COLUMBUS — While Mother Goose is a name known worldwide as the imaginary author of nursery rhymes like “Jack and Jill” and “Hickory Dickory Dock,” Columbus has a unique claim to the ...

STARKVILLE — With Mississippi State struggling to figure out Missouri State starting pitcher Jackson Holmes, head coach Chris Lemonis pinch-hit for catcher Joe Powell to lead off the fifth ...

Police are searching for a suspect following a Thursday shooting on the 900 Block of Fourth Avenue South. Shots were fired into an apartment building at around 4:44 p.m., Columbus Police ...

Two men are dead after fatally shooting each other Thursday in the parking lot of the Quality Inn on Highway 12. Veshawn Williams, 25, of Columbus and Robert Mayfield, 27, of Memphis, were both ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State has been without Kanye Clary since the end of November due to a season-ending lower leg injury, and with the Penn State transfer unavailable, head coach Chris Jans ...

Neologisms (new words) are tricky. A new word can seem useful but have no social staying power. It can outrage the pedantry of the language conservatives. The most common fate of a neologism is to ...

The Highway 82 overpass at Old West Point Road will remain closed until later this year, as the bridge awaits repairs from being struck twice in the past four months. Plans to repair the Highway ...

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University’s Theatre MSU opens its spring season with productions of “Medea” and “She Kills Monsters,” showcasing the two most popular genres of theater ...

The interconnecting web of history can be fascinating. One of my favorite artists is Salvator Rosa, a 17th century Italian master and a true man of the Renaissance. Rosa (1615-1673) played a very ...

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NEW YORK — Jerry Butler, a premier soul singer of the 1960s and after whose rich, intimate baritone graced such hits as “For Your Precious Love,” “Only the Strong Survive” and “Make It ...

A story from the annals (or anals?) of my music career. It’s 1975, and our band Starchild has left our cushy house band spot in North Palm Beach at the Pink Pussycat. (No, it wasn’t a strip ...