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Troy Waldrep Posted: August 4, 2025 WEST POINT — Troy Michael Waldrep, 47, died July 19, 2025. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at Calvert Funeral Home, with Shirley Conner ...
COLUMBUS — McKenzie Shaw, 36, died Aug. 4, 2025, at her residence. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus.
Sally Brownlee Posted: August 4, 2025 COLUMBUS — Sally R. Brownlee, 87, died July 30, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, at Canaan M.B. Church, with the Rev ...
Susan Ayers Posted: August 4, 2025 MILLPORT, Ala. — Susan Ayers, 69, died July 31, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services are at 11 a.m. Monday, at Dowdle Funeral ...
Billy Ray Price, age 89, died Friday August 1, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital, Columbus, MS. A graveside service was held Monday, August 4, 2025, ...
Alice Matthews Posted: August 4, 2025 WEST POINT — Alice Menrose Myers Matthews, 88, died Aug. 3, 2025. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday, at Faith Baptist Church. Burial will follow ...
Lowndes County’s Aluminum Dynamics mill shipped its first products this summer after two years of construction at the facility.
President Donald Trump on Friday called for the Federal Reserve’s board of governors to usurp the power of Fed Chair Jerome Powell, criticizing the head of the U.S. central bank for not cutting ...
Robert Todd Posted: August 1, 2025 WHITEVILLE, Tenn. — Robert Kennth “Bob” Todd, 72, died July 29, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m ...
Danny Swanson Posted: August 1, 2025 MACON — Danny Swanson, 68, died July 29, 2025, at Brookwood Medical Center in Homewood, Alabama. Funeral services will be at 4 p.m. Sunday, at Cornerstone ...
Johnny “Wayne” Blanton, 83, of Columbus, MS, passed away Thursday, July 31, 2025, at his residence. Visitation will be Monday, August 4, 2025, from 1:00 ...
Mississippi State University is teaming up with Amazon Web Services for an artificial intelligence-powered initiative that will use data analysis to improve student and faculty recruitment, alumni ...