The Dispatch

Locally-owned newspaper and website serving Columbus and Starkville, Mississippi, and the greater Golden Triangle area

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The Bulldogs' missed the cut line to advance to match play after shooting 7-over par as a team in stroke play from May 29-May 31. Despite the early exit, State recorded its program-best finish in the NCAA championships. https://t.co/PJLsggw4jc

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MSU outscored its foes 39-11 across the three games and never trailed at any point. The Bulldogs pounded opponents' pitching for 33 hits across three games, posting a collective .383 batting average during the regional.

State fans did their part, too, ... https://t.co/bB4WnOMdgt

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The board of supervisors unanimously approved the bond issuance during its regular meeting at the circuit court building, capping about four months of discussion. The bond is expected to be repaid over 15 years without increasing taxes, according to Boa... https://t.co/irKHbmo8pW

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wo Mississippi State football coaching legends now have their chance to be enshrined as college football greats.

Mike Leach and Jackie Sherrill were announced Monday as members of the 2027 College Football Hall of Fame ballot. The pair were two of the ... https://t.co/hmPXx6o0eQ

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Deputies responded to a 911 call at about 8 a.m. Monday, where they found two victims suffering from gunshot wounds in a home on East Hazelwood Road. Both were taken by ambulance to North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point before being airlifted t... https://t.co/KM2c2JdIbA

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Funding for the 15 new cameras will come from the city's special projects fund. Once the new cameras are installed, CPD will have 25 total NOLA cameras operating throughout the city, along with five "Sky Cop" cameras monitoring crime hot spots. https://t.co/Ki7dVBdbV3

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The officer would have been responsible for enforcing county ordinances, like leash laws, and capturing feral or abandoned animals outside city limits for $4,000 a month, to be pulled from the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office budget.

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As new developments and infrastructure improvements continue in Starkville and Columbus, residents are seeing more utility lines moved underground – a change that can offer several practical advantages. But how do they compare to traditional overhead sy... https://t.co/L2jCkhnmfn

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The Summer Food Service Program is federally funded and aims to fight summer hunger by providing free breakfast and lunch for children after the school year ends.

Last year, SOCSD served 5,700 breakfast portions and 6,400 lunch portions through its sum... https://t.co/7G2YxX5LAo

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The state's next generation of leaders, innovators and creators has arrived at Mississippi University for Women for the 2026 Mississippi Governor's School, a prestigious tuition-free residential honors program taking place through June 13. https://t.co/Z7q5IwxTT0

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While many other baseball squads – including No. 1 national seed UCLA – found themselves on the wrong side of an upset, the Bulldogs dismantled all three Regional foes with at least 10 runs scored in all three games and captured its first regional victo... https://t.co/lPsIBJOxyw

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Ricketts said that this year's team, especially the veterans, raised the standards for MSU softball.

"I'm just so thankful for them and what they've done for us," Ricketts said of her seniors, some of whom sat directly to her right on stage. "We're g... https://t.co/1LoXAkH2Gl

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The Barn Concert Series will host British singer-songwriter Danni Nicholls and blues musician Guy Davis in a co-headline performance Thursday.

The concert begins at 7 p.m. at The Barn on Mac Davis Road, with parking and a free fish fry dinner beginning... https://t.co/1kEUdF6mzh

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In Sunday's Starkville Regional finale, Mississippi State wasted no time in putting its foot on the gas early with three straight solo home runs to spark its way to a 19-5 win over the University of Louisiana at Lafayette for its first NCAA Regional cha... https://t.co/91BGitlKpG

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For nearly a year, a bitcoin mining facility in Columbus has quietly operated thousands of computers around the clock, drawing on excess electricity capacity from Columbus Light and Water with hopes of expanding soon.

Owned by LM Funding America Inc. s... https://t.co/4uMHQ2mgct

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"We get anywhere between 200 to 300 new animals a month right now," Kim Hays said. "We're the only shelter in the city and the county, and we're open intake. We don't say no. It's difficult, but we're committed to finding space for everyone."

Hays has ... https://t.co/zoFYXqEZCY

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All the way over in Tunica this week, two New Hope golfers were in midst of a heated battle on the greens in a qualifier for the opportunity to play in the FGC Callaway World Championship in Palm Desert, Calif. https://t.co/a9Kr6xFSDO

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Today, the company is one of only two remaining industries in the Golden Triangle dating back to the 1800s, and according to Sanders, is the oldest continuously operating business in Mississippi.

Although the company can produce nearly anything made of... https://t.co/uclaLo4Uxd

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Two non-Mississippi State alumni had infiltrated an MSU alumni event set to celebrate the program's first Women's College World Series appearance.

The two men sat on the right side of the bar, blending into the crowd with a perfect disguise of maroon a... https://t.co/a5QlE2PCRw

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MSU looked its best in the fourth inning, putting three hard-hit outs in play and getting two runners on base. How did the Red Raiders respond? By bringing in their other star pitcher, Kaitlyn Terry. She went the rest of the way, which resulted in just ... https://t.co/SjwJu5LLdk