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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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 ...

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.

STARKVILLE — Justin Parker never planned on making a pitching change when he walked out to the mound in the eighth inning Friday night, but Evan Siary didn’t know that. Mississippi State’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

STARKVILLE – A Starkville teenager has been charged with four counts of child exploitation. Nicholas Randle, 18, was arrested Wednesday, with the classification of dissemination of sexually ...

I turn 46 in the next few days. On occasion, my birthday lands on Mother’s Day and it becomes all the more special for my own mom. I’ve always joked that if I were her firstborn, it would be a ...

The term “Gold Star Family” is a modern reference that comes from the service flag first flown by families during World War I. The flag included a blue star for every immediate family member ...