Starkville News

Pinpoint Weather Forecast A mostly cloudy and breezy Friday with a good chance of mainly morning and afternoon showers and thunderstorms.

Five months into his job as Oktibbeha County sheriff, Steve Gladney still exudes the genial, relaxed personality that helped catapult him into office in his race against a popular incumbent.

Marisa Laudadio and Tony Laudadio, sibilings from Alcorn County, perform, while jostling for position with their violins, to a crowd of nearly 700 Thursday night at a talent show hosted by the annual 4-H State Congress on the campus of Mississippi State University.

It's all grown up now after last year buying an Alabama regional banking company more than twice its size and continuing its growth spurt with Thursday's Federal Reserve Board of Governors' approval of the acquisition of Encore Banshares, a $1.6 billion Houston bank.

"Going to this makes him feel like he is big," said his mother, Amy Goley. "I also think it is really important that my kids use the summer to recharge, not only physically and mentally, but also spiritually.

When most Bulldog fans think of the greatest MSU football players in our great history, one man's name is always a part of the discussion, among many others.

Last time the State of Mississippi went to Gainesville, Fla., to fill a job, it scored a winner in Dan Mullen, whom Mississippi State University lured away from the University of Florida football coaching staff to be head Bulldog in Starkville.

Jack Fountain, center, teacher Argen Loaisiga, student-helper Tyanna Segura and other students sing a song that helps the children memorize Spanish vocabulary at the Tuanis Spanish Academy in downtown Starkville.

Micheal Mosely, of Starkville, prepares to serve Emma Gillespie, of Starkville, at the fifth annual Senior Day in the Park at McKee Park in Starkville on Wednesday.

Football began to become much more of the sport we all recognize in 1909. Field goals became three points instead of four, even though touchdowns remained five.

Larnzy Carpenter Jr. of First Baptist Church of Longview in Starkville stands in downtown Starkville on Wednesday.

A Starkville man was arrested on charges of impersonating a police officer, after Starkville police discovered a fake Twitter account the man had established.

A rose to company officials at Kior, who are gearing up to begin production while working to be good neighbors.

Ward-Stewart Elementary School students Rachel King and Grant Peterson in Starkville work on letters that will spell out 'Welcome' at their school.

Mississippi State University is hoping a new Ulysses S. Grant presidential library will make the school a focal point for researchers and tourists interested in the Civil War.

This Saturday, a home-cooked meal in Starkville could cost you $125. You can be sure it won't be your standard meat-and-three. Chef Ty Thames of Restaurant Tyler is preparing a seven-course feast made with locally sourced ingredients as a fund-raiser for Gaining Ground, a organization dedicated to the promotion of a sustainable lifestyle.

As part of a technology change, commenting will not be available on some articles for a number of months.

With only a slight modification, the Clay County Board of Supervisors gave their approval Thursday to the newly revised Interlocal Jail Agreement between Clay County and the city of West Point through which city inmates will continue to be housed at the Clay County Detention Center.

Jan Morgan of Starkville and a throng of fellow bicyclists make their way up County Line Road in Ridgeland late Wednesday afternoon during the fifth annual RIde of Silence.

Devonta Pollard is a five-star 6-8 205-pound forward from Porterville, Mississippi.