Executive Director of Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum Derek Aaron, left, holds a handful of candy while Patricia Coley places candy in a bag for Maddie Grace Jones, 5, Thursday during Pumpkinpalooza.

With the shuttering of Franklin Academy earlier this year, Columbus Municipal School District trustees must decide what comes next for the property. Ideas for the property, which has housed a school ...

STARKVILLE – Cobwebs, fake blood and skeletons will decorate the theater at Mississippi State University’s McComas Hall for a haunted house from Thursday to Saturday. This will be the second year ...

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State soccer closed out its regular season on Sunday with a 1-0 home loss to Georgia. The 11 a.m. start meant that many of the usual fans didn’t make it out, as well as a ...

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, at Otts Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Webb Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Thursday, at the funeral home. Otts Funeral Home of Sulligent is ...

Larry Edward Bond, 72, of Columbus, MS, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2025, at Aurora Health and Rehabilitation Center in Columbus, MS. Private family graveside will be at a later date. Lowndes ...

Scott Arnold McCormick, 58 of Columbus, MS, passed away on Monday, November 3, 2025, at his residence. Visitation will be Thursday, November 6, 2025, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM in the Lowndes Funeral Home ...

Cynthia Bradford Grace Reeves, of Starkville, MS, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS, surrounded by family. Visitation will be Wednesday, ...

Helen Lucile Putt Thomas of Starkville died November 1, 2025, at Trinity Place in Columbus. She was born December 21, 1931, in Saltillo. She was the daughter of Robert Q and Louie Dye Putt. She was ...

Margaret Odessa Sprayberry, 89, of Columbus, MS, passed away November 2, 2025, at her residence surrounded by family. The visitation will Wednesday, November 5, 2025, from 12:00 P.M. until 1:30 P.M.

Sulligent, Ala. — Herman Hayes, 81, died Oct. 23, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Otts Funeral hOme. Burial followed at Sulligent ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University announced new tailgating zones for the 2025 football season on Thursday, with the biggest change being the rezoning of The Junction, removing public ...