I know a lot of folks kick off the new year with resolutions – upgrades, resets and lifestyle changes meant to set the tone for the months ahead. One shift I’ve noticed more and more among my peers is ...

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an alleged break-in and theft last week at the North Carolina home of retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, one of seven people who died in a ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. health officials made broad changes to childhood vaccine recommendations Monday, alarming pediatricians and other medical experts who say they will sow confusion and undermine ...

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration and Louisiana officials have lifted another decades-old school desegregation order, part of a campaign to end court mandates they describe as outdated. A federal ...

MSU receiver Jordan Mosley, left, celebrates a touchdown with Anthony Evans, right, against Alcorn State at Davis Wade Stadium. It was Mosley’s first score of the 2025 season, and the fifth touchdown ...

OXFORD – Ole Miss star sophomore running back Kewan Lacy will return to the Rebels for the 2026 season, the team announced on social media Tuesday morning. Lacy, the first Doak Walker Award finalist ...

CLEWISTON, Fla. — Elijah Smith, 82, died Dec. 22, 2025, in Clewiston, Florida. Funeral services will be at 12 p.m. Saturday, at St. John M.B. Church in Columbus ...

MILLPORT, Ala. — Charles Christopher “Punkin” Mordecai, 52, died Jan. 3, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services are at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Poplar Springs Primitive ...

Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, at Macedonia Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Burial will follow at New Cemetery. Visitation will be from 1-5 p.m. Friday, at Lavender’s Funeral Service.

WEST POINT — Ricky Blair, 65, died Dec. 25, 2025, at Baldwyn Nursing & Rehab, Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Sunday, at Carter’s Mortuary Services, with Hazel Brown officiating. Burial will ...

Mary Jane “Janie” Yarbrough, age 75, passed away Sunday, January 4, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital—Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. Thursday, ...

COLUMBUS — Mary Ellen Riordan, 91, died Jan. 3, 2026. Burial will be held at a later date at Barrancas National Cemetery in Pensacola, Florida. Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus is in charge of ...