Two businesses break ground on multi-million dollar expansions Superior Catfish Products broke ground Sept. 17 on the $17 million expansion that will create 25 new jobs and 50 to […]
Our Readers – Fall 2019
Peggy Buckley Retired Retail Business Owner, Starkville Is what you’re doing right now what you wanted to do when you grew up? My mother was in the retail […]
Meet Brian Pugh
As only the second director of the Stennis Center for Public Policy, the Meridian native works to get citizens active in public service Thank you again for letting […]
Outside the lines, with Lee Gibson
West Point artist uses a palette knife to ‘build’ paintings Without ever touching a hammer and nail, oil painter Lee Gibson could be called a builder. With palette knives […]
Dueling rib tips
Just down the street from each other, two pit masters perfect savory rib tips It’s going on 3 o’clock in the afternoon on a hot September Saturday. After the […]
Revisiting a heart
When Dr. Hemraj Makwana told Suzette Creppel Green she had a hole in her heart, she thought, “Oh my goodness, not another one.” Green was the first person […]
Throwing axes
Starkville gun range offers axe throwing as the sport grows in popularity nation-wide Thump! Clang! Thump! Clang! One after another, flung axes bounce all over the walls that divide […]
From Macon to Mergers
The sole bank headquartered in the Golden Triangle grows from its modest beginnings to More than $1 billion in assets As it is with any business whose history extends over […]
At home with Mark Castleberry
With The Mill project behind him, the area’s most prolific developer anticipates his next ‘itch’ For the past 20 years, Mark Castleberry has built a reputation as the […]
Our Readers – Spring 2019
Bridget Pieschel English and Women Studies Professor at MUW, Columbus Is what you’re doing in life now what you wanted to do when you grew up? One hundred […]
Housing in the Triangle: A new kind of old
Three developers tap into history in three different ways In Starkville, there is a set of hackberry trees just off South Montgomery Road. Developer Saunders Ramsey remembers opening […]
Lowndes County Spring 2019
Lowndes, Columbus use savings, bonds for sundry projects Now that the 2-percent restaurant sales tax has passed, Columbus’ park improvement projects can keep moving forward. The city has […]