OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – A former Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District teacher was convicted Wednesday of three counts of touching a child for lustful purposes. A jury found Kelvin Lamar ...

Four dachshunds in Heat 2 of the 2026 Starkville Derby fly toward their owners down the 100-foot pet turf track set up in the center of University Drive as the crowd cheers Saturday. The races are ...

Alan Daniels; 100 W. Jess Lyons Road; set up mobile home; Keith Edwards Electrical Services Alan Daniels; 100 W. Jess Lyons Road; move mobile home; Pontotoc Mobile Home Transport LLC Timothy Stout; ...

COLUMBUS – Longtime CEO Joe Max Higgins is no longer with the Golden Triangle Development LINK. A press release issued Sunday evening said the LINK’s Executive Committee determined “a leadership ...

Severe winter weather left most of the Golden Triangle unscathed this weekend, while other parts of the state have dealt with large-scale power outages, falling debris and iced over roads. An extreme ...

Thomas Taylor III and his wife, Rebecca, looked at 50 other cities to raise their children before landing on Columbus. The family chose Columbus for the same reason Taylor flips houses: he sees ...

STARKVILLE – Four Starkville men are in custody following a Saturday shooting in the Cotton District that left one person injured. Dewaylon Brooks, 23, Jordyn Barrett, 21, Anthony Davis, 19 and ...

The Dispatch’s Best of the Triangle readers’ choice contest is the area’s longest-running recognition of the most popular businesses and professionals in the Golden Triangle. Businesses who want to ...

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Harris Grove M.B. Church, with Bill Goodwin officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Visitation will be from 12-5 p.m. Friday, at ...

COLUMBUS — Martha Ann “Rit” Ivy, 70, died April 20, 2026, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Piney Grove M.B. Church, with the Rev. Williams Clemons officiating. Burial ...

NOXUBEE COUNTY — David “Jeff” Lockett, 74, died April 20, 2026, at Noxubee General Hospital. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Ivy Grove M.B. Church in Shuqualak, with Ronald Anthony ...

MACON — Viola “Tuzzie” Kincaid, 76, died April 22, 2026, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, at Millers Chapel M.B. Church, with the Rev. Nathaniel Ron Houston Sr.