John Harbaugh is heading to Broadway, aiming to make his second act even better than his first. Harbaugh didn’t have to wait long after the Baltimore Ravens fired him last week following 18 seasons.

I know a lot of folks kick off the new year with resolutions – upgrades, resets and lifestyle changes meant to set the tone for the months ahead. One shift I’ve noticed more and more among my peers is ...

MABEN — Darrell Bernard Eacholes, 57, died Jan. 4, 2026, in Maben. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at West Clay Elementary School in Cedar Bluff. Burial will follow at Lower Prairie Creek ...

COLUMBUS — Shannon Denise Cotton Williams, 44, died Jan. 8, 2026, at St. Frances Hospital-Memphis, Tennessee. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at Piney Grove M.B. Church, with J.C.

COLUMBUS — Judith “Judy” Haggard Bolin, 83, died Jan. 13, 2026, at Trinity Place Retirement Community. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Brooksville Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jay ...

COLUMBUS — Cendie “Pokey” Will Hall, 85, died January 7, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Piney Grove M.B. Church, with Michael Reed ...

An Alabama man died Sunday in a head on-collision just after 6 p.m., Lowndes County Coroner Greg Merchant wrote in a text to The Dispatch. Richard Wayne Humphreys, 69, was traveling east on ...

The acquisition of a previously abandoned munitions assembly facility by Firehawk Aerospace is set to bring 100 new jobs to the region over the next five years. Firehawk acquired three buildings at ...

STARKVILLE – Two people were arrested on felony charges after leading police on a vehicle pursuit that ended in a crash. Lanforth Lee, 36, of Shuqualak, is charged with felony failure to stop motor ...

Police are investigating a Saturday drive-by shooting that sent one man to the hospital. Officers responded to the 700 block of 21st Street North at about 7:21 p.m. in reference to a gunshot victim, ...

Buddy the Elf (Alan Tehan) gives the crowd some “6, 7” entertainment during Monday’s Christmas parade in Starkville, leaning into a TikTok phenomenon often quoted by children and teens. Austin Frayser ...

The Mississippi Court of Appeals has granted a new trial to a West Point woman convicted of first-degree murder in a decision handed down Tuesday. A Clay County Circuit Court jury convicted Tameshia ...