Oktibbeha County News

By BRIAN HAWKINS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The final two of four suspects charged in last fall's armed robbery of a local convenience store have pleaded guilty to lesser charges in the case and will serve some prison time.

By BRIAN HAWKINS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Oktibbeha County Sheriff Dolph Bryan is warning local residents of a potential scam that begins with a telephone call about winning a $500 shopping spree to Wal-Mart. Bryan said a man contacted him about the potential scam over the weekend ...

The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors Monday approved a resolution officially creating the East Oktibbeha Wastewater District.

By BRIAN HAWKINS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it The Mississippi Court of Appeals has affirmed the conviction of Willie Prater on a capital murder charge and the sentence of life in prison without parole he received as a result.

An Oktibbeha County man has died in a mobile home fire. Authorities tell the Starkville Daily News that the man's name was not being released until his identity is confirmed.

Paul Sims/SDN Elizabeth Clark, left, and Mary Sampson work to pack bags Wednesday for a supply distribution Friday coinciding with the fifth anniversary celebration for the We Care Committee.

Jurors in the capital murder trial of Bobby Batiste got their first glimpse Wednesday at the brutal slaying of Mississippi State University student Andreas Galanis last March at 21 Apartments, but defense attorney Jim Lappan threw the panel a curve ball when he said during opening statements that Galanis was the aggressor and initiated the fatal ...

By KELLY DANIELS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Testimony in the trial of a former Mississippi State student charged with murdering and robbing his roommate finally began Wednesday after two and a half days of jury selection.

The trial of a former Mississippi State University student accused of killing his roommate last year at an off-campus apartment is set to begin today in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.

One of Oktibbeha County's five supervisors says he wants to return to the beat system of government that the county abandoned a generation ago.

One of Oktibbeha County's five supervisors says he wants to return to the beat system of government that the county abandoned a generation ago.

By KELLY DANIELS This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it An Oktibbeha County supervisor is recommending restructuring the county government to his colleagues.

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Megan Bean/For the SDN Oktibbeha County Sheriff Dolph Bryan and Starkville Mayor Parker Wiseman stand in front of the a oedrunk tanka where Johnny Cash spent time in 1965.Cash wrote a song, titled a oeStarkville City Jail,a about the experience.

Starkville and Oktibbeha County are slated to participate in an annual statewide tornado drill, Wednesday.

The Mississippi Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from Willie Prater, who was sentenced to life without parole in 2006 for his role in the beating death of a Starkville woman.

Mississippi State University officials issued the following alert early Friday afternoon in anticipation of a severe weather system threatening the greater Starkville area: The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for Oktibbeha County until 4 p.m. today meaning conditions are favorable for potentially severe weather.

Dr. Lynne Richardson, left, MSU United Way campaign chair,A and Leslie Corey, third from left, this yeara s United WayA president, accept a $12,340 check from Blake Jeter, left, MSU SA president, and Dr.

The Oktibbeha County School District is 'well under way' in talks with East Mississippi Community College about opening a college branch at the unused O.L. Wicks school in Maben, the district's superintendent said.

The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors Monday threw its official support behind a potential aerospace megasite project adjacent to Golden Triangle Regional Airport.