WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Friday said he would like to keep his top economic adviser, Kevin Hassett, at the White House rather than potentially nominate him to replace Jerome Powell as ...

Two men were arrested Sunday after allegedly burglarizing and vandalizing a pair of properties on Highway 45 North. Darin Wayne Haynes, 38, and Johnathan Paul Shumaker, 35, are each charged with one ...

MACON — Troy Washington, 69, died Jan. 5, 2026, in Macon. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Noxcedar M.B. Church, with Admise Gandy officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery ...

BROOKSVILLE — Lucian Nathaniel “Mr. Nate” Smith, 74, died Jan. 13, 2026, at Anderson Hospital in Meridian. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, at Memorial Gardens, with the Rev. Robert ...

COLUMBUS — Shannon Denise Cotton Williams, 44, died Jan. 8, 2026, at St. Frances Hospital-Memphis, Tennessee. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at Piney Grove M.B. Church, with J.C.

COLUMBUS — Judith “Judy” Haggard Bolin, 83, died Jan. 13, 2026, at Trinity Place Retirement Community. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Brooksville Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jay ...

COLUMBUS — Cendie “Pokey” Will Hall, 85, died January 7, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Piney Grove M.B. Church, with Michael Reed ...

STARKVILLE — Every time Pastor and Judge Larnzy Carpenter Jr. is about to take the bench, he has a few things he likes to do. First, Carpenter always prays through a special prayer before entering the ...

STARKVILLE — A toddler who shot himself Sunday with an unsecured firearm has died from his injuries. Armani Turnipseed, 2, passed away at about 8 p.m. Monday at Blair Batson Children’s Hospital in ...

In the wake of a politically charged climate surrounding immigration, some local businesses are facing heightened uncertainty. Immigration advocacy groups, like the National Immigration Law Center, ...

DeeDee Baldwin, engagement librarian at Mississippi State University, has spent the last six years researching the first Black legislators in the state. “As faculty librarians, we’re allowed to ...

An on-duty officer with the Columbus Police Department was arrested Wednesday afternoon after trying to leave Dick’s Sporting Goods wearing a new pair of shoes she hadn’t paid for. Officers were ...