The university receives an annual allocation of $113,000 to cover routine maintenance issues, which often leaves MUW footing the bill for major upgrades and improvements. Gaskin echoed calls for ...

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Two applicants have emerged for a vacant seat on the board of Columbus-Lowndes Convention and Visitors Bureau. Current board member Jay Patel is seeking reappointment and is contested by former ...

An illness is spreading through the Mississippi Capitol: special session fever. Speculation is rampant that Gov. Tate Reeves will call a special session if the Senate does not acquiesce to his and ...

The city is still in the running for a $20 million grant that would build an $8 million multipurpose facility on part of the old Kerr-McGee Superfund site and improve more than 400 homes in the ...

STARKVILLE – The Starkville-Oktibbeha County Public Library has booked a free showing and panel discussion Monday about the history of school integration for Black History Month. The documentary ...

TERRY — A Mississippi sheriff’s deputy was shot and killed while responding to a call outside the state’s capital city of Jackson, authorities said. Deputy Martin Shields Jr., 37, of the ...

The two worst periods of oppressive inflation I have experienced were both under Democratic presidents. Jimmy Carter was in office during a stagnant economy and double-digit inflation. Joe Biden ...

A press conference set for Monday may provide some insight into the local fight to keep Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science at Mississippi University for Women. MUW President Nora ...

Mississippi State entered the ninth inning Sunday with some history on the line, but before long, the No. 18 Bulldogs found themselves barely hanging on as they tried to complete a three-game ...

Four days after Mississippi State’s second-half defense led the way in a win over a top-10 Texas A&M team by allowing just 23 points, an Oklahoma squad that had lost five straight overwhelmed ...

COLUMBUS — While Mother Goose is a name known worldwide as the imaginary author of nursery rhymes like “Jack and Jill” and “Hickory Dickory Dock,” Columbus has a unique claim to the ...