Archive - 2013
May 21st
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors approved at Monday’s meeting a lease to grant county-owned portions of the Oktibbeha County Lake to former Mississippi State basketball coach Rick Stansbury and John Barnett.
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Starkville Board of Aldermen will hear the city's 2012 audit report during its regular meeting at 5:30 p.m. today at City Hall and discuss how to deal with an audit finding related to a Parks Commission project.
May 20th
Known as "The Hummingbird Lady of Oktoc," Rebecca Cowsert White Nash passed away May 17, 2013. Born March 3, 1930, to William C. and Florence Stone Cowsert she was the youngest of four children.
It has been about two weeks since the first year of the coach Brian Jones era ended with the Starkville High School baseball team.
That era will only consist of one season.
On Monday night, Jones revealed that he has taken the same position with the Pearl High School Pirates.
John Cohen spent several years in Columbia, Mo. as a graduate assistant and an assistant coach.
Today the fifth-year Mississippi State head coach will be reunited with his former boss, this time in Hoover, Ala.
Hunter Renfroe brought a great amount of talent with him when he came to Mississippi State.
In his junior season, the Crystal Springs native showcased it, as he helped lead the Bulldogs to their first 40-win regular season since 1997.
This year's seven-member senior class of the Mississippi State baseball team are a close knit group.
Those Bulldog seniors are two solid catchers in Nick Ammirati and Mitch Slauter, pitchers Kendall Graveman, Luis Pollorena and Chad Girodo, first baseman and designated hitter Trey Porter and infielder Sam Frost.
All have contributed in some way to MSU's first 40-win regular season since 1997.
The Mississippi State women's golf team is in uncharted territory.
The No. 40 (GolfStat) Lady Bulldogs are making their first-ever appearance in the NCAA Championships starting today in Athens, Ga.
May 19th
By MARY GARRISON
news@starkvilledailynews.com
The first quarter of sales tax collection figures in Starkville indicates a steady increase in revenue for 2013.
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By JAMIE ALLEN
Special to Starkville Daily News
On a snowy winter day in January 1973, the move was made from the former Felix Long Memorial Hospital to another small facility in Oktibbeha County on land donated by the families of J.T. Garrard and Curby Steadman.
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