STEENS — Vernessa Hughes Miller, 65, died April 29, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at United Christian Baptist Church, with ...

Doris and Harvey Sykes were sleeping soundly in bed Tuesday night when Doris awoke to a neighbor’s tree crashing through their bedroom ceiling, pinning her to the bed. “I woke up and thought ...

A complaint made in February against Mayor Keith Gaskin for creating a “hostile work environment” publicly surfaced on Wednesday. In it, Chief Operations Officer Jammie Garrett claims Gaskin ...

COLUMBUS — Patrick Lamar Martin, 40, died April 26, 2025, DCH-Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Carter’s Funeral Services. Visitation will be two hours ...

WEST POINT — Vernita Calvert Posley, 69, died April 23, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Mt. Pisgah Tibbee M.B. Church, with Donald ...

President Donald Trump has fought plenty of political heavyweights, but now he’s up against a foe far tougher than Hillary Clinton or Kamala Harris: Big Bird. The president is ordering federal ...

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at 7th Street Centre, with James Lockett officiating. Burial will follow at Faith Harvest Church Cemetery. Visitation will be from 2-6 p.m. Friday, at ...

Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. The Dispatch brings you the most complete reporting and insightful commentary in the Golden Triangle, but we need your help to ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump’s demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the risks of both higher ...

Quality, in-depth journalism is essential to a healthy community. The Dispatch brings you the most complete reporting and insightful commentary in the Golden Triangle, but we need your help to ...

If there’s one thing that Sean Dietrich is known for, it’s storytelling. Also known as “Sean of the South,” Dietrich has written 18 books and more than 4,000 weekly columns that have ...

The city is waiting to hear from the Mississippi Ethics Commission before deciding whether to hire the human resources director’s daughter as an accounts payable clerk in the finance office ...