STARKVILLE — Mississippi State women’s basketball learned its Southeastern Conference opponents for the 2025-26 season, a slate that once again features matchups against some of the strongest teams in ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – Supervisors on Monday approved a $55 million purchase agreement to sell OCH Regional Medical Center to Baptist Memorial Health Care, putting the deal on track to close this fall.

SDI representatives, CEO Mark Millett and Gov. Tate Reeves dig up dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for Aluminum Dynamics Tuesday afternoon off Charleigh D. Ford Jr. Drive. Millett expects to begin ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — Sheriff’s deputies arrested two suspects in a weekend double homicide on Kincaid Road. Travis Chandler, 34, and Devon Chandler, 27, both of Starkville, turned themselves in to ...

Residents of the Downtown Historic District began receiving letters recently from the city’s building department reminding them of what changes to their property require prior approval. For most, the ...

CLAY COUNTY – At least five people were injured in a shooting Saturday night in Clay County, Chief Deputy Steven “Woody” Woodruff told The Dispatch. The shooting took place at about midnight during a ...

She used to be a “five, five and five girl” — five minutes each of prayer, worship and reading her Bible every morning. Now she says she can’t look at her Bible without crying. “If I start to pray, ...

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 ...

To anyone in Columbus for the last 49 years, the giant building at 1404 Old Aberdeen Road has always been Leigh Mall. But the Hull Property Group, which bought the mall in 2019 with the goal of ...

The primary benefit for the city keeping a lobbyist on contract is leveraging relationships that open doors to the halls of power. That was the message Saleem Baird delivered to the mayor and city ...

A Lowndes County man is charged with murder for allegedly killing his father on Friday night. Bradley Wayne Peeks, 21, was arrested for the shooting death of Larry Wayne Peeks Jr., 45. Lowndes County ...

Of the top 10 most valuable economic development projects announced in Mississippi since 2018, four are in or near the Golden Triangle. Of them, two are expansions to existing industries. Aluminum ...