MILLPORT, Ala. — David Weston Sullivan, 64, died May 20, 2025, at his residence. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Thursday, at Dowdle Funeral Home, with Jeff Long officiating. Visitation will be ...

Dr. Edwin Dilworth Meeks, II, M.D., 75, passed away on Sunday, April 27, 2025, at his home in Columbus. Born in Aberdeen on October 26, 1949, to Edwin Dilworth Meeks and Margaret Alene Willmore Meeks.

The Dispatch’s Best of the Triangle readers’ choice contest is the area’s longest-running recognition of the most popular businesses and professionals in the Golden Triangle. Businesses who ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State is returning to the NCAA Tournament for the second year in a row and the 11th time in the last 13 postseasons. The Bulldogs are heading to the Lubbock Regional ...

STARKVILLE — Ryan McPherson’s first appearance against Ole Miss was going very well until it suddenly wasn’t. After 3 ⅓ scoreless innings in the Governor’s Cup on Apr. 22 in Pearl, the ...

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STARKVILLE – Starkville Academy announced the hiring of Justin Flake as the school’s next head baseball coach on Friday. Flake joins the Volunteers from Grenada High School, and previously ...

In the Columbus area, the “Eight O’May” has long been called “Emancipation Day.” It is the day tradition says the enslaved African Americans in the Columbus area learned they were free.

The federal government wants to make Columbus a hub for training police officers around the state in several areas, including enforcing immigration. Steven Jackson, a law enforcement coordinator ...

COLUMBUS — Dean James likes killing people, but it’s a lot more fun if they’re obnoxious. At least, that’s what the cozy mystery writer told a small group on Wednesday afternoon at a table ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – Alayna Stevens arrived at her home on Old West Point Road just after 4:45 p.m. Thursday to find every window on the front side shattered. Her 6-year-old son’s carpet was ...

Mississippi State has received the lead gift for its new football-only indoor practice facility from Howard Industries, with the new Billy W. Howard Sr. Indoor Practice Facility expected to open ...