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 ...

Columbus Air Force Base only had two hours notice before the space shuttle Atlantis, mounted atop a modified Boeing 747, landed on its runway. Richard “Sonic” Johnson, CAFB’s director of public ...

After more than 20 years serving as attorney for the board of supervisors, Tim Hudson plans to retire this year. While he privately informed each board member, Hudson made it official Wednesday with ...

Big news for Big Ed. East Columbus has a new dining option that has officially opened. Edward and Jennifer Bishop opened Big Ed’s Fish House, 525 Alabama St., on Thursday. Initially, the Bishops had ...

Of all the bills passed into law by the Mississippi Legislature in 2021, one of them raised eyebrows. House Bill 1312 swept through the Legislature by a combined 159-6 vote and was signed into law on ...

From the moment George Irby met Bobby Harper in 1980 on a bus ride to Vicksburg, he quickly learned that wherever there was work to be done, Harper was already there “in the grease.” Through the ...

To anyone in Columbus for the last 49 years, the giant building at 1404 Old Aberdeen Road has always been Leigh Mall. But the Hull Property Group, which bought the mall in 2019 with the goal of ...

Of the top 10 most valuable economic development projects announced in Mississippi since 2018, four are in or near the Golden Triangle. Of them, two are expansions to existing industries. Aluminum ...

STARKVILLE – An Oktibbeha County sheriff’s deputy was fired following a Sunday afternoon brawl with an umpire during a Grand Slam baseball tournament at Cornerstone Park. Lt. Darrell Holley, a coach ...

The Dispatch relies on the people like you to help keep us informed. Do you know of an interesting event coming up? Are you aware of possible wrong-doing that needs investigating? We are always ...

Join The Commercial Dispatch and help local businesses in Starkville and West Point grow with smart, effective advertising—print, magazine, and digital. Competitive, self-motivated, and ...

Home » Galleries » MUW Move-In Day 2025 August 17, 2025 Shaffina Quillan, left, passes a moving box to Mississippi University for Women students Kenn Richardson, a senior studying elementary education ...