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Judge denies Manning new trial in 1993 slayings

Tue, 21 May 2013 18:03:46 -0400

JACKSON, Mississippi - A judge has denied death row inmate Willie Jerome Manning's request for a new trial in the 1993 slayings of a 90-year-old woman and her 60-year-old daughter in Starkville.

Tennessee firm offers to lease Oktibbeha hospital

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:06:15 -0400

STARKVILLE, Mississippi - A Tennessee company has offered to lease OCH Regional Medical Center.

MSU to welcome Boys State participants May 26

Mon, 20 May 2013 04:04:30 -0400

STARKVILLE, Mississippi - Mississippi Gov. Phil Bryant and Republican U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker lead a list of speakers for the American Legion's Boys State on the campus of Mississippi State University this month.

Miss. crop planting lags behind schedule

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:19:11 -0400

STARKVILLE, Mississippi - Planting of Mississippi row crops has fallen behind schedule following a spate of wet weather, according to industry experts and government officials.

Bruce named graduate school dean at MSU

Sun, 19 May 2013 10:07:04 -0400

STARKVILLE, Mississippi - Lori Mann Bruce has been named dean of the Graduate School at Mississippi State University.

'All aboard' for West Point transportation museum

Sat, 18 May 2013 17:23:28 -0400

WEST POINT, Mississippi - It's not so often a grown man gets to report to work and play with trains. For Terry Craig, though, it's a weekly joy. As curator of the Sam Wilhite Transportation Museum on West Point's Depot Drive, he is not only conductor of the largest working stationary train of its scale in North Mississippi, he got to build much of it.

Supervisors approve $5M bond notice

Wed, 08 May 2013 16:08:16 -0400

STARKVILLE, Mississippi - Oktibbeha County supervisors have passed a resolution to let the public know it will borrow $5 million when needed to support an economic development opportunity.

MSU professor to study in Russia

Sat, 04 May 2013 07:02:27 -0400

STARKVILLE, Mississippi - A member of Mississippi State's history faculty is receiving a Fulbright Fellowship, which will take him to Rostov-on-Don, Russia in August.

Officials unveil Starkville City Hall design

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 16:13:35 -0400

STARKVILLE, Mississippi - Starkville officials have unveiled design plans for a new city hall they hope will be completed in 2014.