Community Profile: Air Force mechanic, environmentalist spends years with Scouts
Mike Jago qualifies as an expert in most things electrical or mechanical. Educationally, he’s one course short of being a rocket scientist.
Starkville teen charged with child exploitation
A Starkville teenager has been charged with four counts of child exploitation.
Hail storm decimates homes, damages farms in Oktibbeha
Alayna Stevens arrived at her home on Old West Point Road just after 4:45 p.m. Thursday to find every window on the front side shattered.
Loaded ammo clip found on student at Partnership Middle
Schools in the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District will implement higher security measures today after a handgun and a loaded clip were found this week in separate instances on different campuses.
Inaugural Kites and Rainbows Run on Saturday to benefit Friends of Children’s Hospital
Racers, walkers and swimmers are gearing up for a scenic trip through Starkville and Mississippi State University’s campus on Mother’s Day weekend for the inaugural Kites and Rainbows Run, all in an effort to raise funds for Friends of Children’s Hospital.
Rail-to-trail project could link West Point, Starkville, Ackerman
A rail line that has sat dormant for more than two decades is once again in the city’s sights, this time in the hopes of creating a recreational trail district from West Point to Ackerman.
Boy Scouts raise funds through shotguns, shattered clay
I follow a bright flash of orange against the trees with the barrel of a shotgun as my first clay target sails into the sky.
Gun found in student’s backpack at Henderson Ward Stewart
Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District is increasing law enforcement presence on the Henderson Ward Stewart campus this week after a gun was found Tuesday in a student’s backpack.
Baptist selected as buyer for OCH hospital sale
Supervisors are moving forward with selling OCH Regional Medical Center to Baptist Memorial Health Care.
Giant ‘sea dragon’ fossil found in creek near Starkville
James Starnes was walking along a creek last month, field-checking a geological map of an area between the city and the Sam D. Hamilton Noxubee Wildlife Refuge and looking for fossilized seashells, when he saw a bone sticking out of the ground.
Starkville could be among most park-convenient cities
The service areas of city parks already cover much more of the population than officials expected. Adding three more parks over the next 10 years could place its coverage percentage in the company of some of the most recreation-friendly cities in the country.
Life sentence for man who beat, strangled girlfriend to death
Imia Williams could not speak to the jury Wednesday during a trial in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court to tell the story of how she died.
Starkville nonprofits ‘devastated’ by DOGE cuts to VISTA program
Cornelius Edmond logged into his email Monday afternoon, intending to accept an offer for a third year with AmeriCorps VISTA, a federal volunteer program.
Human-mimicking petri dishes earn top marks at MSU Startup Summit
Before pharmaceutical drugs are tested on human subjects, they are tested on human cells in petri dishes.
215 pups ‘racing for glory’ Saturday through Cotton District
A symphony of barks and the thundering of tiny paws are about to return Saturday to the Cotton District, as dachshunds race for glory in the third annual Starkville Derby, presented by Bocock Brothers Premium Cigars.
MSU Formula SAE team revs up for international competition
STARKVILLE — Driver Kinsly Burleson is behind the wheel of a formula-style race car, ready to give the crowd gathered around him a show. He
High school carpentry students give disabled hunters easier access to the outdoors
When Starkville High School junior Michael Sullivan learned his carpentry class would be building a mobile hunting shelter to help special needs and disabled people enjoy the outdoors, he thought of his sister and how often she encounters places that aren’t made for her.
Starkville says it has fixed 1,480 address errors on voter rolls
As votes rolled in for the municipal Democratic primary election on April 1, city officials started seeing an inordinate amount of confusion for citizens looking for where they should go to cast their ballots.
Do robots dream of the dog they never got?
The sound of gears clicking and whirring echoed through the classroom as robot sisters Sammy and Kenzie took center stage on a distant planet.
King Cotton to be crowned at Saturday crawfish boil
The scent of Cajun seasoning, the bubble of boiling crawfish pots, and the spirit of friendly competition are returning downtown Saturday for the King Cotton Crawfish Boil.
