Despite starting workouts a month behind other schools, Columbus High plans to keep it simple

The Falcons started summer workouts Tuesday — more than a month after Heritage Academy, New Hope, Caledonia and others — but Columbus coach Joshua Pulphus won’t push his players to catch up.

EMCC basketball coaches prepare for a season set to pose new challenges

“Nobody knows what the next step is,” men’s coach Billy Begley said. “You’ve got to be prepared for whatever comes.”

Shutoffs up 50 percent at CLW since disconnects resumed in June

Columbus Light and Water has been disconnecting the service of 40 to 50 customers a day due to unpaid bills, a 50-percent increase from its normal volume of shutoffs.

For veteran coach Tony Seals, chance to lead Caledonia boys basketball program is a ‘godsend’

Seals coached for 30 years in Alabama before working as an assistant at New Hope for the past five seasons.

Starkville Soccer Association offers free registration for recreational leagues

Registration, which can be completed online, began Wednesday and runs through Aug. 15.

Mississippi State softball ‘pushing the envelope’ and fueling turnaround with embrace of pitching analytics

Under pitching coach Josh Johnson and his trusty Rapsodo system, the Bulldogs turned one of the SEC’s worst pitching staffs in 2019 to one of the conference’s best this year.

‘I think the peak is to come still’: Area cleaning companies experiencing rebound after pandemic lull

Since opening Worker Bees in Starkville in 2015, Shannon Voges-Haupt never once had a day without a single customer — until April 3, the day Gov. Tate Reeves’ statewide shelter in place order went into effect because of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

Local anglers make a splash in SAF High School National Championship and World Finals

The duo of David Wesley Dupler and Dawson Jaynes finished in 140th place out of 312 two-person teams from 39 states in the National Championship and 46th in the World Finals.

Starkville Academy girls soccer team learning fast with one month to go before start of season

The Vols pulled a first-round upset in the playoffs last fall and hope to achieve the same success again.

West Lowndes girls basketball star Marvaysha Seals signs to MUW

The crafty combo guard picked the Owls over Mississippi State and East Mississippi, Itawamba and Northwest Mississippi community colleges.

‘That’s where I’m wanted’: Former EMCC QB Connor Neville finds second chance at Northern Illinois

The former four-star recruit at Washington State persevered through a position switch, a string of personal losses, a pandemic and an uncertain recruiting process to commit to NIU on Saturday.

MACC delays start of football season two weeks

The Mississippi Association of Community Colleges (formerly the MACJC) also cut one regular-season game from this fall’s schedule.

Unemployment drops in May, still more than pre-pandemic levels

Unemployment rates were down significantly in May in Columbus, Starkville and West Point as part of a statewide decrease, according to preliminary statistics released Tuesday by the Mississippi Department of Employment Security.

Former Mississippi State standout Johnthan Banks brings college, NFL experience to New Hope assistant role

“I just knew that was the place I needed to be,” said Banks, who played for the Buccaneers, Lions, Bears and Texans during a five-year NFL career.

March sales tax revenue down 10%+ in Columbus, Starkville

Sales tax revenue collected in Starkville this March was down 10.8 percent from March 2019 totals, and April 2020 produced 13.4 percent less than April 2019.

Jimmy Owens wins General Tire Clash at The Mag

Owens started on the pole, led 93 of 100 laps and won $15,000 with a first-place finish Saturday night.

LCSD researches changing Confederate mascot

Lowndes County School District Superintendent Sam Allison will work with administration at Caledonia schools to gather opinions about the school’s Confederate mascot for the board to review.

Those opinions could conceivably result in a future change in the schools’ mascot.

Starkville High kicks summer football workouts into gear

The Yellow Jackets kicked things off this week, but getting used to the restrictions didn’t happen overnight. “Every day’s an adjustment period,” coach Chris Jones said.

New Hope boys basketball coach Drew McBrayer scores hole in one at Elm Lake

The accomplishment wasn’t the first — nor even the first at Elm Lake — for the Trojans’ head coach.

Caledonia’s Hayden Barker, Brandon Edmondson sign to play football at Southwest Mississippi Community College

The outbreak of the virus affected recruiting contact, visits and communication but ultimately did not stop the pair of ‘Feds standouts from becoming future Bears.