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Severe winter weather left most of the Golden Triangle unscathed this weekend, while other parts of the state have dealt with large-scale power outages, falling debris and iced over roads. An extreme ...

STARKVILLE – Four Starkville men are in custody following a Saturday shooting in the Cotton District that left one person injured. Dewaylon Brooks, 23, Jordyn Barrett, 21, Anthony Davis, 19 and ...

The Tombigbee floods of 1847 and 1851 were devastating, but for two steamboats they could have been even more disastrous. A huge warehouse at the town of West Port was on both occasions filled with ...

MACON — Julius Clay, 74, died April 11, 2026, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Carter’s Funeral Services Chapel, with Armondo Adams officiating. Visitation is from 2-5 ...

COLUMBUS — Eddie Lee “Spook” Porter Sr., 77, died April 10, 2026, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Providence M.B. Church, with Timothy Edwards officiating. Burial ...

Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander doesn’t sound all that excited about the idea of becoming a back-to-back NBA champion. That might seem strange. It’s not. It’s just who the ...

The Dispatch’s Best of the Triangle readers’ choice contest is the area’s longest-running recognition of the most popular businesses and professionals in the Golden Triangle. Businesses who want to ...

Marion Johnston Butler, age 63, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 25, 2026, at her residence. Visitation will be Wednesday, April 29, 2026, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM at Memorial Funeral Home. Mrs. Butler ...

William R. “Billy” Thornbrough, age 78, of Columbus, MS, passed away April 25, 2026, at Diversicare of Quitman, MS. Graveside services will be Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at 3:00 PM at Egger Cemetery ...

Everett “Todd” Davis, age 62, of Columbus, Mississippi, passed away Friday, April 24, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital. Todd was born on December 23, 1963, in Columbus, Mississippi. He dedicated 30 ...

COLUMBUS — Martha “Rit” Ivy, 70, died April 20, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus.