Supervisors unanimously agreed Monday to allow $700,000 left over state grant funding to be redirected toward relocating and upgrading the Josey Creek sewage pumping station, which serves ...

Mississippi State University members of the Famous Maroon Band aren’t just good musicians – they tend to be students who make everything look easy, including maintaining a high GPA.

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Position Preview: Looking at Mississippi State’s tight ends room for the 2025 season Veteran Traore, newcomer Reese could be impact players at the position ...

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To anyone in Columbus for the last 49 years, the giant building at 1404 Old Aberdeen Road has always been Leigh Mall.

Two men are dead after fatally shooting each other Thursday in the parking lot of the Quality Inn on Highway 12.

Representatives from Steel Dynamics Incorporated held an “explosive” groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday on Charleigh D. Ford Drive for its $2 billion aluminum flat-rolled mill, Aluminum Dynamics ...

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The Burns Bottom redevelopment project area now has a pending Planned Unit Development form, which outlines residential and commercial spaces for future development.

Pre-kindergarten teacher Ashlea Sheorn reads with her students Jan. 13 in her classroom at Sudduth Elementary School in Starkville. After a ransomware attack shut down the school district’s ...