The Commercial Dispatch seeks a part time employee to work in its mailroom. Responsibilities include collecting newspapers from conveyor belts and handling other paper roducts. Candidates should be ...

STARKVILLE — Jazzy music plays over the speaker of an engineering classroom on Aug. 3 in the Simrall Engineering Building at Mississippi State University. In the middle of the classroom-turned-dance ...

When Hull Property Group struck a deal with the city and the county three years ago, establishing about $3 million in economic incentives for the rehabilitation of the former Leigh Mall property, the ...

She used to be a “five, five and five girl” — five minutes each of prayer, worship and reading her Bible every morning. Now she says she can’t look at her Bible without crying. “If I start to pray, ...

Two police officers falsely blamed a civilian driver for a high-speed crash caused by one of the officers. Officer Jeremy Harris was traveling 77 mph on College Street on July 16 when he lost control ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — A man was arrested Monday for allegedly committing sex crimes involving a child and assaulting an Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Office deputy. Javon Byrd, 20, of Starkville, is charged ...

A woman accused of serving a cheeseburger smeared with her bodily fluids to a customer at Jack’s Restaurant on Highway 45 turned herself in to the Columbus Police Department on Monday. Sky Juliett ...

The man who is reportedly the richest oligarch in Russia — and the target of numerous international sanctions because of his country’s recent invasion of Ukraine — played an important role in one of ...

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 fall.

STARKVILLE — Photos of four properties on Ruth Road drew winces and looks of disbelief Tuesday during a board of aldermen meeting at City Hall. Three were abandoned houses in extreme disrepair. The ...

STARKVILLE — About 45% of the city’s produced water is lost in “non-revenue” use per day, according to a Neel-Schaffer evaluation, and Starkville Utilities is investigating where it’s going.

There are two occasions when Mississippi University for Women evoked tears from Laverne Greene-Leech. About a week ago, the tears came when she was informed a state historical marker would be unveiled ...