Cynthia Bradford Grace Reeves, of Starkville, MS, passed away Saturday, November 1, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, MS, surrounded by family. Visitation will be Wednesday, ...

Sulligent, Ala. — Herman Hayes, 81, died Oct. 23, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services were at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Otts Funeral hOme. Burial followed at Sulligent ...

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus.

STARKVILLE – Cobwebs, fake blood and skeletons will decorate the theater at Mississippi State University’s McComas Hall for a haunted house from Thursday to Saturday. This will be the second year ...

Executive Director of Oktibbeha County Heritage Museum Derek Aaron, left, holds a handful of candy while Patricia Coley places candy in a bag for Maddie Grace Jones, 5, Thursday during Pumpkinpalooza.

With the shuttering of Franklin Academy earlier this year, Columbus Municipal School District trustees must decide what comes next for the property. Ideas for the property, which has housed a school ...

In 2024, Mississippi’s infant mortality rate was recorded at a rate of 9.7 deaths per 1,000 births within their first year of life, or roughly one death out of every 100 babies born. That puts the ...

You can help your community Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. The Dispatch brings you the most complete reporting and insightful commentary in the Golden Triangle, but ...

A nearly 40-mile rail line stretching from West Point to Ackerman that has remained dormant for more than two decades has the potential to become a bustling destination for walkers and bikers through ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – The sale of OCH Regional Medical Center to Baptist Memorial Health Care has officially closed, with Oktibbeha County poised to pocket about $30.5 million in net proceeds. Baptist ...

Spotlight Barbershop owner Arthur Brewer doesn’t condone violence of any sort, but especially not gun violence, which is why he has a “no guns” sign posted in his shop window. The signage didn’t seem ...

One man is dead after a Friday night motorcycle wreck on Highway 69. Antonio Pierre Harris, 43, of Columbus, was killed after his Suzuki motorcycle collided with a Toyota car at about 10:30 p.m. at ...