Those we lost in 2017
From an 8-year-old child whose optimism never dimmed in the face of a rare, often painful, disease to an 102-year-old World War II veteran and beloved professor, 2017 was a year where we said goodbye to heroes…
2017: Year in review for Starkville and Oktibbeha County
Starkville and Oktibbeha County saw a bustling year in almost every facet of life in 2017.
2017: Year in review for Columbus and Lowndes County
Columbus and Lowndes County found the national and state spotlight several times in 2017, sometimes for all the wrong reasons.
Top 2017 Mississippi stories include plane crash, union vote
A military plane crashed in the Mississippi Delta, Nissan employees rejected a union and regulators said no to a power plant.
Disasters pound North America in 2017; overall down globally
North America couldn’t catch a break in 2017. Parts of the United States were on fire, underwater or lashed by hurricane winds. Mexico shook with back-to-back earthquakes. The Caribbean got hit with a string of hurricanes.
Monkey selfies, eclipse, bitcoin, Lauer top Google in 2017
Matt Lauer. Bitcoin. DACA. Monkey selfies. Jeremy Lin’s hair. Do-it-yourself eclipse glasses. Tom Petty’s death. National anthem protests in the NFL. And “Cash Me Outside.”
Cotton may be best bet to ease fears of crop slump
While a study by the Mississippi State Extension Service forecasts a possible farm crisis for 2017, local farmers hold a more optimistic view, thanks to what they believe will be a strong cotton crop.
Photos: New year, new babies
Scarlett Jocelyn Farmer, born at 3:23 p.m. Sunday, was the first baby delivered in 2017 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle in Columbus.