The Columbus Municipal School District is considering two plans to adjust the school calendar, both of which would shorten the summer break and distribute those days off throughout the school year.
In Sam Pitts' 2 1/2 years driving the central campus route for the Starkville-MSU Area Rapid Transit (SMART) system, 2020 stands out. He's unlikely to ever forget it.
Golden Triangle Regional Airport and a handful of area businesses have formed a coalition aimed at reassuring travelers to the Golden Triangle area that the airport, rental cars, hotels and restaurants they're using are taking rigorous safety precautions during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ward 7's alderman seat has produced the first competitive race for this year's Starkville municipal elections.
Whether a painter completing an ethereal landscape, or a writer crafting a page-turning plot, creatives among us add substance and beauty to the world at large. No matter how intense the talent, however, the painters, writers, sculptors, the weavers, potters, playwrights and poets unaware of how best to connect with the buying public often languish professionally.
Mississippi eases some education mandates amid pandemic
Norman, ex-director of Mississippi Humanities Council, dies at 94
Library to host virtual fair of area organizations for special needs children
Past week sees fewer new COVID cases in Golden Triangle
Work patterns altered at Mississippi Capitol during pandemic
Mississippi teacher pay bill clears 1 step, goes to House
Mississippi opens new drive-thru vaccination site in Jackson
MDOC: 2 Mississippi inmates die in hospitals
Mississippi county to put up marker for lynching victims
City leaders call ABC corruption claims 'baseless'
Educators, area legislators support waiving pass requirements this year for high-stakes testing
Trump pardons Mississippi physician convicted of bribery
A Better Columbus founder calls for new city leadership
Aldermen 'leaning' toward rule change that would allow brewpubs to operate without selling food
Supes discuss more debt, possible tax increase, for new 5-year road plan
Lowndes woman dies in Tuesday car wreck
Prep soccer: MSMS blanks Yazoo County for pair of senior day wins
Prep basketball roundup: Anna Prince nets game-winning 3 as New Hope girls beat West Point
Mississippi State adds former top-50 recruit, Texas transfer cornerback Jalen Green
Prep boys basketball: West Lowndes drops home contest to McAdams
Prep basketball: Starkville Academy exacts revenge with pair of wins at Heritage Academy
Partial to Home: Reconnecting with old friends
Froma Harrop: Without discipline, humane border policy fails
Ask Rufus: Rooting Hogs and Courting Frogs
Our View: Two programs not suitable for classrooms
February Quick Bites help usher in new year
In the garden with Felder: Passing it on
MSU's Lang receives Library Journal's starred review for new Civil War book
Heda receives IHL's Diversity and Inclusion Award
Southern Gardening: Independent garden centers help intentional gardeners
Lucky few hit COVID-19 vaccine jackpot for rare extra doses
Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87
Biden ordering stopgap help as talks start on big aid plan
Democrats ask ethics panel to investigate Sens. Cruz, Hawley
Biden revokes Trump report promoting 'patriotic education'
AKA sorority members celebrate Kamala Harris inauguration
1. City leaders call ABC corruption claims 'baseless' COLUMBUS & LOWNDES COUNTY
2. Trump pardons Mississippi physician convicted of bribery STATE
3. Educators, area legislators support waiving pass requirements this year for high-stakes testing AREA
4. Library to host virtual fair of area organizations for special needs children COLUMBUS & LOWNDES COUNTY
5. Past week sees fewer new COVID cases in Golden Triangle AREA