Business Moves with Mary: The Golden Triangle is loaded with loaded teas

Since Starkville Nutrition opened last September, loaded teas have taken over the Golden Triangle.

With two Columbus nutrition-based businesses opening in May, two more locations have announced their openings in Starkville and West Point.

Memphis company purchases Burkhalter Rigging

Barnhart Crane and Rigging Company of Memphis, Tennessee, announced Wednesday the company has purchased the majority of Columbus company Burkhalter Rigging.

Three Caledonia teachers protest transfers, allege harassment

Three Caledonia High School teachers are appealing their transfers to the New Hope campus with the Lowndes County School District board.

They have also taken their grievances to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, claiming the transfers came after months of harassment by school administration.

MUW names provost, vice president of academic affairs

Mississippi University for Women has announced Scott Tollison as the provost and vice president of academic affairs.

Lemonade Day registration nears 300 participants

Brooke Washington, 11, really wanted to set up a lemonade stand last year.

Although Lemonade Day, a national event designed to teach kids the basic skills for owning and running a business, was only held in Starkville, Washington opened up shop in her front yard in Columbus. Brooke’s mother, Yolanda Washington, said Brooke’s first business was booming last summer, selling lemonade to passersby for $1 per cup.

Business Moves with Mary: Kim Moreland purchases Christy’s Hamburgers building

The building that housed a now-shuttered burger joint that was once a fixture in the Starkville dining experience has a new owner who hopes to bring it new life.

Local high school seniors earn scholarships for Rural Medical and Science program

Breanna Wells, 17, can’t remember a moment she didn’t want to become a nurse. The rising Caledonia High School senior will continue pursuing her dream career this summer with the Mississippi State University Extension Service Rural Medical and Science Scholar program.

Preaching to the chickens: Rob Dowdle becomes nearly self-sustaining

After more than 20 years of medical treatments, Rob Dowdle started his own farm two years ago for an alternative route of medicine.

At 15, Dowdle was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, irritation of the bowels and colon. Now 37, he has largely quit all his medical treatments and switched to working his farm and eating only the food he grows himself.

Lowndes County aims to be certified with education nonprofit

The Lowndes County Community Foundation’s educational task force is working to prepare students for kindergarten starting at birth.

Area third-grade reading gate pass rates fall

Nearly 40 percent of third graders at Columbus Municipal School District did not pass the third grade reading exam the state requires to advance to fourth grade.

Business Moves with Mary: Steak ‘N Shake coming to Starkville

Steak ‘N Shake is slated to open in August on Mississippi State University’s campus.

Filling the summer food gap: Columbus, Starkville to offer free meals to children throughout summer

In Mississippi, one-in-four children struggle with food insecurity.

According to feedingamerica.org, that’s nearly 165,000 children in Mississippi that may not know where their next meal will come from.

Makerspace movement continues to thrive in Starkville

Haley Boyd, 10, sat silently at her table in the Henderson Ward Stewart Elementary library Friday waiting for her name to be called.

Starkville’s Leslie Fye named Mississippi Parent of the Year

During football season, Leslie Fye is the loudest parent in the stands.

Her children aren’t on the field and they’re not in the band. But to Fye, every child at Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District needs to hear their name called from the bleachers.

LCSO holds fundraiser for fellow sergeant

Sgt. Tammy Prescott is known for giving back to the community, with hundreds of hours racked in non-profits and community service.

Now it’s her turn to accept the help.

Business Moves with Mary: Goose Hollow Furniture slated to open second location

Goose Hollow Furniture, 1405 Hwy. 45 N., will open its second location in Columbus.

Students back at AMS after Tuesday gas leak

Armstrong Middle School students are back at school today after a Tuesday gas leak forced officials to evacuate the campus.

Peagler honored as SOCSD teacher of the year

For Starkville High School physics teacher Dane Peagler, building relationships with his students is his favorite part of any given day.

Spears: GTECHS scores coming back to home districts

Area school district officials are confident state test scores from the Golden Triangle Early College High School students will be applied to their home districts this October.

Student-teacher program brings teacher from Germany to US

Nearly 5,000 miles from her hometown in Germany, Laura Justus found her way across the world to Columbus.