After another long and fruitful playoff run, Noxubee County finds itself in the Class 3A state championship game for the fourth straight year. Along the way the Tigers have knocked out two teams that ...

From left, Diane Ford, Jane Atkins, Grace Mast and Patti Gildea perform Christmas songs Friday night at the Rosenzweig Arts Center in Columbus. The four members of the Suzuki String Program performed ...

For the last 10 years, West Point has run the gauntlet. Each of those football seasons for the Green Wave began with a murderer’s row of tough non-conference opponents before moving into another ...

Kaylar R Hill-Duck and Eric V Duck; Nov. 4 ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court seemed likely on Tuesday to side with a faith-based pregnancy center raising First Amendment concerns about an investigation into whether it misled people to discourage ...

COLUMBUS — Gregory L. Virgil Sr., 58, died Nov. 30, 2025, at Oktibbeha County Hospital in Starkville. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, at 15th Street Church of God in Christ, with Terry ...

Starting in the new year, new phone numbers in the 662 area code will start with 471 following an all services area code overlay approved by the Mississippi Public Service Commission. A number overlay ...

WEST POINT — Glenda Denise Dean, 56, died Nov. 21, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Fresh Church, with Alex Jackson Sr. officiating ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Laura Mae Martin Cole, 69, died Nov. 9, 2025. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Pleasant Grove Full Gospel Baptist Church in Columbus, with Timothy Bourne ...

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NOXUBEE COUNTY — Bruce Cunningham, 61, died Nov. 25, 2025, at Noxubee General Hospital. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Christian Love M.B. Church in Macon, with Larry Cunningham ...

COLUMBUS — Tommie Lee Deloach, 57, died Nov. 20, 2025. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at Carter’s Funeral Service Chapel, with the Rev. Jeremiah Gardner officiating. Burial will follow at ...