Despite new ownership, a new name and an updated facade, the former Leigh Mall hasn’t yet shaken its old problem of losing tenants. Cato and Bealls are the latest casualties at what is now ...

NORTHPORT, Ala. — Jesse Bishop, 71, died Dec. 17, 2024, at Hospice of West Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, at New Wright M.B. Church in Aliceville ...

Since Palmer Home was established nearly 125 years ago and built on 110 acres in south Columbus in 1898, the faith-based organization has maintained a presence in the Golden Triangle. But in ...

Every year, roughly 230 of the state’s most gifted students flock to Columbus, prepared to take on the challenge of succeeding at Mississippi’s most academically rigorous high school.

SEATTLE — The world’s largest hornet, an invasive breed dubbed the “murder hornet” for its dangerous sting and ability to slaughter a honey bee hive in a matter of hours, has been declared ...

Mayor Keith Gaskin on Friday vetoed a city council decision to assign two police officers to community service for getting into an altercation in front of the Municipal Complex. At Chief Joseph ...

STARKVILLE — A Starkville Police Department officer was arrested shortly after midnight Sunday after Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a call about an assault on Lilac Street.

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin 15-year-old who shot and killed a teacher and a fellow student Monday was only in her first semester at the school but seemed to be settling in, a school official ...

A pedestrian who was killed Saturday after being struck while walking on the side of Highway 50 has been identified. Craig Alan Friederichsen, 63, died at the scene, Lowndes County Coroner Greg ...

Columbus and Lowndes County municipal offices have released their schedules for the holiday season. Both offices will be closed Tuesday and Wednesday for Christmas and Jan. 1 for New Year’s.

STARKVILLE — A toddler who shot himself Sunday with an unsecured firearm has died from his injuries. Armani Turnipseed, 2, passed away at about 8 p.m. Monday at Blair Batson Children’s ...

WEST POINT — Xzavier Orr was about to go into the ninth grade when his house burned down, and his family lost almost everything. But as his mother tried to figure out what to do next, she got a ...