Holly Springs News

The switch is on. Or off, technically speaking. At 12:01 this morning, full-powered television stations across the nation started switching off analog transmitters and began broadcasting completely in digital.

The effort to bring a hospital to Northwest Mississippi is a tale of two counties - DeSoto and Marshall.

"You just want to believe the best of somebody and you want to help however you can," said Jennifer Weaks.

Nick Hamstra, better known as Hambone, is 26 going on the Mississippi Delta, a suburban guy from Indianapolis who somehow manages to channel a bluesman from Clarksdale.

Shea Staskowski/SDN Stone talks with Starkville School District Board of Trustees members Keith Coble, left, and Eddie Myles after Tuesday nighta s board meeting, during which Supt.

Cardell Bowen, 19, of Holly Springs, Miss., was a member of Psalmos, the college's choral ensemble.

Take one new high school, a dynamic teacher and a recession, and mix them together to get a club that is growing exponentially.

For those of us who are really "into the Civil War," sometimes it is a nice escape from the hustle and bustle of the modern day world to take a journey back in time and follow in the footsteps of our Civil War ancestors.

Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics in Holly Springs has brought hundreds of jobs to the area and there are more to come with the construction of their new facility.

Troopers say Jimmy Harness, 46, and Regina Harness, 57, both of Holly Springs, Miss., were stopped on the interstatea s westbound lanes due to another crash when they were hit from behind in a chain-reaction collision.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has reinstated a lawsuit filed by a former inmate at the Marshall County Correctional Facility over conditions at the private prison.

Breanna Anderson was a smart girl. She was beautiful, popular and ambitious. She spent most of her time in her bedroom, keeping up honor roll grades in her ninth grade classes at Holly Springs High School and dreaming of a future in fashion design.

Bowen, 19, of Holly Springs, Miss., a Crichton student, was found beaten to death last month in his Whitehaven-area apartment.

While many Ole Miss graduates look for success far away from the Grove, the Square and other local haunts, some have their sights set a little closer to their alma mater.

As a cool breeze swept across Columbus' Friendship Cemetery Monday night, voices, laughter and applause echoed against the hundreds of tombstones scattered throughout the normally quiet grounds.

Jackson - The red, pink and white azaleas are in bloom, the boxwood hedges have been perfectly manicured and the crepe myrtle trees are laden with color.

BY EMILY LE COZ Daily Journal TUPELO - As the economy turns sour and Americans fret about feeding their families, Ora Baldwin knows times will never be as tough as the year her family ate the pet rabbit.

Services will be held Saturday on the campus of Rust College for former school president William A. McMillan Sr.

The former president of Rust College has died in a weekend traffic accident in Holly Springs.

Former Rust College President William A. McMillan died from injuries he sustained in a car wreck Saturday afternoon in Holly Springs.