Hotel market continues to grow but may soon slow
With five new hotels in two cities and two more expected to come to Columbus, the past decade has been one of growth for the hospitality industry in the Golden Triangle.
Mississippi schools ranked second-to-last in national rating
An evaluation of school performance finds that Mississippi’s academic achievement gains have outstripped gains nationwide from 2003 to 2015, but gives the state’s public schools a D overall, ranking them second-to-last.
National storyteller, historical musician present Civil War memoir Sunday
Sallie Independence Foster was 12 years old and living in Florence, Ala., when the War Between the States broke out in 1861. Her world of high-top shoes, inkwells and mail carried on horseback had to give way to a new reality. She recorded events in her diary, and kept on keeping diaries for 26 years.
Bruno Mars delivers red hot set at Super Bowl
Anybody worried about how Bruno Mars would do on one of the world’s largest stages had obviously never seen the young star perform live. That all changed Sunday night when tens of millions got their first chance to see why he’s one of the most exciting live acts of his generation.
Early music ensemble to perform Tuesday in Starkville
Such Sweete Melodie, an ensemble of Baroque specialists committed to historically informed performances of the 17th and 18th centuries, brings its special sound next week
Heritage system gives parents real-time link to grades
Heritage Academy is taking strides to stay up to date with technology while fostering a relationship between parents and teachers.
The private school is entering its second year of utilizing the Power School program, a web-based system that allows parents to check on their child’s academic progress in real time.
Starkville’s Melby sisters launch new chapter as duo HanaLena
Hannah and Caroline Melby cut their musical teeth on stages throughout the Golden Triangle, honing their old-time, folk and bluegrass chops on fiddle and mandolin in front of neighbors — the same neighbors who wished them well when the siblings moved to Nashville, Tenn., after their band, Nash Street, won the 2008 Colgate Country Showdown in the famed Ryman Auditorium.