STARKVILLE – Mississippi Secretary of State Michael Watson is helping craft national election policy for the White House, a position in which he hopes to sway President Trump against banning mail-in ...

JERUSALEM — After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world roared back to life Tuesday, its ancient sound echoing through a monastery in Jerusalem’s ...

Mississippi State football is back at home on Saturday for a visit from Alcorn State. It’s another nonconference matchup, and one the Bulldogs are very likely to win comfortably, but it’s also an ...

WEST POINT — Inez Q. Mosley, 86, died Sept. 5, 2025, at Dugan Memorial Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, at New St. Peter M.B. Church, with Judias Neal officiating. Burial will ...

GUIN, Ala. — Betty “Sue” Morris, 90, died Sept. 6, 2025, at Sunset Manor Nursing Home in Guin, Alabama. Funeral services were at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, with Glenn Hughes ...

STARKVILLE — Brenen Thompson equalled a career best for touchdowns in a season when he hauled in the pass from Blake Shapen to put the Bulldogs ahead in the final minute against Arizona State last ...

Gregory Douglas Harper, age 23, from Caledonia, MS, passed away at UAB on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. Visitation will be Saturday, September 13, 2025, from 3:00 P.M. to 4:00 P.M. at Lowndes Funeral ...

STARKVILLE — Donna Marie Rice, 67, died Aug. 31, 2025, in Columbus. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Blackjack M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Rice Cemetery. Visitation is from 3-6 p ...

COLUMBUS — Devorris “Pocket” Vantreal Hill, 41, died Sept. 3, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Greater Mt. Zion Church, with Doran ...

John (Jack) Zimmerman, Jr., age 88, peacefully passed away at his home surrounded by his children on Saturday, August 30, 2025. Jack grew up in Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1958 from ...

MILLPORT, Ala. — Sharrion Ivy Connell, 79, died Sept. 3, 2025, at her residence. There will be no services at this time. Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus was in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Connell ...

COLUMBUS — Ret. Master Sergeant (R-15) John J. Harris, 61, died Sept. 7, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. at Noxubee County High School, with the ...