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Based on political belief, “more than 4,000 federal workers were given layoff notices” according to CNN. This thing has happened in the USA. Where are diversity, equity, fairness, and inclusion? I ...

COLUMBUS – You could say Timothy Bourne and education have always had the right chemistry together. After all, it was chemistry that got his career bubbling in the classroom. Bourne has been at the ...

Ray Timm Posted: October 10, 2025 COLUMBUS — Ray B. Timm, 90, died Oct. 9, 2025, at Garden Hill Assisted Living. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home and ...

STARKVILLE — Terry Abel, a two-time graduate of Mississippi State’s Bagley College of Engineering, has received NASA’s prestigious Silver Snoopy award, an honor given to employees and contractors for ...

A while back I was rummaging through my closet off the bedroom, probably to find something that wasn’t a black T-shirt to wear that day, when I came across a shirt that seemed familiar but it looked ...

Terriaua Ickom, left, trades trinkets with Marz Bennett on Saturday during the Harvest Market in Columbus. Bennett told The Dispatch she frequently brings trinkets – small, inexpensive and sometimes ...

DALLAS — Susan G. Komen, the world’s leading breast cancer organization, completed its own analysis comparing the disparity in mortality rates in 2014 and 2023 between Black women and white women with ...

ATLANTA — An eighth body has been discovered at the site of a fiery Georgia highway crash between a semitrailer and van, Deputy Jackson County Coroner Dean Stringer said Tuesday. The victims were ...

HAMILTON, Ala. — Charles E. “Luck” Fields, 68, died Oct. 7, 2025, at his residence. A private graveside service will be held at a later date. Otts Funeral Home of Sulligent is in charge of ...

STARKVILLE — In most cases, Mississippi State soccer hasn’t had to contend with harsh road environments comparable to the one fostered in Starkville over the last two seasons, but there were more than ...

ETHELSVILLE, Ala. — Melisa “Lisa” Jones Matthews, 59, died Oct. 10, 2025, at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 2 p ...