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Happy holidays, y’all. I hope you’re resting well after a couple days of family, friends, food and football. We’ve got some great business news heading into the new year, including a new ...

WEST POINT — Art Sanders never imagined he would become a pecan grower. When he bought his land in Clay County back in 1999, it was supposed to be a place where he could eventually retire.

MABEN — Pete Winfield, 75, died Dec. 26, 2024, at OCH Regional Medical Center in Starkville. Graveside services are at 10 a.m. Friday, at Cedar Bluff Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery in Cedar Bluff.

COLUMBUS — Evangelist Gloria Jamison, 81, died Dec. 20, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Maranatha Faith Center, with Dr ...

BALDWIN, COUNTY, Ala. — Alabama law enforcement fatally shot two men during separate traffic stops on Sunday and Monday, according to separate statements from officials. In the northern part of ...

WASHINGTON — The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird.

WASHINGTON — Russell Hedrick, a North Carolina farmer, flies drones to spray fertilizers on his corn, soybean and wheat fields at a fraction of what it would cost him to use a conventional ...

Mississippi high school students who take dual-credit courses go to college at the nation’s highest rate, according to a recent report. It’s generally true that students who take college ...

Doris Hale Gilliam, age 91, entered heaven on December 20, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. Doris was born January 4, 1933, in Aliceville, Alabama, to the late D. E. “Dutch” Hale and ...

COLUMBUS — Billie Trussel, 81, died Dec. 25, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus.

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and ...