Archive - Jan 20, 2013
By STEVEN NALLEY
educ@starkvilledailynews.com
Before meeting Wade Williams, Jack Bryan wasn’t bad at math, but he didn’t enjoy it.
Bryan, now a senior at Starkville High School, first met Williams as a student in his trigonometry class. Since then, he said he has taken four math classes under Williams, and his ACT math score has risen from 27 to 34.
By NATHAN GREGORY
citybeat@starkvilledailynews.com
Starkville’s sales tax and 2-percent restaurant tax figures for 2012 are on pace to eclipse 2011’s totals, according to the city’s latest revenue report.
By STEVEN NALLEY
educ@starkvilledailynews.com
Ask Clifton Story about his new job, and he’ll say it mostly consists of running a machine his predecessors built.
By MATT CRANE
life@starkvilledailynews.com
During closing ceremonies at the 2013 Mississippi Theatre Association Festival in Columbus Sunday, both Starkville Community Theatre and Starkville High School were recognized with awards for their competition productions.
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Today’s inaugural may be President Barack Obama’s big day, but Martin Luther King Jr. will loom large over the festivities.
The Starkville Lady Yellowjackets didn't have to go searching for a reason to bounce back after a tough loss on Friday night.
Not when West Point comes to town.
After the Lady Jackets were defeated by Canton in Class 5A, Region 2 action 61-35, they turned the situation around and handled the Lady Green Wave 64-50 on Saturday night at home.
It's easy to start a game out on a hot streak and take an early lead. It's another thing all together to finish strong and get the victory.
For the Starkville High School boys' basketball team, starting strong has been easy, but closing out has been the difficult part.
Having won five of their last six games, it seems things are starting to click for the Starkville Academy Volunteers.
On Saturday, the team demonstrated its chemistry as the Volunteers defeated the Raiders of Oak Hill Academy 56-37.
LOUISVILLE – The Starkville Christian School Cougars have played tournaments during the five-year history of the school and never came away as champions.
That is until Saturday night.
The Cougars defeated Tupelo Christian 48-44 in the championship game of the Grace Christian Invitational for the title.
