Friday deadline nears for city election qualifying
As the 5 p.m. Friday deadline approaches to qualify to run for municipal offices, competitive races are shaping up in both Starkville and Columbus.
Federal funding pause could cost MSU millions
A federal judge has blocked a Trump administration temporary pause on federal grants and loans that could cost Mississippi State University hundreds of millions in research and development funding.
Ransomware attack takes teachers ‘old school.’ Some of their emergency methods may stay in rotation
When kindergarten teacher Vivian Spears, who teaches at Sudduth Elementary in Starkville, learned she would start the spring semester teaching without access to the internet, she was admittedly anxious.
New chemical could better stabilize Oktibbeha roads
County supervisors have announced a partnership with Florida road firm Innovasoil to test chemical treatments that help prevent erosion and wear, eyeing a broader rollout if all goes well.
Education: New College of Integrative Studies at MSU to transcend traditional classroom education
Mississippi State University today is announcing the addition of its 10th college and its first with a focus on cross-disciplinary, tailored education to prepare students for solving some of the nation and world’s greatest challenges.
Education: The First Bank provides SOCSD $75,000 donation to support PreKindergarten
In December, The First Bank presented the Starkville Oktibbeha Early Learning Collaborative with a $75,000 donation to support prekindergarten in Oktibbeha County.
Former Starkville High teacher pleads guilty to touching minor
A former Starkville High School coach and teacher will now have to register as a sex offender after pleading guilty Monday in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court to inappropriately touching a student.
Frostbite’s 40th year draws more than 1,000 runners
STARKVILLE — Hundreds of runners lined up Saturday morning on Main Street at the starting line of each of the 2025 Starkville Frostbite races. After
Doctor’s license suspended after 3-year sexual relationship with patient
The former executive director of Mississippi State University’s Longest Student Health Center has had his medical license suspended for a year for engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a student who was his patient.
40th annual Frostbite races to freeze downtown traffic
Starkville’s 40th annual Frostbite races will take place Saturday, closing parts of Main Street for the start and finish lines.
63 trees being planted along Lynn Lane
City streets are getting a bit greener thanks to a Tennessee Valley Authority grant to line sections of Lynn Lane and Spring Street with trees.
Starkville’s sanitation workers honored at annual MLK lunch
Some of Starkville’s most essential workers got a break from the cold Wednesday thanks to a lunch honoring their service and the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., who was assassinated while helping Memphis’ garbage collectors fight for better treatment.
Lampkin, Montgomery intersection to be simplified to two lanes
Starkville is rolling out a redesign of the intersection of South Montgomery Street and East Lampkin Street, reducing it to two lanes and expanding sidewalks to make it less chaotic.
Education: Dapper makes history as first MSU faculty member to receive prestigious Presidential Early Career Award
Mississippi State University is celebrating a groundbreaking achievement as Associate Professor Amy Dapper becomes the university’s first recipient of the prestigious Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, or PECASE, the highest U.S. government award for early-career scientists and engineers.
Ask The Dispatch: What happened to relocating Pecan Acres?
The idea of relocating the tenants of the Starkville Housing Authority’s Pecan Acres development sparked debate in 2018 but has gotten barely a mention in recent years.
Land squeeze limiting retail development in Starkville
Retail development in the city is experiencing something of a real estate squeeze, with space running out around major hotspots and new properties along Highway 182 not quite ready for tenants yet.
Baptist, North Mississippi interested in acquiring OCH
OCH Regional Medical Center is for sale, and Baptist Memorial Health Care and North Mississippi Health Services both intend to take a shot at it.
Supervisors hope to secure OCH buyer by May
Supervisors took another step toward selling OCH Regional Medical Center with a vote to formally request proposals to purchase the hospital.
Education: Mastering irrigation: Free training equips Mississippi growers for success
The Mississippi State University Extension Service and the National Center for Alluvial Aquifer Research, or NCAAR, are hosting a Master Irrigator course this month.
Education brief: Burleson announced as a December 2024 UCA graduate
The University of Central Arkansas announced their Dec. 2024 graduates. Tyler Burleson of Starkville earned a Master of Business Administration.
