With the college football transfer portal open, we’ve added this page to keep track of all Mississippi State activity for players leaving and arriving ahead of the 2026 football year.

Ford is recalling more than 270,000 electric and hybrid vehicles in the U.S. because of a parking function problem that could lead to them rolling away. The Detroit automaker said that the recall ...

COLUMBUS — Frank Gore, 78, died Dec. 28, 2025, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Stephen Chapel M.B. Church, with the Rev. Joe Lee Peoples ...

MACON — Victor B. Allsup, 91, died Dec. 26, 2025. Funeral services are at Noon Tuesday, at Cockrell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Oddfellows Cemetery. Visitation is one hour prior to ...

Matthew Jay Long, 54, of Columbus, MS, passed away Thursday, December 25, 2025, at his residence. Visitation will be Tuesday, December 30, 2025, from 10:00 A.M. to 11 ...

Ivyloy “Ivy” Knight, 86, of Columbus, MS, passed away on December 27, 2025. A visitation will be Friday, January 2, 2026, from 2:00 P.M. until 4:00 P.M. at ...

The Dispatch’s Best of the Triangle readers’ choice contest is the area’s longest-running recognition of the most popular businesses and professionals in the Golden Triangle. Businesses who want to ...

COLUMBUS — Shirley Nell Johnson, 74, died Jan. 3, 2026, at Trinity Place Retirement Community. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, at Lone Oak Church of Christ Cemetery in Steens. Memorial ...

Margean Ashcraft, age 97, died Saturday January 3, 2026, at her residence in Columbus. Graveside services will be held Tuesday January 6, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Cemetery, with Bro. David ...

STARKVILLE — Curtis Lamar “Culpepper” Grayer, 66, died Dec. 24, 2025, at Starkville Manor. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, at Hairston and Hairston Funeral Homes Chapel. Burial will ...

STARKVILLE — Jan Sanders, 78, died Dec. 30, 2025, at North Mississippi Medical Center in West Point. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Calvert Funeral Home Chapel, with James Towery ...

MILLPORT, Ala. — Gloria Banks Brock, 80, died Dec. 31, 2025, at her residence. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Friday at Chandler Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow at Furnace Hill Cemetery.