Bobby Harrison: With school choice, what about the students left behind?
What is missing in the current school choice debate raging at the Mississippi Capitol is an answer to this question: What happens to those students left behind?
Flames engulf Possum Town Farms in Sunday blaze
Emily Snapka, manager for Possum Town Farms, knew when she was driving to work Sunday that the smoke looked bad from the road, but nothing could’ve prepared her to see the entire building in flames.
‘Once upon a career’ promotes big dreams at annual SOCSD Possibility Fest
Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District’s Discovery Center hosted more than 35 families this month from across the community and their children for the annual Possibility Fest, a fun and engaging opportunity for preschoolers to experience hands-on activities and early career exploration. For this year’s event, Discovery Center partnered with more than 30 area organizations to help attending families connect with resources, information and valuable community support.
Suspect arrested in Meadowbrook shooting
Police arrested a suspect Monday in connection to a shooting on Meadowbrook Drive that sent two men to the hospital.
MHP investigating officer-involved crash in Lowndes
Mississippi Highway Patrol is investigating the cause of a Sunday crash involving a Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office detective.
Mistrial declared in sexual battery case
A 2021 sexual battery case involving a minor ended in a mistrial Friday after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.
Profile: Fields takes the helm of storied church
Long before he was Rev. Derrick Fields, he was a boy wedged into a grey Ford pickup truck with his four younger siblings, being hauled to church by a “sainted” couple who he said lived just up the highway from his family home in Aberdeen.
SPD officer critically injured during funeral escort
A Starkville Police Department officer was critically injured on Saturday after a vehicle collided with his motorcycle as he assisted with a funeral procession escort.
MSMS alumna joins elite ranks with Marshall Scholarship win
The British government has awarded University of Mississippi senior Sophia Toner a prestigious Marshall Scholarship.
Game 2: No. 4 Mississippi State 10, Delaware 0
STARKVILLE – Delaware challenges the call… and it’s another win for Mississippi State. The Bulldogs improved to 7-0 and clinched the second series of the
Mississippi hospital system closes all clinics after ransomware attack
A ransomware attack forced the University of Mississippi Medical Center to close all of its roughly three dozen clinics around the state and cancel elective procedures for a second day on Friday, hobbling one of the state’s largest health care providers.
In memoriam: Pastor Ronnie Tucker’s legacy lives on in Starkville youth
On the second and fourth Sundays of each month, Pastor Ronnie B. Tucker could usually be found at J.L. King Park in blue jeans and a shirt, standing among other ministers and neighborhood families.
Legislation may open door for MUW to raze blighted historic buildings
The Mississippi University for Women has been around for 142 years, and over that timeframe, 26 of its buildings have been designated by the Mississippi Department of Archives and History as historic landmarks.
Assistant police chief, brothers compete for $20K on Family Feud
“In my book, it’s not a real burrito unless it has what in it?” Family Feud Host Steve Harvey asked the contestants.
New historic markers commemorate Columbus Black history leaders
On an unusually warm February afternoon, community members gathered along Main Street and later on Ninth Avenue South to honor two pillars of Columbus’ Black history – a pioneering historian who preserved the legacy of African American inventors and a school that transformed freedom into opportunity.
CMSD weighs cost, community use with new plans for Stokes-Beard gym
Columbus Municipal School District trustees are weighing cost, capacity and potential community use as the board considers five different plans for building an external gymnasium at Stokes-Beard Elementary.
Two men injured in Meadlebrook Circle shooting
Two men were left injured after a shooting Thursday at Meadowbrook Drive.
Game 1: No. 4 Mississippi State 9, Delaware 2
STARKVILLE – Mississippi State baseball kept it rolling in the Brian O’Connor era with a Game One win over Delaware at Dudy Noble Field on
Columbus man killed in collision with 18-wheeler
One man is dead after a street sweeper collided with an 18-wheeler Wednesday on Industrial Park Road.
Nearly 4 inches of rain dump on area Sunday morning
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