While county, local and Tennessee Valley Authority officials ceremonially “broke ground” Wednesday morning at the site of the New Caledonia Combustion Turbine Plant, the sounds of thrashing bulldozers ...

WEST POINT — James Lewis Buchanan, 58, died Oct. 12, 2025, in Vardaman. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, at Vardaman High School Gymnasium, with the Rev. Clarence Buchanan officiating.

WEST POINT — Katie Dell Cannon Temple, 91, died Oct. 19, 2025. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, at Third Mt. Olive M.B. Church, with Randy L. Conley Jr. officiating. Burial will follow at ...

COLUMBUS — Nias Austin Jr., 92, died Oct. 19, 2025, in Columbus. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Bible Way Progressive Church, with Tommy Lee Williams officiating. Burial will follow ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – A pair of Mississippi developers is eyeing a $45 million redevelopment project to transform an old stormwater detention area off Highway 12 behind Walk-On’s into a mixed-use complex ...

Douglas Anderson Yelverton, Sr., age 84, passed away Tuesday, October 21, 2025, peacefully in his sleep in Columbus, MS. Doug was born November 14, 1940, to Peter Anderson (P.A.) Yelverton and Lenore ...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — Imogene Williams, 86, died Oct. 16, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, at Chandler Funeral Home, with Buddy Abernathy officiating. Burial will ...

Michael Thorne died October 12, 2025, of a heart attack at home. He was born September 7, 1942, to William Albert and Alice Jeanne Mathis Thorne, in Shreveport, LA. He graduated from LSU with a B.A.

COLUMBUS – Mississippi University for Women will once again celebrate Sonya Kovalevsky, a pioneer for women in the field of mathematics, with the annual Sonya Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day ...

COLUMBUS – Robert Smith and James Richardson still have vivid memories of walking the halls of Hunt school. Now, as members of the Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees, they are ...

Driving through Mississippi, you’ve spotted them – green, blue and red cast metal signs standing along highways and sidewalks, marking significant moments and people in history. The Golden Triangle ...

Christine Marie Lindner passed away Friday October 17, 2025, at Dugan Memorial Home, at the age of 77. She was born August 25, 1948, in Germany, to the late Leon Wieczorek and Anna Rej. She is ...