Dispatch withdraws story about contractor
The Commercial Dispatch has withdrawn a story originally published May 24, 2020 and revised on July 30, 2020, about two workers employed by Tuscaloosa-based Southern Civil Contracting who were killed in a Starkville trench collapse.
Oxford-based ‘Big Sis’ program to expand to Starkville
A big sister can be a lot of things to her little sister: a role model, a best friend, someone to turn to when they feel like they can’t trust anyone else.
Sanitation employee quits as police investigation begins
A former sanitation department worker is facing a police investigation, according to city officials.
Mental Health: Someone to talk to, someone to respond, somewhere to go
Every 11 minutes there was a death by suicide in the United States in 2020. In Mississippi, 410 people committed suicide that year alone, said Wendy Bailey, executive director of the Mississippi Department of Mental Health, quoting the most recent statistics regarding the mental health crisis.
Oktoc Road repaving project stalled again
Supervisors have hard cost figures for upgrading Oktoc Road, but they aren’t quite ready to accept them.
More room, less expensive upkeep prompts Korean church relocation
It took a month for Starkville Korean Church parishioners to scrape the wax off the floor of an old candle factory in 1992 before it could hold worship service in the iconic brick building bearing its name on Lafayette Street.
Victim hospitalized after shooting on Louisville Street
Police are seeking a suspect in a Tuesday shooting that sent one victim to the hospital.
