A new partnership between Columbus Municipal School District and Mississippi University for Women aims to strengthen the pipeline of future teachers moving from the university into district classrooms ...

WEST POINT — Orson Roderic Shelton, 58, died Jan. 17, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Monday, at St. Paul M.B. Church in Starkville. Burial will ...

COLUMBUS — Walter Keirn James Jr., 93, died Jan. 2026, at Aurora Health and Rehabilitation. A private family memorial service will be held at a later date. Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory of ...

COLUMBUS — Braylan “Bray Bray” Glenn Dale, 16, died Jan 22, 2026. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at Columbus High School Gymnasium, with Marcus Lawrence officiating. Burial will ...

Rachel Louise Meadors Armstrong began her Eternal Rest at the age of 92 on January 26, 2026. She was at home with her children in Columbus, MS. Louise was born Nov. 17, 1933, to James Clair and Kate ...

Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Military Chapel U.M. Church, with the Rev. Antra Geeter. Visitation will be from 4-6 p.m. Friday, at Carter’s Funeral Services. Carter’s Funeral ...

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Carter’s Funeral Services, with the Rev. Everett Little. Burial will follow in the Union Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-6 p.m. Friday, at the ...

WEST POINT — Carl Fox Haas, 95, died Jan. 25, 2026. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Monday, at First United Methodist Church. Robinson Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of arrangements. Mr.

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Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at New Home Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Linebarger Cemetery. Lavender’s Funeral Service of Aliceville, Alabama, is in charge of arrangements.

WASHINGTON — The House rejected a Democratic-backed resolution Thursday that would have prevented President Donald Trump from sending U.S. military forces to Venezuela after a tied vote on the ...

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion on Thursday over allegations that JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to him and his ...