COLUMBUS — Henri Jane Plyler Dyson, 81, died Dec. 13, 2025, at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory.

WEST POINT — Samuel Lee Gates, 72, died Nov. 29, 2025, at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. Funeral services were at 1 p.m. Sunday, at Concord M.B. Church, with Cynthia Gates officiating. Burial followed ...

Isaiah 25:1 “O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.” On December 5, 2025, Dr. Ben Ogletree, 79, ...

PICKENSVILLE, Ala. — Azola Williams, 104, died Dec. 10, 2025, in Pickensville, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 21, at Aliceville City ...

COLUMBUS — Tommie Lee Deloach, 57, died Nov. 20, 2025. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at Carter’s Funeral Service Chapel, with the Rev. Jeremiah Gardner officiating. Burial will follow at ...

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The following people recently were initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective collegiate honor society for all academic disciplines. Mississippi State ...

A grand re-opening ceremony for Hunt Intermediate School is scheduled for the end of October, nearly three months after the school year began. The Columbus Municipal School District Board of Trustees ...

Mississippi Association of Supervisors is now accepting applications for the 2026 MAS County Employee Scholarship Program. The program will award $500 scholarships to qualifying students in each of ...

Apart from Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated, each school district in the Golden Triangle saw a decrease in their Mississippi Department of Education’s 2024-2025 Accountability Ratings. While SOCSD ...

STARKVILLE – Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science is no longer part of the plans for the new Starkville High School, but a new specialty school could take its place in the design. District ...

A former Mississippi University for Women police officer was arrested Thursday for allegedly stealing more than $1,000 in equipment from his former employer. Michael Mellott, 48, has been charged with ...