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Memorial services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at Beth-el M.B. Church. West Memorial Funeral Home of Starkville is in charge of arrangements. She is survived by her mother, Delores Bradford of ...
COLUMBUS — Ronnie Walker Rickard, 70, died June 6, 2025, at his residence. No funeral services will be held. Carter’s Funeral services of Columbus is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Rickard was ...
COLUMBUS — Sadie W. Walker, 79, died June 3, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Bible Way ...
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Southside M.B. Church with the Rev. Rayfield Evins Jrl. officiating. Burial will follow Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be from 2-6 p.m. Friday ...
BROOKSVILLE — John Wayne Boykin, 51, died June 4, 2025, at his residence. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Brooksville Cemetery. If rain, services will be at Cockrell Funeral Home.
The Golden Triangle has seen more rainfall this month than any May in the past decade. Local farmers are feeling the downpour with drowned crops, muddy rows and swarms of bugs gorging themselves ...
LOWNDES COUNTY — A single-engine plane carrying a family of four crashed into a pasture in New Hope at about 4 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported. The 1977 Cessna 177B, registered to ...
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military spent more than $6 billion over the past three years to recruit and retain service members, in what has been a growing campaign to counter enlistment shortfalls.
Driving through the backroads of Lowndes County, you’re likely to see fields of grass, an occasional cow pasture and people enjoying their front porches. You might also see tires, maybe even ...
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration says making cents doesn’t make sense anymore. The U.S. Mint has made its final order of penny blanks and plans to stop producing the coin when those run ...
HOOVER, Ala. – Mississippi State fell flat out of the starting gate in Hoover with an early exit at the SEC Tournament. The Bulldogs (34-21) were shut out in a 9-0 loss to Texas A&M at Hoover ...
OXFORD – For the first time since its 2022 College World Series title run, Ole Miss baseball will be returning to the NCAA Tournament. It’s just a matter of where. Ole Miss clinched a first ...