Fannie L. Ward and Johnny Lee Ward Sr.; Dec. 1 Kayla Marie Hulsey and Ross Aaron Walker; Dec. 3 Dustin G. Tate and Kelly N. Tate; Dec. 5 Rhonda D. Locke and Marcus R. Locke; Dec. 8 ...

MSU receiver Jordan Mosley, left, celebrates a touchdown with Anthony Evans, right, against Alcorn State at Davis Wade Stadium. It was Mosley’s first score of the 2025 season, and the fifth touchdown ...

The Frank P. Phillips Memorial YMCA has a new leader at the helm to help guide the nonprofit’s mission. The nonprofit announced Mark Pritchett as its new executive director in a Wednesday press ...

Kendrell Daniels focuses intently on a canvas laid out before him on the floor. He takes his brush, dips it in black paint on a drop cloth and adds another stroke to his painting. Like any seasoned ...

Margean Ashcraft, age 97, died Saturday January 3, 2026, at her residence in Columbus. Graveside services will be held Tuesday January 6, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, with Bro. David ...

PALM BEACH, Fla. — President Donald Trump has indicated that the U.S. has “hit” a dock facility along a shore as he wages a pressure campaign on Venezuela, but the U.S. offered few details. Trump ...

COLUMBUS — Selma Lash died Jan. 3, 2026, in Atlanta, Georgia. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Hairston and Hairston Funeral Home of Columbus.

WEST POINT — Sammie Lamar McNeel, 81, died Jan. 3, 2026. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Wednesday, at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel, with Keith Carter officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Bluff ...

STARKVILLE — Jan Sanders, 78, died Dec. 30, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel, with James Towery ...

MILLPORT, Ala. — Gloria Banks Brock, 80, died Dec. 31, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Friday at Chandler Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Furnace Hill Cemetery.

MACON — Geraldine Clay, 74, died Dec. 22, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, at Macedonia M.B. Church, with the Rev. Terry Rice ...

Bob Victor “Vic” Sullivan, 71, of Columbus, Mississippi, passed away on December 11, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital- Memphis. He was born on May 31, 1954, in Nashville, Tennessee, to the late ...