SHS seniors work to memorialize a historic time in high school yearbook

High school is shaping up to have an unusual ending for the 291 members of the Starkville High School senior class, but 23 of them face a specific challenge.

Partnership School construction halted for pandemic

Construction on the long-delayed Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District's Partnership School has stopped due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, Superintendent Eddie Peasant said Friday at a special-call meeting of the board of trustees.

Two MSU employees, student have confirmed cases of COVID-19

At least two employees and one student at Mississippi State University have been confirmed to have COVID-19 coronavirus, university officials said in a press release Thursday.

Aldermen say no to closing non-essential businesses; city still has no set curfew

Starkville aldermen shot down a measure during a special-call meeting Tuesday to expand restrictions on "non-essential" businesses and facilities in response to the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.

Starkville passes restrictions on restaurants, gatherings

Starkville aldermen voted unanimously Friday mandating restaurants to serve customers via takeout, drive-through and delivery only, and restricting social and business gatherings to 10 people or fewer in an effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Starkville passes restrictions on restaurants, gatherings

Starkville aldermen voted unanimously Friday mandating restaurants serve customers via takeout, drive-through and delivery only, and restricting social and business gatherings to 10 people or fewer in an effort to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus.

Starkville dials back garbage pickup to once weekly per route

Amid an "extraordinary last few days" where news and recommendations on how to respond to the COVID-19 is "changing by the hour," Mayor Lynn Spruill asked aldermen Tuesday to declare a local state of emergency and announced sweeping changes to how the city will operate in the coming weeks.

Engineers squabble over whether to rebuild Oktibbeha Lake dam

Oktibbeha supervisors voted 3-2 on Monday to use county operating funds for County Engineer Clyde Pritchard's to develop blueprints to replace the Oktibbeha County Lake dam.

Logan to step down as Starkville parks director

Gerry Logan will step down at the end of the month from his position as Starkville Parks and Recreation executive director, Mayor Lynn Spruill announced Friday.

Unusually high rainfall delays public, private building projects

Construction started in January on the new surgery center for Starkville eye doctor James Brown, but the Worsham Brothers construction crew has only had about three full 8-hour work days so far, project superintendent Heath White said.

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Scene reconstruction tech to help SPD address car accidents

The conversation about an efficient way to reconstruct car crash scenes started at the Starkville Police Department after the deaths of two men in a Rockhill Road car accident in August, SPD Cpl. Chris Jackson said.

Oktibbeha may work with Corps of Engineers to study needs at lake dam

Oktibbeha County leaders will spend the next two weeks figuring out the scope of a study of the county lake dam that the board of supervisors will consider authorizing at its March 16 meeting.

Aldermen consider Cotton District parking meters

A Milwaukee, Wisconsin-based parking meter company pitched to Starkville aldermen at their Tuesday meeting the installation of about 45 meters for less than $50,000 in the Cotton District.

Man sentenced to 120 years on drug charge to be set free

An Oktibbeha County man sentenced to 120 years in state prison will soon be free, a circuit court judge decided Tuesday morning.

Oktibbeha supes table gun rights sanctuary proposal

Supervisors tabled a proposed resolution to make Oktibbeha County a "Second Amendment sanctuary" after discussion made it clear that there would be no majority vote.

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