Oktibbeha County News

Kelly Daniels/SDN Mississippi State University landscape architecture student Michael Miller, left, explains to civil rights enthusiast Dorothy Bishop, seated, and Starkville residents John and Jeanne ...

Thursday, 04 September 2008 By BRIAN HAWKINS Starkville Daily News The Oktibbeha County chapter of the American Red Cross is seeking monetary donations from the public to help defray costs of operating the ...

Above photo by Brian Hawkins/SDN Left photo by Becky Wilkes/For the SDN Jay Walsh of Meraux, La., grills pork chops and sausage while he and his family members, all of whom evacuated from St.

By BRIAN HAWKINS Starkville Daily News Though still several days away from any potential landfall in the United States, early tracking models for Tropical Storm Gustav have local, state and national emergency ...

A Tupelo man was arrested by the state Attorney General's Office on accusations he owes more than $12,000 in child support.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from convicted murderer Isreal Boone Page.

Paul Sims/SDN A Chevrolet SUV splashes through a puddle of standing water at the intersection of Whitfield Street and Avenue of Patriots during a lull in Monday's rainfall, which reached heavy proportions at ...

By BRIAN HAWKINS Starkville Daily News No candidates have qualified to run for the District 5 seat on the Oktibbeha County School Board, but two incumbent members of the County Election Commission have ...

By BRIAN HAWKINS Starkville Daily News Oktibbeha County sheriff's deputies are seeking the public's help in locating a 69-year-old man with Alzheimer's disease who wandered away from his home Friday afternoon.

Rosanne Cash will deliver the headlining performance at the second annual Johnny Cash Flower Pickin' Festival taking place Oct.

Just as Greater Starkville Development Partnership leaders are moving into the final stage of their search for a new president/CEO, the organization's chief operating officer on Thursday announced his ...

Trauma patients can now get faster service if they need to be airlifted out of Starkville.

Shoshana Brackett/SDN Starkville School District staff, teachers and administrators worked Wednesday to clean up any remaining water and silt and rearrange classrooms following a late evening flood Tuesday in ...

Above photos by Shoshana Brackett/SDN East Oktibbeha County Elementary School Principal Broderwick Cochran points out one of the many signs and other space-related items displayed throughout the school this ...

Kelly Daniels/SDN world-renowned chef and owner of four restaurants in Miami, Fla., Tim Creehan signs one of his recipe books, "Simple Cuisine," which is on sale at the Campus Book Mart on Main Street.

Above, Sturgis-District 4 volunteer firefighters carry a man injured in a Tuesday afternoon accident on Edwards Road to a waiting ambulance for transport to Oktibbeha County Hospital.

The state Supreme Court has ruled that Mississippi State University doesn't have to disclose records of whether animals suffered pain during research done at the public school for a pet food company.

Above, Sturgis-District 4 volunteer firefighters carry a man injured in a Tuesday afternoon accident on Edwards Road to a waiting ambulance for transport to Oktibbeha County Hospital.

Kelly Daniels/SDN The placement of this monument to Civil War soldiers by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and slow progress on a civil rights monument has one local community activist upset.

Saturday, August 2, 2008 11:38 PM CDT Tim Pratt Dispatch Starkville Bureau tpratt@cdispatch.com STARKVILLE - A tale of robbery, drugs and violence played out Friday in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court, and in the ...