Local lawmakers weigh in on Rep. Moore resignation
By: LOGAN KIRKLAND Staff Writernews@starkvilledailynews.com Tuesday, December 12, 2017STARKVILLE, MSLocal policymakers have had little to say following the surprising news that longtime State Rep. John...
View ArticleMississippi First talks early learning tax credit at Rotary
By: CHARLIE BENTONStaff Writereduc@starkvilledailynews.com Tuesday, December 12, 2017STARKVILLE, MSStarkville Rotarians received a lesson on how to support pre-K programs in Mississippi while getting...
View ArticleSPD hosts winter conference for the first time
By: LOGAN KIRKLAND Staff Writernews@starkvilledailynews.com Wednesday, December 13, 2017STARKVILLE, MSThe Starkville Police Department launched the 38th Mississippi Association of Chiefs of Police...
View ArticleHistoric race shaping up for court seats
By: STEVE ROGERSDAILY TIMES LEADER news@dailytimesleader.com Wednesday, December 13, 2017STARKVILLE, MSIf the current situation holds, Clay, Oktibbeha and four other Northeast Mississippi counties will...
View ArticleSOCSD board approves Partnership School bid
By: CHARLIE BENTON Staff Writereduc@starkvilledailynews.com Wednesday, December 13, 2017STARKVILLE, MSAfter discussing some difficult financial realities, the Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School...
View ArticleSPD aims to improve social media use
By: Logan KirklandStaff Writernews@starkvilledailynews.comThursday, December 14, 2017STARKVILLE, MSThe Starkville Police Department learned new social media techniques and strategies to help better...
View ArticleStarkville Dickey’s liquidating assets
By: CHARLIE BENTON Staff Writereduc@starkvilledailynews.comThursday, December 14, 2017STARKVILLE, MSAssets from the closed Starkville Dickey’s Barbecue Pit location in the College Park Shopping center...
View ArticleMadison woman arrested for trafficking methamphetamine
SDN STAFF REPORTThursday, December 14, 2017STARKVILLE, MSA Madison woman is in jail after a traffic stop resulted in officers charging her with trafficking methamphetamine. Officers with the Starkville...
View ArticleSupreme Court refuses to hear case of former MSU professor convicted of...
By: RYAN PHILLIPSSDN EDITOR editor@dailytimesleader.com Friday, December 15, 2017STARKVILLE, MSThe state’s highest court on Thursday unanimously refused to review the case of a former Mississippi State...
View ArticleSPD makes car theft, controlled substance arrests
SDN STAFF REPORTSaturday, December 16, 2017STARKVILLE, MSCourtney Boyd, 21, and 20-year-old Jaylin Boyd, both of Starkville, were charged with one count of taking possession of or taking away a motor...
View ArticleFinal adjustments on Highway 12 project underway
By: MARY RUMOREStaff Writerlife@starkvilledailynews.com Saturday, December 16, 2017STARKVILLE, MSAll the major work on the first phase of the State Route 12 Safety Improvement Project is complete, and...
View ArticleMSU professor talks net neutrality effects
By: CHARLIE BENTON Staff Writereduc@starkvilledailynews.comSaturday, December 16, 2017STARKVILLE, MSOn Thursday, the Federal Communications Commission voted to repeal net neutrality rules set in...
View ArticleOCHS Angel Tree provides donations to animals during holiday season
By: MARY RUMOREStaff Writerlife@starkvilledailynews.com Sunday, December 17, 2017STARKVILLE, MSThe Angel Tree at the Oktibbeha County Humane Society helps to spread Christmas cheer to the animals at...
View ArticleBill Gamel to retire from WCBI
By: MARY RUMORE Staff Writerlife@starkvilledailynews.com Monday, December 18, 2017STARKVILLE, MSLongtime WCBI news anchor Bill Gamel will be on air for the last time Dec. 18 before retiring after over...
View ArticleWatch: Mayor Spruill gives State of the City Address
By: RYAN PHILLIPSSDN EDITOR editor@starkvilledailynews.com Monday, December 18, 2017STARKVILLE, MS Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill delivered her first State of the City Address as Starkville's Mayor on...
View ArticleSchool Board OKs paperless HR forms
By: CHARLIE BENTON Staff Writereduc@starkvilledailynews.comTuesday, December 19, 2017STARKVILLE, MSThe Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District’s human resources department will go paperless...
View ArticleSpruill delivers State of the City Address
Staff WriterTuesday, December 19, 2017STARKVILLE, MSStarkville Mayor Lynn Spruill hit the ground running in her first six months holding the city’s highest office and had a wealth of topics to discuss...
View ArticleSupes discuss possible new SOCSD administration building
By: Logan KirklandStaff Writernews@starkvilledailynews.comTuesday, December 19, 2017STARKVILLE, MSThe Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors discussed a deal that could see the Starkville-Oktibbeha...
View ArticleSPD arrests woman for Lynn Lane burglary
By: LOGAN KIRKLAND Staff Writernews@starkvilledailynews.com Tuesday, December 19, 2017STARKVILLE, MSThe Starkville Police Department arrested 26-year-old Heather Foster on Dec. 18 for residential...
View ArticleCutts, Reid head to runoff in Ackerman mayor’s race
By: RYAN PHILLIPSSDN EDITOR editor@dailytimesleader.com Tuesday, December 19, 2017STARKVILLE, MSThe special election to determine who will be the next mayor of Ackerman will be decided in a runoff on...
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