Canada is dropping retaliatory tariffs to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the United States-Mexico-Canada trade pact, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced Friday.

A boutique hotel and new home for the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library will anchor a planned 15-acre development between the Cotton District and Mississippi State University.

Tommy Patterson Jr. Posted: August 21, 2025 STARKVILLE — Tommie Patterson Jr., 70, died July 28, 2025, in Columbus. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. at New Prairie Grove M.B. Church. Burial ...

Ebony Morris Posted: August 21, 2025 WEST POINT — Ebony Rena Morris, 42, died Aug. 7, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center-West Point. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at ...

Susan Rogers Posted: August 21, 2025 VERNON, Ala. — Susan Rogers, 50, died Aug. 19, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Chandler Funeral Home, with James ...

William “Bill” Carlton Burnette, Jr. died in Baltimore, MD, on August 13, 2025, after complications during surgery. He was born in Columbus, MS, on July ...

Mary Trimble Posted: August 21, 2025 COLUMBUS — Mary Jame Trimble, 62, died Aug. 14, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, at Miracle ...

John Ryan Booth, age 78, of Steens, MS, passed away August 20, 2025, at his residence. Funeral services will be Saturday, August 23, 2025, at 11:00 AM at Memorial Funeral Home Chapel with Pete ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – Supervisors on Monday approved a $55 million purchase agreement to sell OCH Regional Medical Center to Baptist Memorial Health Care, putting the deal on track to close this ...

James Gaston Posted: August 20, 2025 MACON — James Gaston, 75, died Aug. 16, 2025, at his residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Macon is in ...

Albert Stewart Posted: August 20, 2025 MACON — Albert Stewart, 75, died Aug. 16, 2025, at Noxubee County Nursing Home in Macon. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lee-Sykes ...

Mississippi State University members of the Famous Maroon Band aren’t just good musicians – they tend to be students who make everything look easy, including maintaining a high GPA.