Legal community celebrates career of McAlpin as longtime Starkville attorney...
McAlpin’s legal career includes running his own practice, in addition to working as the attorney for the Starkville School District and the Starkville Housing Authority. By: Ryan PhillipsSDN...
View ArticleC Spire tests Terabit network at MSU
By: Charlie BentonStaff Writereduc@starkvilledailynews.comMonday, January 28, 2019STARKVILLE, MSMississippi State University and C Spire hosted a test proving the viability of a system used by...
View ArticleCommunity rallies around J.L. King Center in wake of funding cut
FamiliesFirst Grant Program Manager Elmarie Carr Brooks reads from a letter announcing the abrupt end of the grant's funding of programs at the J.L. King Center in Starkville. A meeting was held friday...
View ArticleGrand jury indicts fatal wreck suspect for manslaughter
By: Ryan PhillipsSDN Editor editor@starkvilledailynews.comTuesday, January 29, 2019STARKVILLE, MSA Starkville man has been indicted for manslaughter in connection to a 2018 wreck near downtown...
View ArticleEddins receives probation in parks and rec embezzlement case
Schronda Eddins, left, and her attorney, Mark Williamson in court Tuesday. Eddins will serve five years probation and pay $15,200 to the city of Starkville on charges of conspiracy to fraud the state...
View ArticleTeen suspect charged after Highway 12 chase
By: Ryan PhillipsSDN Editor editor@starkvilledailynews.comSunday, February 3, 2019STARKVILLE, MSA Starkville teenager with a criminal record is facing new charges after police say he led officers on a...
View ArticleEducation committee members discuss teacher pay raise
By: CHARLIE BENTON Staff Writereduc@starkvilledailynews.com Tuesday, February 5, 2019STARKVILLE, MSOn Thursday, the Mississippi House of Representatives Education Committee voted in favor of a teacher...
View ArticleFelon accused of choking woman, firing gun in city limits
By: RYAN PHILLIPSSDN Editor editor@starkvilledailynews.comTuesday, February 5, 2019STARKVILLE, MSA Starkville man is in jail accused of strangling a female and discharging a firearm in the city limits....
View ArticleCity OKs draft of Starkville annexation ordinance
Vice Mayor Roy A. Perkins, involved during the 1998 annexation, pleading his reasoning against the 2019 annexation. (Photo by Briana Rucker, SDN)By: BRIANA RUCKERStaff...
View ArticleMeet new EMCC President Scott Alsobrooks
New EMCC PresidenT Scott Alsobrooks gives remarks at an event introducing him on the Golden Triangle campus Tuesday. Alsobrooks is in his fourth week of office, and was announced as the institution's...
View ArticleWest Point supports MSU student veterans
Flanked by West Point High School JROTC cadets and other supporters, David Sawtelle, left, and MSU G.V. “Sonny” Montgomery Center for America’s Veterans Director Brian Locke hold a check for $3,500...
View ArticleMilons, Abraham to lead SOCSD elementary schools
Cynthia Milons, left, and Morgan Abraham shortly after being approved by the SOCSD Board of Trustees as principals of Overstreet Elementary School and Sudduth Elementary School, respectively. (Photo...
View ArticleMan charged with conspiracy in fatal shooting
By: Ryan PhillipsSDN Editor editor@starkvilledailynews.comSunday, February 10, 2019STARKVILLE, MSA Starkville man with a criminal history has been charged with conspiracy to commit murder in the...
View ArticleCamp Kesem to come to MSU
Mississippi State University freshman psychology major Madelyn Slaten, a former Camp Kesem participant, encourages visitors at an information table in Colvard Student Union to vote for MSU during Camp...
View ArticleMcGarr named top school business official
SOCSD Chief Financial Officer Tammie McGarr, left, and Superintendent Eddie Peasant. McGarr was named School Business Official of the Year by the Mississippi Association of School Business Officials....
View ArticleCourt docs: Conspiracy suspect offered $5K for killing of Oktibbeha man
According to court documents obtained by the Starkville Daily News through a public records request, 27-year-old Henry Lee Neal, Jr. made the offer to an unnamed person to kill 33-year-old Joseph...
View ArticleSanitation rates set for increase
By: BRIANA RUCKERStaff Writerlife@starkvilledailynews.comTuesday, February 12, 2019STARKVILLE, MSStarkville residents can expect to pay more for residential and commercial sanitation rates beginning...
View ArticleBoard approves changes to admission criteria
From left to right, SOCSD Board of Trustees Vice President John S. Brown, President Lee Brand and Secretary Debra Prince. Prince was the sole nay vote on a change to the district's admittance...
View ArticleSpruill visits Starkville High for CTE Month
Starkville High School junior Andrew Carlisile, right, listens to Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill during a lunch and learn event held for CTE Month Tuesday. (Photo by Charlie Benton, SDN)By: CHARLIE...
View ArticleTupelo man back in jail after meth, false info arrest
Garrett Butler was lead into City Hall for his initial appearance and probable cause hearing in Starkville Municipal Court on Monday (Photo by Ryan Phillips, SDN)By: Ryan PhillipsSDN Editor...
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