NEW BUSINESSES, INCLUDING BOOKSTORE AND HAIR SALON, HAVE SPRUNG UP IN AREA When Lisa Halverson told her friends she wanted to open her own business in Columbus this […]

THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAS SLOWED LIFE DOWN BUT HASN’T STOPPED IN STARKVILLE AND OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, WHERE EDUCATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, RECREATION AND ACTIVISM ARE ALL SEEING UPGRADES AND FORWARD […]

SPRING PILGRIMAGE – AN EVENT TO TELL “THE FULL AMERICAN STORY” We occasionally revisit previous stories for updates. In the Fall 2019 issue of Progress, we reported the […]

A SHOWCASE IN THE MAKING Designs? Done. Marketing brochures? In production. All wheels are turning to put a must-see attraction right in downtown West Point. When finished, the […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]