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 ...

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 ...

OMAHA, Neb. — Johnnie Ray McCloud, 62, died Nov. 27, 2025, in Omaha, Nebraska. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at Tabernacle M.B. Church in Macon. Burial will follow at Hall Cemetery.

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 ...

COLUMBUS — Evelyn M. Walker, 76, died Nov. 21, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Military Chapel U.M. Church, with Antra Geeter ...

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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 ...

Isaiah 25:1 “O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.” On December 5, 2025, Dr. Ben Ogletree, 79, ...

COLUMBUS — Sheryl Lynn Burchett-Smith, 53, died Dec. 10, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be held at a later date. Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus is in ...

NOXUBEE COUNTY — Walter “Walt Daddy” Hairston, 78, died Nov. 28, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Mt. Carmel M.B. Church in Macon, ...

COLUMBUS — Zettie Lee Shelton, 85, died Dec. 8, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Union Chapel Baptist Church in Brooksville, with ...