Authorities have released the identity of the 16-year-old accused of being involved in the Tuesday drive-by shooting at the Greentree Apartments in East Columbus. Ethan Hines faces charges of drive-by ...

COLUMBUS — M.C. Lowery Jr., 68, died June 18, 2026, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, at Christian Hill M.B. Church in Brooksville, with Johnny Durrah officiating. Burial ...

MILLPORT, Ala. — Rick Potash, 72, died July 6, 2026. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday at Dowdle Funeral Home. Dowdle Funeral Home of Millport is in charge of arrangements. Mr. Potash was ...

COLUMBUS — Sarah E. Richardson, 80, died June 29, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus.

WASHINGTON — Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible to take out higher federal student loan amounts — at least for now — after a ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — As consumers worry about medication costs, states are trying to lower drug prices by reining in big companies that oversee prescription coverage for health insurers. Some of those ...

Khadijah Farrakhan, longtime wife of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, died Saturday, the Nation of Islam has announced. She was 90. “Mother Khadijah” worked alongside her provocative and ...

I’m about to act a fool, because it looks like Raising Cane’s is finally on its way to Starkville. The, in my opinion, premier chicken joint is officially scouting a Starkville location. According to ...

The Panola County sheriff and his wife are suing a Columbus-based Substack writer for libel. In a civil complaint filed Tuesday in Panola County Circuit Court, Sheriff Shane Phelps and Melissa Meek ...

U.S. District Judge Glen H. Davidson ruled Wednesday that the plaintiffs in Harris v. DeSoto County did not provide enough evidence that DeSoto County district maps were drawn to intentionally dilute ...

Johnny Ray Bufkin, age 91, of Columbus, MS, passed away peacefully June 24, 2026, at his residence. Funeral services will be Monday, June 29, 2026, at 11:00 AM at Mt. Vernon Church with Jerry Mitchell ...

COLUMBUS — Latoya Shanta Hill, 41, died June 17, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Greater Mt. Zion Church, with Doran Johnson ...