NOXUBEE COUNTY — Curtis “Pony” C. Bush, 64m died May 14, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, at Tabernacle M.B. Church in Macon, with Edward ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – Three current employees and two former employees in the Oktibbeha County Tax Assessor and Collector’s Office could be on the hook for more than $31,000 after an investigation by the ...

STARKVILLE – Phillips Wealth Planners, a registered investment adviser firm, announced recently Lynn Phillips-Gaines and Lauren Black were honored with Forbes’ Best-in-State Wealth Advisors award.

Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at Full Gospel Ministry. Visitation will be from 2-6 p.m. Friday, at Carter’s Funeral Services. Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus is in charge of ...

STEENS — Eric “E.T.” Dijon Thomas, 30, died May 17, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at New Beginning Full Gospel Baptist Church, ...

Funeral Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at New Vision School in Macon, with Carl Johnson officiating. Visitation will be from 2-5 p.m. Friday, at Carter’s Funeral Services. Carter’s Funeral ...

COLUMBUS — Brenda Harris Sherrod, 65, died May 11, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at First Baptist Church, with Donna Anthony ...

A DoorDasher and a woman inside her home suffered injuries during a rash of three separate shootings over two days, Police Chief Joseph Daughtry told The Dispatch. Daughtry said the shootings stemmed ...

STARKVILLE — A Starkville man was arrested Monday for allegedly placing a hidden recording device inside his own home to surveil someone else without their knowledge. Scott Gronewold, 50, is charged ...

James Wayne Gibson was born July 23, 1938, and passed peacefully from this life on May 16, 2026, at Hospice House in Mountain Home AR. Wayne was most famously known in his home town of Columbus, MS ...

NORFOLK, Va. — The USS Gerald R. Ford, the world largest aircraft carrier, returned home to Virginia on Saturday after an 11-month deployment, the longest since the Vietnam War, that saw it support ...

VERNON, Ala. — Barron Todd Patrick, 58, died May 16, 2026. Funeral services will be at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, at Chandler Funeral Home Chapel, with Brandon Phillips officiating. Burial will follow at ...