MSU aerospace engineering instructor reflects on 35 years of designing airplanes

Rob Wolz is in his second year as a full-time aerospace engineering instructor at Mississippi State University.

‘Go feed the strippers’: Local pastor’s wife once led a strip club ministry in Nashville, Tennessee

Since January, Erin Stevens’ life has looked pretty standard by Southern Baptist pastor’s wife standards.

2019: Starkville’s year in review

Development, or at least the promise of future development, dominated headlines in Starkville and Oktibbeha County in 2019.

‘Almost Like Home’: Volunteer group feeds first responders on Christmas for eighth year

It was a matter of minutes before Starkville firefighters were scheduled to eat Christmas dinner Wednesday evening at Fire Station 1 downtown.

Then a call sent several of the firefighters on duty scrambling to a business on Highway 12 not knowing what exactly awaited them or when they would return.

Columbus woman rings bell every year for Salvation Army despite health issues

Bundled up in a coat and scarf, Patricia Hollis smiled and spoke to customers outside Kroger in Columbus Wednesday morning as she rang the familiar Salvation Army bell.

LCSD to borrow up to $2.6M to make payroll

For the second straight year, Lowndes County School District must borrow money to make December payroll.

CMSD students using animation software to ‘Return to Oz’

Cherie Labat has been superintendent for Columbus Municipal School District for about a year and a half. Her next role for the school may very well be on the big screen.

CMSD taps architecture firm to design Hunt restoration

Columbus Municipal School District has tapped an architecture firm to design the restoration project for the former Hunt High School.

Monday Profile: MSU visiting professor chronicles 125 years of work on Latin thesaurus

Christian Flow’s third year at Harvard proved pivotal. The classics major lacked direction and as the challenges of the real world loomed close on the horizon, he still hadn’t found his passion.

Home Base: In my hometown, Baby Jesus finally goes to church

Thirteen years ago, when I was editor for my hometown weekly newspaper in Warren, Arkansas, I sat at a conference room table in a bank across from two very proud women.

CMSD requests performance audit of spending from state

Columbus Municipal School District wants the State Auditor’s Office to conduct a performance audit of district spending. But it’s likely the auditor’s office will tell them to look elsewhere for that service.

Monday Profile: Retired school attendance officer impacts community through benevolence, on-stage talent

Sitting at a pew in First Church of Christ Holiness on Saturday afternoon, Ross Williams reminisced while he waited.

“This building was built in the mid-1960s,” the church clerk, deacon and lifelong member recalled.

Mississippi National Guard becoming ‘operational force’

Eighty-seven paratroopers landing in trees at Camp Shelby Army Base may sound like bad news.

Major Gen. Janson Boyles, adjutant general for the Mississippi Army National Guard, didn’t entirely see it that way.

Sam Allison hired as LCSD superintendent

New Hope Middle School Principal Sam Allison will get a big promotion Jan. 1.

Fighting for family: 16-year-old middleweight trains with grandfather in Columbus with eyes on 2024 Olympics

Dancing around on the mat softening the concrete gym floor, Zion Reed awaits his instructions.

“One-two,” barks his grandfather and trainer, who is moving in front of Reed wearing punching mitts. Reed peppers the mitts with a quick left jab and a hard right.

Wright to serve as interim sheriff in December

Greg Wright will have his chance to serve as Lowndes County sheriff again after all, if only for a month.

Lynn Wright fails to make finalist cut for LCSD superintendent

Lynn Wright’s tenure as Lowndes County School District superintendent will end Dec. 31.

Hairston, incumbents win Lowndes County supervisor races

Trip Hairston knows about politics, but he had never been an elected official before Tuesday night.

The son of a former Lowndes County administrator spent 1995-2000 as a budget analyst for the Mississippi Legislature in Jackson. Now he’s the newly elected Lowndes County supervisor for District 2.

Murder suspect free five days due to jail error

A murder suspect who should have been in Lowndes County Adult Detention Center was allowed to roam free for several days because of a clerical error at the local jail.

LCSD superintendent interviews closed to public

Lowndes County School Board is planning a forum next month to interview superintendent finalists, but only 15 selected members of the public are invited.