ABERDEEN – Dozens of workers are set to be affected by the impending closure of Westlake Corporation’s polyvinyl chloride plant at the company’s site in Aberdeen, including those commuting from the ...

Columbus Light and Water paved the way Thursday for another set of homeowners to receive home improvements and reduce utility costs. The CLW board agreed Thursday to participate in the Tennessee ...

STARKVILLE – Two people were arrested on felony charges after leading police on a vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash. Lanforth Lee, 36, of Shuqualak, is charged with felony failure to stop motor ...

John Wesley Newell, father, grandfather, uncle, friend and veteran passed away at the age of 93 on December 15, 2025. Visitation will be Thursday, December 18, 2025, from 10:30 A.M. to 11:00 A.M. at ...

Two years ago, Michele Austin, owner of Revolution, planted a seed with store manager Jessica Taylor: start saving so you can buy the shop when I’m ready to retire. “When she mentioned that to me, it ...

SHUQUALAK — Barbara Jean Scott, 82, died Dec. 15, 2025, in Kemper County. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday, at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home Chapel, with Gloria Jean Jones officiating. Visitation ...

WEST POINT — Samuel Lee Gates, 72, died Nov. 29, 2025, at Baptist Hospital in Jackson. Funeral services were at 1 p.m. Sunday, at Concord M.B. Church, with Cynthia Gates officiating. Burial followed ...

Isaiah 25:1 “O Lord, you are my God; I will exalt you; I will praise your name, for you have done wonderful things, plans formed of old, faithful and sure.” On December 5, 2025, Dr. Ben Ogletree, 79, ...

To anyone in Columbus for the last 49 years, the giant building at 1404 Old Aberdeen Road has always been Leigh Mall. But the Hull Property Group, which bought the mall in 2019 with the goal of ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University announced new tailgating zones for the 2025 football season on Thursday, with the biggest change being the rezoning of The Junction, removing public ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — Sheriff’s deputies arrested two suspects in a weekend double homicide on Kincaid Road. Travis Chandler, 34, and Devon Chandler, 27, both of Starkville, turned themselves in to ...

When Hull Property Group struck a deal with the city and the county three years ago, establishing about $3 million in economic incentives for the rehabilitation of the former Leigh Mall property, the ...