BROOKSVILLE — Ella Mae Jones, 83, died Jan. 13, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Mt. Zion M.B. Church, with Mack Young officiating. Burial will follow at ...

Sometimes writing my weekend columns takes me on a winding, twisting journey of seemingly unrelated connections that wind up being a tangled web. That was the case this weekend. My research began ...

Lt. Gov. Delbert Hosemann believes Mississippi’s universities should be “selling what people want to buy,” even if that means cutting unpopular classes. Hosemann told The Dispatch Jan.

As the nation prepares Monday to honor Martin Luther King Jr., cities across the region are making sure his legacy lives on through celebrations, marches and community service projects. “Martin ...

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WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda on Monday due to forecasts of intense cold weather, upending months of meticulous planning ...

A routine traffic stop turned into a drug bust Monday when Lowndes County sheriff’s deputies discovered 14 kilograms of illegal drugs. Daryl Dewayne Crowden, 54, of Jacksonville, Florida, is ...

WEST POINT — Jimmie Roy Perry, 67, died Jan. 4, 2025, in McDonough, Georgia. Funeral services were at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, at Una Community M. B. Church in Prairie ...

GameStop is closing in Columbus. The video game retailer located at 1725 Hwy. 45 will shutter permanently Saturday, according to a sign posted inside the store. The company, headquartered in ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday unanimously upheld the federal law banning TikTok beginning Sunday unless it’s sold by its China-based parent company, holding that the risk to ...

If you want to hang out or use the restroom at Starbucks, you’re going to have to buy something. Starbucks on Monday said it was reversing a policy that invited everyone into its stores.

Columbus Municipal School District is set to begin shifting to grade-span elementary campuses next school year, starting with the closure of Franklin Academy. Superintendent Stanley Ellis ...