Cali Smallwood announced her decision to sign with Mississippi State on Wednesday, news confirmed by the program on Thursday, joining her younger sister Lani, one of the signees in MSU’s 2026 ...

A Columbus favorite is reopening soon. When American Deli closed in Columbus Place back in May, the reaction was everywhere. People weren’t just disappointed; they wanted to know not if, but when ...

BROOKSVILLE — Dominique Lamar Buckhalter, 35, died April 6, 2026, in Brooksville. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Christian Hill M.B. Church, with Alvin Bernard Bowen officiating.

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 ...

Donnie Gene Crews, 76, of Aberdeen, MS, passed away Monday, April 13, 2026, at his residence. Visitation will be Saturday, April 18, 2026, from 1:30 P.M. to 2:00 P.M ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The most popular last names in the U.S might be unchanged from the previous decade, but Asian surnames were the fastest-growing at the start of this decade, the U.S. Census Bureau said ...

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. — Peggy Joyce McGahey Jaynes, 77, died April 6, 2026. Funeral services will be at noon April 18 at Skelton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Ethelsville Baptist Church cemetery in ...

STARKVILLE — Charlie Frank Powers, 93, died April 11, 2026, at Starkville Manor. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at Hairston and Hairston Funeral Homes Chapel, with Joseph Stone ...

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 ...

Ernest Noffsinger (Bobo) Minor, Jr. passed away peacefully from this earthly life on Friday April 17, 2026, following a long hard-fought battle with prostate cancer. His memorial service will take ...

WEST POINT — Cornell Westbrook, 69, died April 5, 2026, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Strong Hill M.B. Church, with Willie Edwards ...

COLUMBUS — Ferlonzo Ferrikes Coats, 50, died April 10, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at New Zion U.M. Church, with the Rev. Dwayne ...