On Saturday morning, Jan. 24, as a massive ice storm was carving a path of destruction through parts of north Mississippi and more than 48 hours before Gov. Tate Reeves activated the Mississippi ...

COLUMBUS — Braylan “Bray Bray” Glenn Dale, 16, died Jan 22, 2026. Funeral services will be at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, at Columbus High School Gymnasium, with Marcus Lawrence officiating. Burial will ...

NOXUBEE COUNTY — Braylan Dale, 16, died Jan. 22, 2026. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Macon.

Rachel Louise Meadors Armstrong began her Eternal Rest at the age of 92 on January 26, 2026. She was at home with her children in Columbus, MS. Louise was born Nov. 17, 1933, to James Clair and Kate ...

A new partnership between Columbus Municipal School District and Mississippi University for Women aims to strengthen the pipeline of future teachers moving from the university into district classrooms ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked up in November in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated, while consumers spent at a healthy pace. Consumer prices ...

John Earl Bishop, better known as Johnny of Columbus, MS, passed away at the age of 95, with his daughters at his side on February 2, 2026, at St Dominic Hospital in Jackson, MS. Born in Birmingham, ...

COLUMBUS — Jo Ann Walk Ferguson, 89, died Feb. 2, 2026, in Mesa, Arizona. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory of Columbus.

Eleanor “Ellie” Fondren, 84, of Columbus, MS, passed away Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital- East Memphis. Visitation will be Saturday ...

Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory of Columbus.

COLUMBUS — Lena Dell Hairston, 83, died Jan. 24, 2026, at her residence. Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, at Zion Hill Church, with Bobby Sanders officiating. Burial will follow at Memorial ...

George Anthony Beard, Sr., age 69, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 1, 2026, at his residence. The Celebration of Life will be Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 11:00 A.M. at Beersheba Cumberland ...