A boutique hotel and new home for the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library will anchor a planned 15-acre development between the Cotton District and Mississippi State University.

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.

CARROLTON, Ala. — Annie “Blue” Bell Hall died Aug. 19, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at Miles Chapel ...

Susan Rogers Posted: August 21, 2025 VERNON, Ala. — Susan Rogers, 50, died Aug. 19, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Chandler Funeral Home, with James ...

Cora Richardson Posted: August 21, 2025 COLUMBUS — Cora Bell Richardson, 87, died Aug. 13, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at ...

Carolyn Haynes Posted: August 21, 2025 SULLIGENT, Ala. — Carolyn Ann Haynes, 81, died Aug. 19, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, at Otts Funeral Home, with ...

Victor Lancaster Posted: August 20, 2025 COLUMBUS — Victor Lancaster, 94, died Aug. 20, 2025, at Vineyard Court Nursing Center. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial ...

Mr. William “Billy” Talmadge Polk, 74, of Columbus, MS, passed away Monday, August 18, 2025, at his residence. Visitation will be Thursday, August 21, 2025, ...

Orlanda Brewer Posted: August 19, 2025 NOXUBEE COUNTY — Orlanda Brewer, 58, died Aug. 17, 2025. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Macon.

Daisy Kidd Posted: August 20, 2025 COLUMBUS — Daisy Elizabeth Williams Kidd, 93, died Aug. 12, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at Anderson Grove M.B. Church ...

Willie Abrams Posted: August 20, 2025 COLUMBUS — Willie James “Bo” Abrams, 71, died Aug. 10, 2025, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at Shiloh Full Gospel M.B ...