The Tombigbee floods of 1847 and 1851 were devastating, but for two steamboats they could have been even more disastrous. A huge warehouse at the town of West Port was on both occasions filled with ...

Get your quarters and your reusable shopping bags ready. Aldi, a German-founded discount grocery store chain, plans to open a store in Columbus. “We’re excited to share that we’re making headway on ...

WEST POINT — Cornell Westbrook, 69, died April 5, 2026, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Strong Hill M.B. Church, with Willie Edwards ...

Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander doesn’t sound all that excited about the idea of becoming a back-to-back NBA champion. That might seem strange. It’s not. It’s just who the ...

WASHINGTON — A federal judge dismissed President Donald Trump’s $10 billion defamation lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch on Monday over a story on his ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

STARKVILLE — Charlie Frank Powers, 93, died April 11, 2026, at Starkville Manor. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at Hairston and Hairston Funeral Homes Chapel, with Joseph Stone ...

WASHINGTON — White House economists estimate the United States has a shortage of 10 million houses, according to a new report out Monday — and say regulatory cuts could lead to more construction to ...

WEST POINT — Debra Lynn Ivy, 70, died March 31, 2026, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Mt. Hermon M.B. Church, with the Rev. Timothy ...

KENNEDY, Ala. — Margaret “Maggie” Hodges, 80, died April 13, 2026. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Dowdle Funeral Home, with Jeff Long officiating. Graveside services and burial will ...

COLUMBUS — Ferlonzo Ferrikes Coats, 50, died April 10, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at New Zion U.M. Church, with the Rev. Dwayne ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — The most popular last names in the U.S might be unchanged from the previous decade, but Asian surnames were the fastest-growing at the start of this decade, the U.S. Census Bureau said ...

The Dispatch’s Best of the Triangle readers’ choice contest is the area’s longest-running recognition of the most popular businesses and professionals in the Golden Triangle. Businesses who want to ...