors meeting was satisfied with the county’s progress.

Planning firm to help solidify vision for Starkville

On the heels of March’s charrette, Starkville has brought in a team from the PlaceMakers planning firm to explore the possibility of implementing form-based codes which will guide downtown’s development.

Miss. State student drowns at apartment complex

A Mississippi State University student drowned early Sunday morning at his apartment complex.

Starkville police on the lookout for suspects in rash of auto burglaries

A rash of auto burglaries have Starkville police officers once again warning citizens to lock their cars.

Sharp murder trial to begin Monday

The murder trial of Leslie Sharp is set to begin Monday at the Oktibbeha County Courthouse.

Sharp, 21, of Starkville, is accused in the November 2008 killing of Christopher Cole, then 20, of Mathiston, at the corner of Rockhill and Kelly Road. She has claimed self-defense.

Starkville man gets 10 years for attempted murder

Alan “Main” Doss, of 2010 Rock Hill Road, was convicted of stabbing a man outside Mac’s Meat Market July 31.

Plenty of optimism for this year’s Maroon Edition reading program

If you want to be in on the cool kids’ conversations this fall, brush up on your Eudora Welty.

Charges dropped against woman who spent two years in jail

Charges have been dismissed against a former Starkville woman who spent nearly two years in jail awaiting trial.

Starkville High student wins statewide Congressional Art Competition

Starkville High junior Maggie George draws most of her inspiration from her family, so it’s fitting she send her grandmother to Washington D.C. to hang out for a year.

Plans for new Starkville apartment complex draws fire

A proposed 200-unit apartment complex, complete with parking garage, was roundly panned at Tuesday’s planning and zoning meeting.

Starkville’s revamped GED program takes off

Fifteen Starkville School District students earned their GEDs this year. Sounds average, until you consider that just five had earned their GEDs in the previous five years combined.

Tornado victim remembered for commitment to safety and family

Mike Rodgers would have been proud to be at work Friday.

The Ability Works instructor was always preaching safety and the company, which teaches employment skills to disabled individuals, is on a roll, reaching its record 118th day without a work loss accident.

Newcomers use street festival as way to get their name and wares out

Market Street is more than a festival; it’s the ultimate business card. As the festival expands in every way, from the number of visitors, to the number of vendors to the square footage covered, it has become one of the best forms of advertising in the Golden Triangle.

Starkville Relay for Life gets under way

Cancer has always existed, but there was a time for each individual touched by the disease before they were as familiar. The nostalgia of that carefree time is behind tonight’s Relay For Life at the Starkville Sportsplex.

Starkville volunteers aid Smithville tornado cleanup

Smithville isn’t flattened. It’s hilly. One week after being assaulted by an EF-5 tornado that left 16 residents dead as of Wednesday, the landscape of the Monroe County town is studded with piles of rubble and debris which have been gathered, swept and bulldozed together.

Starkville begins enforcing bicycle helmet law

The Starkville Police Department began enforcing the city’s helmet safety ordinance this week to the tune of $15 per violation.