WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own ...

STARKVILLE – A $45 million redevelopment project planned for an old stormwater detention area off Highway 12 is one step closer to fruition following Tuesday’s board of aldermen meeting. The board ...

CLAY COUNTY – At least five people were injured in a shooting Saturday night in Clay County, Chief Deputy Steven “Woody” Woodruff told The Dispatch. The shooting took place at about midnight during a ...

NOXUBEE COUNTY — Murray D. Binion, 79, died Nov. 19, 2025. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Macon.

A 10-barrel microbrewery in North Little Rock, Arkansas, is spreading its wings and migrating southeast. Named after one of North America’s main bird migratory routes, Flyway Brewing opened in North ...

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Columbus.

NOXUBEE COUNTY — Emanuel Mallard Jr., 66, died Nov. 19, 2025. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Macon.

SULLIGENT, Ala. — Shaun Michael Pearson, 60, died Nov. 14, 2025, at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes Funeral Home of ...

Alexander Leonard “Nelson” James, 77, of Caledonia, MS, passed away on the morning of November 15, 2025 at his residence surrounded by his family. Visitation will be Wednesday, November 19, 2025, from ...

SULLIGENT, Ala. — Rebecca “Becky” Ann Rhudy, 66, died Nov. 16, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services are at 3 p.m. Wednesday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, with Jeff Chaffin and B.J. Mills ...

Millard Daniel (Salt) Jones, 72, passed away on October 1, 2025, at his home in Amory, Mississippi. Salt was born on May 27, 1953, in Sweetwater, Texas and grew up in Quitaque, Texas. In 1985, Salt ...

Bobbie Ann Jones, 88, of Columbus, MS, passed away on November 17, 2025 at her residence. The visitation will be Friday, November 21, 2025 from 10:00 A.M. until 11:00 A.M. at Lowndes Funeral Home, ...