Hot Topics

Tailgates and Touchdowns scheduled ahead of Yellow Jacket season opener

Published Friday, August 17, 2018

For the second year, the Starkville Parents for Public Schools chapter will host its annual Tailgates and Touchdowns event prior to Starkville High School’s first football game of the season.

SPD investigating Thursday night shooting at The Block

Published Friday, August 17, 2018

The Starkville Police Department is looking for suspects after a man was shot during an incident at a Starkville apartment complex late Thursday night.

School board approves lease for 2,000 iPads

Published Thursday, August 16, 2018

Students and teachers in the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District may soon be using Apple iPads in the classroomfollowing a vote by the school board.

Opinion: Church politics and hoping against a zero-sum game

Published Wednesday, August 15, 2018

The recent lawsuit filed in July by members of Second Baptist Church of Starkville against the company whose owner defrauded the church of hundreds of thousands of dollars could represent the last possibility of closure in a situation that has spiraled out of control.

City to begin Pleasant Acres infrastructure project in October

Published Wednesday, August 15, 2018

The city of Starkville is about to begin the first in a line of projects geared toward replacing the city’s aging water and sewer infrastructure, and the residents of Pleasant Acres were the first to hear the city’s most recent game plan.

MSU receives federal grant for makerspace

Published Tuesday, August 14, 2018

Plans for a makerspace downtown took a significant step forward with a $100,000 grant presented at the Mississippi State University Center for Entrepreneurship and Outreach (E-Center).

Opinion: Unseen casualties of a trade war 

Published Monday, August 13, 2018

I hate the term “Fake News” as much as the next journalist. 

But some terrifyingly-real news as it relates to your community newspaper is originating from the very person who popularized and weaponized the term: President Donald Trump. 

Final portion of Highway 12 project underway

Published Monday, August 13, 2018

The final construction on the project to improve Highway 12 is currently underway.

North District Transportation Commissioner Mike Tagert said the project is slated to be complete by mid-September.

Watch: Moorhead gives media day press conference

Published Saturday, August 11, 2018

Sanders resigns as community development director

Published Friday, August 10, 2018

City of Starkville Community Development Director Buddy Sanders handed in a letter of resignation to Mayor Lynn Spruill on Thursday morning and will leave the position he has held for the last five years, effective immediately.