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Roy Whitehead, age 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away Monday June 30, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus. A memorial service will be held at a later date. Mr. Whitehead wa ...
William Cunningham Posted: July 2, 2025 ALICEVILLE, Ala. — William C. “W.C.” Cunningham, 75, died June 27, 2025, at Aliceville Manor Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday ...
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – Changes are coming to Oktibbeha County voting precincts, District 3 Election Commissioner Dennis Daniels told The Dispatch. Daniels said two precincts are changing locations ...
Nancy Carpenter, right, speaks with Cindy Goode after Thursday’s Columbus Exchange Club meeting at Lion Hills Center where Carpenter spoke about the America250 Mississippi nonprofit. America 250 ...
Aldermen denied an exception for Burns Dirt to open a borrow pit on Pat Station Road, after a resident of a nearby home on Tuesday night raised objections to the company’s operations in the area ...
Senate Republicans on Monday proposed deeper Medicaid cuts, including new work requirements for parents of teens, as a way to offset the costs of making President Donald Trump’s tax breaks more ...
Reese is coming off of another week of postseason honors, earning All-American recognition from the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings. He was also named a First Team All-American ...
EUGENE, Ore. — Mississippi State decathlete Peyton Bair won the national championship at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Ore. on Thursday, ...
Columbus folks, it’s time to wine down. Zachary’s owner Doug Pellum’s newest venture is taking off – turning The Tavern from an event venue into The Tavern Wine Bar, Columbus’ newest ...
Khloe Hughes fills up a cup with ice during Lemonade Day in this 2022 Dispatch file photo. Lemonade Day is returning to the Golden Triangle on Saturday, with more than 200 youth signed up to set ...
A pair of severe thunderstorms ripped through the Golden Triangle on Saturday and Sunday, downing trees and causing power outages and flooding roads throughout the area. A storm that passed ...
The college baseball transfer portal opened on June 2 and will close on July 1. Mississippi State will see its baseball roster go through plenty of transformation in that time, with shakeups under ...