Articles by Tim Pratt
Deadline nears for Starkville Christmas Parade
The deadline to enter this year’s Starkville Christmas Parade is approaching.
Theater offers free screening of World War II-era film
A free screening of Oscar award winner Frank Capra’s 1942 film “Prelude to War” will take place Thursday night at Starkville Community Theatre.
Starkville abandons garbage bin proposal
What was turning into a battle over garbage collection methods in the city of Starkville came to an abrupt cease-fire Tuesday night when the city’s Board of Aldermen chose to maintain the existing bagged garbage pick-up system and abandon a proposal to switch to wheeled carts.
Starkville considers new garbage collection method
The Starkville Board of Aldermen tonight will consider a switch in garbage collection methods from bags to oversize carts.
MSU theater, music groups to perform Mozart opera
About 2,000 students from around the Golden Triangle will converge on McComas Hall at Mississippi State University this week as the university’s theatre and music departments collaborate to perform Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.”
TOMORROWLAND: Thad Cochran Research Park charting a new course for industry
The smell of fresh paint hung in the air as Marc McGee took a stroll recently through the new 38,700-square-foot multi-tenant building in the Thad Cochran Research, Technology and Economic Development Park.
Public input wanted on Starkville municipal complex plan
While members of Starkville’s municipal complex committee toured City Hall last month and witnessed firsthand the cramped working conditions faced by city employees, the group now is planning an open house in the 71-year-old structure to give the public a chance to weigh in on the need for new facilities.
Rumble in West Point: Mayor Scott Ross returns; man arrested
WEST POINT — A former mayoral candidate in West Point was arrested Tuesday night during the city’s Board of Selectmen meeting after he refused to obey commands to remain silent and then resisted law enforcement officers who attempted to remove him from the premises.
Family enjoying new Maroon Edition Habitat home
At the end of Greenwood Street in the Sunset subdivision west of Starkville, Katie Marie Gray stood in her kitchen Tuesday morning as more than a dozen people wandered about her house.
Truck driver injured in wreck on Highway 82
A Shuqualak man was injured Friday afternoon when the lumber truck he was driving overturned on Highway 82.
Christmas comes early for Columbus retailers
If this weekend’s Downtown Christmas Open House is any indication, Columbus merchants could be in store for a busy holiday season.
Judge reduces bond for suspect in party shooting
The suspected gunman in a fatal post-graduation party shooting this spring on Highway 182 was still in Oktibbeha County Jail on Saturday after a Sixteenth Circuit District Court judge reduced his bond Friday by more than $160,000.
Sharp to claim self-defense in murder trial
Sixteenth Circuit District Court Judge Lee Howard on Friday set the ground rules for the January murder trial of a Starkville woman accused of pulling the trigger in a 2008 shooting death off Rockhill Road.
Murder hearing elicits claims of witness intimidation, misconduct
With claims of witness intimidation, prosecutorial misconduct and sloppy investigative work, a hearing for a Starkville woman accused of killing a Mathiston man in November 2008 grew contentious Thursday morning in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.
Armed robbery suspect arrested
Bond was set at $125,000 Wednesday for a Weir man suspected in a Tuesday morning hold-up on Highway 12.
Aldermen approve Florida Care plan
While much of the talk Tuesday night at the Starkville Board of Aldermen meeting focused on the city’s potential move from bags to bins for garbage collection, the board also approved a conditional use request and plat for Florida Care Properties to construct an 8,500-square-foot building at the corner of North Montgomery Street and Womack Road.
Two charged in carjacking
A Columbus man and a Hamilton woman have been charged with an October carjacking in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot on Highway 12 in Starkville.
City considers change in garbage collection
In a move which could save the city nearly $600,000 over the next 10 years, the Starkville Board of Aldermen is considering a change in garbage collection methods from bags to bins.
Oktibbeha Supes consider 100-mile road plan
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors is considering a new method to improve the county’s vast network of unpaved roads: an enzyme.
Trucking company plans to expand to former Artex plant in West Point
WEST POINT — Royal Trucking is moving forward with plans to lease a portion of the former Artex International plant in West Point.
Aldermen jeopardize massive project over business owner’s complaints
June 19, 2025
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