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May 15th
tarkville residents have another option in where to buy their prescription drugs.
BJ's Pharmacy, on 223 S. Jackson St. in Starkville, opened its doors to the public last Wednesday. After the closing of Starkville Discount Drugs last year, the pharmacy is the only locally-owned pharmacy in the city not directly affiliated with a clinic.
A Steinway & Sons piano that belonged to legendary pianist Vladimir Horowitz has been touring the country, and on Tuesday evening, the piano was featured in West Point for a reception hosted by the Mississippi State University College of Education and Department of Music.
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Starkville residents will be in the dark early Sunday morning as Tennessee Valley Authority works toward completing a $20 million transmission project.
The Starkville School District Board of Trustees named SSD Superintendent Lewis Holloway, board vice president Lee Brand and SSD parent Rex Buffington as the district's representatives on a seven-member consolidation study commission at the board's meeting Tuesday.
The commission will meet at 3 p.m. today in at the Mississippi Department of Education's offices in downtown Jackson.
May 14th
When it came to one of the biggest tourism events of the summer, Starkville didn’t strike out.
The Starkville Sportsplex will become the site of the next big event in youth league baseball, when the 82 Challenge holds its statewide United States Specialty Sports Association tournament for 11-year-old players from June 20-23.
Starkville Bridges Out of Poverty will invite friends and supporters to join it at a summer soiree on Thursday at the Hunter Henry Center at Mississippi State University.
Katie Lewis, a liaison for Starkville Bridges, explained the soiree is a fundraising event to help Bridges continue carrying on its mission.
Starkville School District’s Board of Trustees will name the district’s three representatives on the seven-member commission to study consolidation at its meeting at 6 p.m. today in the Greensboro Center.
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A day dedicated to declaring a winner in the Starkville Ward 2 alderman race achieved the exact opposite on Monday.
The Democratic Municipal Election Committee approved, opened and counted six affidavit ballots just after noon on Monday at City Hall, and the results actually tied the Democratic primary between incumbent Sandra Sistrunk and Lisa Wynn at 181 votes each.
May 13th
Not many people can say they lived through World War I, World War II and the Great Depression. Lois J. Gatlin is one.
At 100 years young, Gatlin recently accepted a proclamation declaring May as Older Americans Month in Starkville from Mayor Parker Wiseman.
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While backed against the wall of a crowded rehearsal room in Bulgaria listening to an orchestra practice, opera singer and Starkville native Elizabeth Jones said she realized there was nowhere else she would rather be.
