The sound of gears clicking and whirring echoed through the classroom as robot sisters Sammy and Kenzie took center stage on a distant planet.

From the Opinion Page of The Dispatch, the hosts of this podcast debate and discuss local news for Columbus and Lowndes County, Mississippi.

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State women’s basketball learned its Southeastern Conference opponents for the 2025-26 season, a slate that once again features matchups against some of the strongest ...

Every year, roughly 230 of the state’s most gifted students flock to Columbus, prepared to take on the challenge of succeeding at Mississippi’s most academically rigorous high school.

A routine traffic stop turned into a drug bust Monday when Lowndes County sheriff’s deputies discovered 14 kilograms of illegal drugs.

Two men are dead after fatally shooting each other Thursday in the parking lot of the Quality Inn on Highway 12.

The city of Jackson announced 10 new chargers for electric vehicle owners on Thursday thanks to a $160,000 donation from Entergy.

A single-engine plane carrying a family of four crashed into a pasture in New Hope at about 4 p.m. Saturday. No injuries were reported.

After issuing a lease that ran afoul of the city’s zoning laws, Starkville-Oktibbeha Consolidated School District is sorting through all its 16th Section properties and revamping its leasing ...

On the third floor of the newly renovated Mississippi State University Research and Technology Corporation Downtown Innovation HUB building, employees of Babel Street play video games or pool ...

EUGENE, Ore. — Mississippi State Track and Field athletes begin their stay at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Oregon today, with eight Bulldogs ...

A pair of severe thunderstorms ripped through the Golden Triangle on Saturday and Sunday, downing trees and causing power outages and flooding roads throughout the area.