OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – A former Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District teacher was convicted Wednesday of three counts of touching a child for lustful purposes. A jury found Kelvin Lamar ...

NOXUBEE COUNTY — David “Jeff” Lockett, 74, died April 20, 2026, at Noxubee General Hospital. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Ivy Grove M.B. Church in Shuqualak, with Ronald Anthony ...

MACON — Viola “Tuzzie” Kincaid, 76, died April 22, 2026, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, at Millers Chapel M.B. Church, with the Rev. Nathaniel Ron Houston Sr.

COLUMBUS — Eric L. Pruitt, 50, died April 20, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Tabernacle C.M.E. Church in Ethelsville, Alabama, with ...

Alan Daniels; 100 W. Jess Lyons Road; set up mobile home; Keith Edwards Electrical Services Alan Daniels; 100 W. Jess Lyons Road; move mobile home; Pontotoc Mobile Home Transport LLC Timothy Stout; ...

The Dispatch’s Best of the Triangle readers’ choice contest is the area’s longest-running recognition of the most popular businesses and professionals in the Golden Triangle. Businesses who want to ...

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Four dachshunds in Heat 2 of the 2026 Starkville Derby fly toward their owners down the 100-foot pet turf track set up in the center of University Drive as the crowd cheers Saturday. The races are ...

Thomas Taylor III and his wife, Rebecca, looked at 50 other cities to raise their children before landing on Columbus. The family chose Columbus for the same reason Taylor flips houses: he sees ...

William R. “Billy” Thornbrough, age 78, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 25, 2026, at Diversicare of Quitman, MS. Graveside services will be Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 3:00 PM at Egger Cemetery ...

Everett “Todd” Davis, age 62, of Columbus, Mississippi, passed away Friday, April 24, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Todd was born on December 23, 1963, in Columbus, Mississippi. He dedicated 30 ...

STARKVILLE – Four Starkville men are in custody following a Saturday shooting in the Cotton District that left one person injured. Dewaylon Brooks, 23, Jordyn Barrett, 21, Anthony Davis, 19 and ...