Patrice Butts keeps a photo of her mother and sister on her desk at Safe Haven, where she works as a case manager for victims of domestic violence. Both women were killed in 2016 in an act of domestic ...

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 ...

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.

Award-winning chef and bestselling author Jeff Henderson brought more than recipes to Mississippi University for Women last week. Before headlining the 2025 Welty Gala on Friday evening, Henderson ...

A fire early Sunday destroyed a Northside home, according to Columbus Fire and Rescue Chief Duane Hughes. Firefighters responded at about 1 a.m. to 1402 Eighth Ave. N., Hughes said. By then, the house ...

NORMAN, Oklahoma – Ole Miss wasn’t about to let the same thing happen twice, much less within a seven-day span. A week after blowing a nine-point fourth-quarter lead at Georgia, No. 8 Ole Miss ...

STARKVILLE – Mississippi State soccer closed out its regular season on Sunday with a 1-0 home loss to Georgia. The 11 a.m. start meant that many of the usual fans didn’t make it out, as well as a ...

OXFORD – Oklahoma’s vaunted defensive line and pass rush reminds Ole Miss senior offensive tackle Jayden Williams a lot of a group he saw up close and personal a year ago. The No. 13 Sooners have the ...

Vester Horace Gilliam, 79, of Columbus, MS, passed away Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at his residence. A Memorial Service will be announced at a later date. Lowndes Funeral Home, Columbus, MS entrusted ...

STEENS — Frankie Young, 71, died Oct. 22, 2025, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, at Memorial Funeral Home, with Allen Jones officiating. Burial will follow at Woodlawn ...

For the past seven years, 81-year-old Rayness Tulipan has been helping to make the dead rise at the Columbus Fairgrounds during the Community Benefit Committee’s annual haunted house. Over time, he ...