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City to fill school board seat Tuesday

The Starkville Board of Aldermen will select a new member of the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District Board of Trustees at its meeting Tuesday. 

Mississippi State 37, No. 12 LSU 7, college football final

Bulldogs pull off upset in impressive fashion on Saturday night at Davis Wade Stadium.
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Downtown businesses boom during Bulldog Bash

People browsed tents in downtown Starkville and music flowed through the air on Friday during the Bulldog Bash Maroon Market.

SPD moves security cameras, increases patrols 

As thousands of visitors come to Starkville for Bulldog Bash and the first Southeastern Conference football weekend, the Starkville Police Department will make a few changes to combat the influx of people.

Supes approve proposed budget and tax levies

The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors approved to increase ad valorem tax millage rates from 121.74 mills to 123.57 mills for the next fiscal year.
Oktibbeha County is now operating with a total budget revenue of $90,290,741.

Firefighters participate in memorial stair climb

Sept.11, 2001. A day where terrorists killed 2,996 people and injured over 6,000 others in New York City after two planes were hijacked and crashed into the World Trade Centers.

Friends of OCH address concerns at organizational meeting

More than a hundred people came to the Greensboro Center on Monday night for an organizational meeting hosted by Friends of OCH Regional Medical Center. 

OPINION: Lest I forget

I was sitting in Mrs. Rogers' seventh grade physical science class. The day was clear outside and I remember peeling the sole of my Nikes off the sticky tile floor under my plastic desk.

It was a day like any other - until an urgent knock rapped the classroom door.

In their own words: Starkville residents reflect on 9/11

On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum was in his office in the U.S. Senate Russell Building across the street from the U.S. Capitol.

At the time, Keenum was working as the chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Mississippi.

Hundreds 'walk' to end Alzheimer's

Downtown Starkville was decorated with ribbons, pinwheels and balloons Saturday morning as scores of participants from around the Golden Triangle turned out for the Walk to End Alzheimer's.