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STARKVILLE — Larry Donail Fair, 67, died May 31, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Rockhill U.M. Church, with the Reve.
NOXUBEE COUNTY — Ralph Farmer, 72, died June 1, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Union Chapel M.B. Church in Brooksville, with ...
COLUMBUS — Fernandez Williams, 59, died May 23, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Stephen Chapel M.B. Church, with the Rev. Joe L.
COLUMBUS — April Mae Hendricks, 52, died May 29, 2025, in Baldwyn. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Bethlehem M.B. Church, with Willie James Gardner officiating. Burial will ...
WEST POINT — Minnie Pearl Booker, 69, died May 14, 2025, at Diversicare of Amory. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Third Mt. Olive M.B. Church, with the Rev. Booker officiating.
A Columbus man was killed Saturday morning in a two-vehicle collision on Military Road. Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant identified the man as Jason Paul Harrison, 45, in a text to media outlets.
A Louisiana jail inmate who escaped from a parish jail about a year ago has accomplished the same feat again, authorities said. Tra’Von Johnson, 19, made his latest escape Thursday from the ...
After a tumultuous season that saw Mississippi State (34-21, 15-15 SEC) fire its head coach midway through, the Bulldogs are back in familiar territory; awaiting their NCAA Regional fate.
Driving through the backroads of Lowndes County, you’re likely to see fields of grass, an occasional cow pasture and people enjoying their front porches. You might also see tires, maybe even ...
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There were ghosts everywhere. That’s what I kept thinking, while standing on Shiloh battlefield. Ghosts. You could feel them. You could almost hear their fraternal laughter. You could smell ...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says making cents doesn’t make sense anymore. The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run ...