City officials are planning an inventory of trees in the historic section of Friendship Cemetery to assess their health and determine whether any pose a risk to headstones or monuments. Susan Wilder, ...

The temporarily closed city landfill on Armstrong Road may not ever be open to the public again. City council members will decide next week whether to only allow the public works department to use the ...

STARKVILLE — Anthony Higginbottom, 52, died March 1, 2026, in Starkville. Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Spring Valley Cemetery in Mathiston. Burial will follow. Visitation is from ...

WEST POINT — DaShun Cortez “Pooh” Swift, 47, died March 4, 2026, at his residence. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Mt. Zion M.B. Church, with the Rev. Sam Lowery officiating. Visitation ...

CALEDONIA — John Dennis Dancer III, 32, died Feb. 28, 2026, in Benbrook, Texas. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at Bethlehem M.B. Church, with the ...

CRAWFORD — Catina Denise Rice, 53, died March 2, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Oakland M.B. Church, with Sammy White officiating.

CALIFORNIA, Md. — Arthur Herbert Bernard Miller Jr., 66, died Feb. 19, 2026, in California, Maryland. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Northside M.B ...

Mr. William Robin Weaver Jr., age 88, of Columbus, Mississippi, passed away on March 10, 2026, in Collierville, Tennessee. Services will be held Saturday March 14, 2026 at 12:00 noon at Main Street ...

STARKVILLE — Ricky Howard, 65, died March 2, 2206, in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at Beth-el M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Beth-el Cemetery. Visitation is ...

MACON — Annie Pearl Harris, 87, died March 4, 2026, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Christian Hill M.B. Church in Brooksville, with Alvin Bernard Bowen officiating.

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, at Military Chapel U.M. Church in Steens, with Antra Geeter officiating. Burial will follow at Sturdivant Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1-5 p.m. Saturday ...

VERNON, Ala. — Randy H. Kirk, 70, died March 11, 2026, at North Mississippi Health Services-South Marion in Winfield, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 5 p.m. Saturday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, ...