Education: Oak Hill announces staffing changes, new head of school
After 38 years of service in education, Cathy Davis will be retiring from her role as head of school at Oak Hill Academy. Davis has served with unwavering commitment for the past 10 years, during which Oak Hill has flourished under her leadership.
Lemonade Day returns to Golden Triangle this weekend
As the summer heat continues to rise, an event this weekend is looking to help cool people down, while also helping children learn about entrepreneurship and leadership skills.
Community Profile: Welding before kindergarten, Rice builds career in father’s footsteps
Before Tim Rice even stepped foot in a kindergarten classroom, he was welding.
Lightning strikes twice: Second winning lottery ticket sold
For the second time in a week, a ticket purchased at a Columbus convenience store led to a win in the Mississippi Match 5 lottery.
Richton man killed in motorcycle collision on Highway 12
A Richton man was killed Sunday evening after the motorcycle he was riding collided with the rear of an SUV on Highway 12 in Starkville.
Ask The Dispatch: How do GTRA stakeholders benefit from the airport?
For 53 years, Golden Triangle Regional Airport has offered commercial flight service from western Lowndes County, bringing visitors from all over the world and connecting travelers with flights in Atlanta and now Dallas-Fort Worth.
Nearly 4 inches of rain dump on area Sunday morning
A pair of severe thunderstorms ripped through the Golden Triangle on Saturday and Sunday, downing trees and causing power outages and flooding roads throughout the area.
New online tool helps women on Medicaid find prenatal care and family planning
At the University of Mississippi Medical Center, one researcher’s full-time job for the past nine months has been to find out which clinics around the state offer different kinds of women’s health care, and whether they accept various forms of Medicaid.
‘Sinners’ puts ‘truth on screen’ for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians
It’s a small part in a big movie, but for the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, their scene in “Sinners” is a huge deal.
Female pilots to stop in Starkville during cross-country race
Joyce Parker, born in the Cradle of Aviation, also known as Long Island, New York, has always lived with her head in the clouds.
What does it mean to a city’s identity when its institutions are lost?
Empty desks stacked in pairs line the walls of a classroom. Boxes labeled with black marker and packed with end-of-the-year clutter fill the corners, destined for another school. On the whiteboard, “Good bye Franklin” is written in looping letters.
$1.2M lottery ticket sold at Columbus store
Five lucky numbers on a ticket bought at a Columbus convenience store scored someone $1.2 million in Wednesday night’s drawing for the largest Mississippi Match 5 lottery.
Spruill: Driveway to home on 182 reopened after contractor error
For more than 30 years, Larry “Luv” Johnson’s barber shop has been on Highway 182.
MSU president criticizes budget cuts to university
A year of austerity looks to be on the horizon for the state’s public universities, and Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum isn’t happy about it.
City, county explore uniting ambulance services
With OCH Regional Medical Center’s sale on the horizon, the city, county and Mississippi State University are once again discussing the creation of a county-wide emergency services district, allowing all three to use the same ambulance service.
Mary Means Business: Infrared yoga coming to former arcade
For 20 years, Laura Vernon has imagined the perfect pilates studio space. Now, it’s all coming together.
Veteran finds flags in trash at Friendship Cemetery
About 30 people gathered at Friendship Cemetery on May 24 to place small, decorative flags at veterans graves in commemoration of Memorial Day.
Supes approve match for CINCO water tank
Progress continues in developing the Golden Triangle’s fifth Megasite.
More than 100K fish released into Columbus Lake Wednesday
When angler David Watkins moved to the Columbus area in 1985, he could go anywhere on the Tombigbee River and “catch a world of bass.”
Opioid settlement plan allows millions to be spent on purposes other than the public health crisis
In the fallout of over 9,000 Mississippians dying of overdoses since 2000, lawyers and lawmakers have set up a plan to distribute the hundreds of millions of dollars from corporations that catalyzed the crisis.
