Archive - 2010
August 3rd
The Prairie Arts Festival Fine Arts Competition attracts some of the south’s most talented artists and 2010 will be no exception.
August 2nd
The funeral for Burney James Walker is scheduled for Wednesday at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Welch Funeral Home with burial in the Clear Springs Cemetery. The Rev.
The funeral for Mary Alice Thomas Paulk will be on Thursday at 10 a.m. at Welch Funeral Home in Starkville. The Rev. David Shumaker will officiate.
Mississippi State will open its doors for summer football practices this week with a little under a month until the season opener.
WEST POINT – Julianne Jackson is just five games into her Starkville Academy softball career, but she's sure making a name for herself.
August 1st
Hugh Fancher “Shawby” Shaw, 85, of Sturgis, died Saturday, July 31, 2010, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo.
Visitation will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Coleman Funeral Home of Ackerman, which is handling the arrangements, and from 9 a.m to service time Tuesday, Aug. 3, at Sturgis Baptist Church.
The funeral will begin at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sturgis Baptist, with burial following at Pleasant Hill Cemetery south of Sturgis.
The Revs. Steve Lammons, Halton Davis and Russell Mord will officiate.
Nate Hughes is holding on lessons he's learned throughout his football career in hopes of making a difference in the National Football League.
The former Starkville High School football player is back in camp with the Jacksonville Jaguars and likes his chances for more playing time.
The Jaguars indicated to Hughes that he may figure more into their plans this season.
July 31st
Less than a week after beginning preparations for the 2010 football season, it's evident there's a buzz around the Starkville High football program.
First-year SHS coach Jamie Mitchell led the Yellowjackets through a nearly two-hour long scrimmage on Saturday, and plenty of eyes captured it all.
"(The crowd) was awesome," said Mitchell. "We want people to come see us. I'm gonna say there were probably 100 fans here today, and for us that's big. That matters to these kids. They know who's over there and we're just tickled to death."
Before he committed to Mississippi State Saturday afternoon, Gulfport High School senior-to-be Jonathan Holder already knew he can hit at Dudy Noble Field.
The 17-year-old prospect that stands 6-foot-3 and 225 pounds impressed scouts and coaches in a home run derby before an all-star game on MSU's campus by hitting two balls deep over the walls of Polk-Dement Stadium.
"Today Mississippi State got one of the best baseball players in the state that has a chance to be a major contributor at the next level," Gulfport head coach Tim Dowdy said.
The first day Scott Stricklin took the job as athletic director, he said Mississippi State needed to dream big.
He’s now putting his words into something concrete, or maybe brick, but definitely something solid.
“More than anything else, it’s important to have a plan. We’re in the stages of working to put that plan together,” Stricklin said in an exclusive interview with the Starkville Daily News Tuesday. “I hope when we’re done with the plan we can then figure out what the first
steps are to start making that vision a reality."
