CMSD Superintendent Stanley Ellis said some of the specific causes of chronic absenteeism he sees in Columbus range from personal hardships and gaps in community resources to a lack of access to ...

Pew also asked kids how often they use various online platforms. Small but significant numbers said they are on them “almost constantly.” For YouTube, 15% reported constant use, for TikTok, 16 ...

Three men were arrested on drug charges Thursday in Artesia by the Lowndes County Narcotics Unit during the third phase of what law enforcement are calling “Operation: Cover Zero.” Jirtauis ...

NEW YORK — Amazon is planning to donate $1 million to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, a move that comes as major tech companies seek to improve their relationship with the ...

STARKVILLE — Allison Siddall, owner of State Floral, gave a demonstration on how to create a live holiday arrangement at the December meeting of the Starkville Town and Country Garden Club held ...

SAN FRANCISCO — A photojournalist who captured one of the most enduring images of World War II — the U.S. Marines raising the flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima — had a block in ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A pair of iconic ruby slippers that were worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz” and stolen from a museum nearly two decades ago sold for a winning bid of $28 million at ...

NOXUBEE COUNTY — Two men were killed Wednesday in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 45 in Noxubee County, and another man was left with serious injuries. Jimmie A. James, 45, of Meridian and ...

Other than Christmas trees, nothing announces the Christmas season more visually than poinsettias. If you use red ones every year in your decorations, this might be the year to branch out into ...

WASHINGTON — Russia could launch its lethal new intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine again soon, the Pentagon said Wednesday, citing a new U.S. intelligence assessment.

The much admired Pianist Andre Watts passed away on July 12, 2023. Sixty years earlier, Leonard Bernstein, Director of the New York Philharmonic, enlisted the sixteen-year-old Watts to substitute ...

It’s been an interesting couple of weeks for earthquakes. On Thanksgiving Day an earthquake occurred in the Jackson area and then Monday a swarm of seven earthquakes swept the New Madrid ...