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Monday Profile: Hamilton woman who grew up impoverished, traumatized starts clothes-giving ministry for people in need
The interior of Saving Grace Mission is filled with boxes, containers and plastic bags stuffed with clothing. The job of inspecting, sorting and putting the clothing on display racks proceeds slowly, carefully, deliberately.
Aldermen receive update on Starkville park finances, new hours
Starkville Parks and Recreation Executive Director Brandon Doherty updated the board of aldermen on the department’s finances, upcoming projects and amended park hours at a board work session Friday.
‘Sins of our past’: Apologies for 1970 Jackson St. shootings
The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city and a state senator both apologized Saturday for shootings 51 years ago by city and state police officers that killed two people and injured 12 others on the campus of a historically Black college.
Some aren’t ready to give up masks despite new CDC guidance
Like more than 120 million other Americans, Jan Massie is fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and can pretty much give up wearing a mask under the latest guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Multiple-crime suspect hospitalized after police shoot him
A man accused of several crimes in Mississippi’s capital city remained hospitalized Sunday, two days after police shot him.
Grieving mother: Put up barrier to block cars from river
Officials in Mississippi need to install a barrier that would prevent vehicles from going into the Yazoo River near a rural intersection where one road dead-ends into another, a grieving mother says.
Fauci says pandemic exposed ‘undeniable effects of racism’
The immunologist who leads the COVID-19 response in the United States said Sunday that “the undeniable effects of racism” have led to unacceptable health disparities that especially hurt African Americans, Hispanics and Native Americans during the pandemic.
Trump critic Cheney cautions Jan. 6 riot could happen again
Rep. Liz Cheney, newly ousted from House Republican leadership for challenging former President Donald Trump, criticized GOP colleagues Sunday for downplaying the Jan. 6 riot and condoning Trump’s lies that the 2020 election was stolen, saying they were “complicit” in undermining democracy.
Calls mount for Gaza-Israel cease-fire, greater US efforts
U.N. Security Council diplomats and Muslim foreign ministers convened emergency meetings Sunday to demand a stop to civilian bloodshed as Israeli warplanes carried out the deadliest single attacks in nearly a week of Hamas rocket barrages and Israeli airstrikes.
CDC director says mask turnaround based solely on science
The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday defended the decision to ease mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, stressing that increasing political pressure had nothing to do with the abrupt shift in guidelines.
Soldiers who perished on secret mission are memorialized
Nearly 60 years ago, dozens of soldiers assembled for a top secret mission to Vietnam, three years before President Lyndon Johnson officially sent U.S. combat troops to the country.
Heart study: Low- and regular-dose aspirin safe, effective
An unusual study that had thousands of heart disease patients enroll themselves and track their health online as they took low- or regular-strength aspirin concludes that both doses seem equally safe and effective for preventing additional heart problems and strokes.
Five candidates, three internal, apply for Columbus COO
A committee of city officials will interview five applicants for the city’s chief operating officer position, three of whom currently hold other positions with city government.
Johnny Cash honored with Mississippi Country Music Trail Marker in Starkville
In the early morning of May 11, 1965, country legend Johnny Cash just wanted to pick flowers on the side of the street in Starkville after playing a show at Mississippi State University, but Starkville police were not fond of that idea.
Columbus man convicted of second-degree murder for 2019 shooting
A Lowndes County jury found a Columbus man guilty of second-degree murder Friday at the end of a nearly week-long trial.
Medical marijuana decision deals blow to citizens’ right to petition
When the Mississippi Supreme Court announced Friday it had overturned a citizen-led constitutional amendment that would have established a medical marijuana program, Rob Roberson considered the ruling with mixed feelings.
Mississippi River traffic resumes under damaged bridge
River traffic has reopened on the Mississippi River near Memphis, Tennessee, three days after it was closed when a crack was discovered in the Interstate 40 bridge that connects Tennessee and Arkansas, the U.S. Coast Guard said Friday.
After making history, Miss USA competing for Miss Universe
Asya Branch, the first Black Miss Mississippi to win Miss USA, will compete for the title of Miss Universe on Sunday.
Pipeline operator says ‘normal operations’ have resumed
The operator of the nation’s largest gasoline pipeline — hit earlier this week by a ransomware attack — announced Saturday it has resumed “normal operations,” delivering fuel to its markets, including a large swath of the East Coast.
IRS to the rescue? Tax audits eyed for infrastructure cash
Republicans say they won’t raise taxes on corporations. Democrats say they won’t raise taxes on people making less than $400,000 a year. So who is going to pay for the big public works boost that lawmakers and President Joe Biden say is necessary for the country?
