Residents of the Downtown Historic District began receiving letters recently from the city’s building department reminding them of what changes to their property require prior approval. For most, the ...

ATLANTA — An eighth body has been discovered at the site of a fiery Georgia highway crash between a semitrailer and van, Deputy Jackson County Coroner Dean Stringer said Tuesday. The victims were ...

CRAWFORD — Charlie “Hot Dog” Williams, 70, died Oct. 3, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, at Oakland M.B. Church, with Sammy White ...

STARKVILLE — Mary Ethel Townsend Harrell, 88, died Oct. 8, 2025, in Columbus. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Lindsey Chapel U.M. Church. Burial will follow at Lindsey Chapel Cemetery.

STARKVILLE — Delores Elane Bradford Gibson, 85, died Oct. 9, 2025. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Peters Rock C.O.G.I.C. Visitation is from 3-6 p.m. Thursday at West Memorial Funeral ...

VERNON, Ala. — Jerry D. Robertson, 78, died Oct. 13, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Friday, at First Baptist Church in Vernon, with Joe Beckon ...

CORDOVA — Reverend Henry “Sonny” B. Tucker, age 88, passed into eternal life on September 22, 2025. Reverend Tucker was born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and grew up in Columbus, Mississippi. He was a ...