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Janice Brooks Posted: July 28, 2025 COLUMBUS — Janice Brooks, 47, died July 25, 2025, at Trinity Healthcare in Columbus. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, 2025, at Lowndes ...

Francis “Michael” Lowery passed away on July 21, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital–Golden Triangle in Columbus, Mississippi. Born on November 11, 1951, in Waynesboro, Mississippi, ...

A microscopic discovery in a California lake sparked buzz and controversy more than a decade ago when it was first revealed.

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The 14th Chancery Court will host clinics to help local low-income families receive free legal assistance for family law matters.

Nine men accused of breaking out of a New Orleans city jail in May after slipping through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a barbed wire fence pleaded not guilty to escape charges on Wednesday.

Eight children at a church near Harvard University where a French youth choir was holding a concert suffered seizure-like symptoms and were taken to hospitals, officials said.

Three men who were reported missing while fishing and swimming on a sandbar in the Mississippi River have been found dead near Memphis, Tennessee, authorities said Wednesday.

Egypt Cooper Posted: July 24, 2025 COLUMBUS — Egypt Arianna Cooper, 20, died July 20, 2025. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Dowdle Funeral Home in Millport, Alabama, with the Rev ...

MUW men’s basketball coach Dean Burrows on the sideline during a game against Pensacola Christian College in 2024. Burrows, who is entering his fifth season as head coach of the Owls, will also ...

Former Mississippi State baseball star Brent Rooker added another milestone to his career this weekend. Rooker belted his 100th career home run in the ...