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STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University announced new tailgating zones for the 2025 football season on Thursday, with the biggest change being the rezoning of The Junction, removing public ...

The man who is reportedly the richest oligarch in Russia — and the target of numerous international sanctions because of his country’s recent invasion of Ukraine — played an important role in one of ...

When Hull Property Group struck a deal with the city and the county three years ago, establishing about $3 million in economic incentives for the rehabilitation of the former Leigh Mall property, the ...

To anyone in Columbus for the last 49 years, the giant building at 1404 Old Aberdeen Road has always been Leigh Mall. But the Hull Property Group, which bought the mall in 2019 with the goal of ...

STARKVILLE – The Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District board on Tuesday approved a memorandum of understanding with Mississippi State University, agreeing to partner in planning for the ...

Last year, Mississippi was at risk of being the first state ever to not send a student representative to the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Columbus “saved the bee” by rallying together to fund and ...

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An area elected official is calling on the Golden Triangle Development LINK to reinstate former CEO Joe Max Higgins. A press release issued Sunday evening announced Higgins’ ouster, saying the LINK’s ...

SDI representatives, CEO Mark Millett and Gov. Tate Reeves dig up dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for Aluminum Dynamics Tuesday afternoon off Charleigh D. Ford Jr. Drive. Millett expects to begin ...

The Lowndes County Port has received $2.9 million in federal infrastructure funds for a $4.9 million rail expansion into the southern side of its property. The money is a portion of $59.5 million in ...

COLUMBUS – Longtime CEO Joe Max Higgins is no longer with the Golden Triangle Development LINK. A press release issued Sunday evening said the LINK’s Executive Committee determined “a leadership ...