ONE STARKVILLE FAMILY EXPANDS ON THEIR DAD’S CAREER IN BEEF Beef has been a buzzword in and around Starkville lately – moreso since David Sanders’ family decided to […]
Fall 2020
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3 INSPIRED PEOPLE FALL 2020
SYLVIA GRAHAM Sylvia Graham knows how hard life can be on the Columbus Northside, in an area called “The Blocks.” “I grew up there and came from those […]
Fall 2020
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PARTNERSHIP SCHOOL IS A WIN-WIN-WIN SITUATION
MSU, SOCSD EDUCATORS AND STUDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM UNIQUE COLLABORATION AT STATE-OF-ART SCHOOL On July 31, Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum took a tour of Starkville Oktibbeha […]
Fall 2020
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MEET KIWANIS
MANY ARE AWARE OF THE 105-YEAR-OLD CIVIC CLUB BUT MAY NOT UNDERSTAND THE GROUP’S MISSION. WE INTERVIEWED THE STARKVILLE CHAPTER PRESIDENT AND A LONG-TERM MEMBER FOR MORE INSIGHT […]
Fall 2020
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‘JUMP IN THE CAR AND GO’
FROM PRIMEVAL FORESTS ON CANYON FLOORS TO MAN MADE LAKES, NORTHWEST ALABAMA HOME TO RUGGED NATURAL WONDERS Walls of moss-covered rocks tower above the trail where Mike Bauer […]
Fall 2020
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GROWTH IN NOXUBEE COUNTY
FROM ROAD AND BRIDGE PROJECTS TO FIBER OPTIC CABLE, INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS COULD BE COMING TO THIS AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY Infrastructure and internet are on the horizon for rural Noxubee […]
Fall 2020
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CLAY COUNTY STILL SEEING SOME GROWTH AMIDST PANDEMIC
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, West Point and Clay County saw its tourism tax revenue decline for a couple of months. Some events that are mainstays in Clay […]
Spring 2020
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GTRA IS TAKING FLIGHT WITH MIKE HAINSEY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGIONAL AIRPORT MIKE HAINSEY REFLECTS ON HIS TIME AS A PILOT IN THE AIR FORCE AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON HIS […]
Spring 2020
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GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN OKTIBBEHA COUNTY
Starkville received a $12.66 million federal grant in November to make one mile of Highway 182 more pedestrian-friendly and wheelchair-accessible, to increase broadband access, improve infrastructure and stormwater […]
Spring 2020
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DRAWING FROM LIFE
ARTIST CINDY BUOB SHARES HER STORIES ON CANVAS, INSPIRED BY LIFE ITSELF Sometimes an obstacle in life can be a catalyst. For artist Cindy Buob of Columbus, the […]
Spring 2020
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BLUES AND BUSINESS IN CLAY COUNTY
After an economic slump in the mid-2000s, business is steadily increasing in West Point and Clay County. The area has seen incoming retail and fast food chains as […]
Spring 2020
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A QUIET HISTORY
CROWDED BY GIANT TREES AND VISITED BY GHOSTS AND MONSTERS ALIKE, SKY LAKE IS WHAT EVERY FAIRY TALE IS MADE OF Sarah Costa thinks there might be some […]