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 ...

COLUMBUS – A municipal election voting precinct opened 30 minutes late Tuesday morning because an election worker’s vehicle containing ballots was repossessed overnight. The receiving and ...

Ryan McPherson was only supposed to throw one inning Tuesday night. But Mississippi State head coach Chris Lemonis and pitching coach Justin Parker were so impressed with how McPherson looked that ...

With more than half of the necessary easements on hand, the $6.2 million watershed project to improve drainage in major flooding areas is back on track. Of the 85 easements needed to complete the ...

Three suspects have been arrested for a shooting over the weekend that resulted in no injuries and involved a child. Christopher Brown, 33, of West Point, Jennifer Bass, 31, of Starkville and ...

STARKVILLE – Incumbent Lynn Spruill has won the Democratic mayoral primary, narrowly avoiding a runoff against former Fire Chief Charles Yarbrough. After all valid votes were counted, the ...

STARKVILLE — They call her “pinch-hit Paige” for a reason. She may be just a freshman, but Paige Ernstes has displayed remarkable calm coming off the bench in big moments for Mississippi ...

STARKVILLE — Braylon “Stonka” Burnside’s performance as a special teams gunner last fall was one of very few bright spots for Mississippi State. So much so that his performance practically ...

STARKVILLE – Two Mississippi State Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering professors have been named Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Fellows for their significant ...

Gov. Tate Reeves signed a bill to overhaul Mississippi’s tax system — one that many lawmakers inadvertently voted for because of typos — into law on Thursday. This sets Mississippi on a path ...

George Glenn Baldwin, Jr. died Saturday, March 29, 2025, at his residence in Columbus. Services will be held Saturday, April 5, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at Living Faith Tabernacle Church with Pastor ...

Every fall for the past 18 years, Jason Miller has been on the sidelines of a football game in Columbus and Lowndes County. While some may know Miller from his work with Elite Physical Therapy ...