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A new challenge In early 2024, Chain learned about the annual Swim Around Key West race, a grueling 12.5-mile aquatic marathon that challenges people to battle the sun’s heat and powerful ocean ...

Erin Talbert, assistant children’s librarian, right, reads Cat in the Hat to a group of children while the cat himself acts out each page alongside her. About a dozen children came to the ...

Issac Smith leads a Bulldog defense hungry for improvement after disastrous 2024 The preseason All-SEC defender expects more accountability from the unit after an offseason of retooling with new ...

Mississippi State men’s basketball announced its finalized nonconference schedule for the upcoming 2025-26 season this week, including a trip to the home ...

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY — A Eupora woman was killed in a two-vehicle accident Wednesday morning in Oktibbeha County. Heather Young, 34, was pronounced dead on scene after colliding with another car at ...

Debra George Posted: July 18, 2025 CALEDONIA — Debra Palmer George, 70, died July 16, 2025, at UAB in Birmingham, Alabama. There will be no services at this time. Lowndes Funeral Home of ...

Peggy Elliott Posted: July 18, 2025 VERNON, Ala. — Peggy Jean Elliott, 84, died July 15, 2025. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Fellowship Baptist Church, with Robbie Bradford and ...

New men’s basketball sophomore transfer Amier Ali has noticed that hoops is a little different at Mississippi State. The Montverde, Florida, native, who ...

Deshawn Jones Jr. Posted: July 17, 2025 MACON — Deshawn Jones Jr., 6, died July 16, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by ...

Bryant Calmes Posted: July 17, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. — Bryant Wayne Calmes, 66, died July 4, 2025. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Pleasant Grove M.B. Church in Starkville. Burial ...

Kenneth Blair Posted: July 17, 2025 STARKVILLE — Kenneth Bernard Blair, 66, died July 4, 2025. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Blackjack M.B. Church. Burial will follow at Blair Cemetery ...