Street art project seeks volunteers Friday
The Mississippi State University Fred Carl Jr. Small Town Center is seeking volunteers to help paint street murals and crosswalks Friday along University Drive.
Starkville eyeing tax increase for salaries
The board of aldermen is considering a 1-mill property tax increase for Fiscal Year 2023. It voted at Tuesday’s meeting to advertise for a public hearing on the budget that would include the increase.
Starkville to hold final redistricting hearing Tuesday
The Starkville Board of Aldermen will hold its final public hearing on a redistricting plan that makes changes based on the 2020 Census and the city’s annexation of a part of the county. The hearing will take place during Tuesday’s board meeting at 5:30 p.m. in the City Hall courtroom.
SPD officer uses CPR to save drowning man
What could have been a horrific Fourth of July accident was averted after a Starkville Police Department officer administered life-saving CPR to a drowning victim, Frank Darnell Elam.
Three arrested for Kroger parking lot robbery
Three arrests have been made in connection with an armed robbery that took place Sunday evening in the Kroger parking lot.
Photo: Strange Brew sign returns
An iconic Starkville landmark has made a return to the side of Highway 12. Months after a decade-old ordinance forced local business like Strange Brew Coffeehouse to remove their pole signs, the business has put up a new one.
Spann takes SHS principal role
With the new modified school year approaching, the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District has made two essential hires prior to its July 26 start date.
Concerns over parking remain for Main Street redesign
The Kimley-Horn firm’s Main Street master plan presentation drew mixed reactions from a crowd of citizens and business owners Wednesday evening at Starkville Community Theater. The presentation was meant to communicate to Main Street Association members what direction the redesign is heading and get feedback.
MSU, city agree to terms on Bulldog Bash
Aldermen on Tuesday granted a permit request from the Mississippi State University Student Association to throw Bulldog Bash with city participation and in-kind services on Oct. 21.
Supes exclude MEG from submitting proposal to decommission lake
Supervisors on Tuesday reversed course on whether to allow Mississippi Engineering Group to submit a proposal for the cost of decommissioning Oktibbeha County Lake, opting to exclude the firm from the process.
