OKTIBBEHA COUNTY – An Ethel man died in a two-vehicle collision Tuesday morning on Highway 12. Marvin Graham, 54, was driving east on Highway 12 near Smith Road at about 6 a.m. when a second vehicle ...

STOCKBRIDGE, Ga. — Peggy Joyce McGahey Jaynes, 77, died April 6, 2026. Funeral services will be at noon April 18 at Skelton Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Ethelsville Baptist Church cemetery in ...

WEST POINT — Octavious Griffin, 80, died March 28, 2026, at Elmhurst Memorial Hospital in Elmhurst, Illinois. Funeral services will be at 3 p.m. at Mt. Zion M.B. Church in West Point, with Vernon ...

VERNON, Ala. — Edward Glen Newell, 66, died April 7, 2026, at Fayette Medical Center-DCH. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Chandler Funeral Home Chapel, with Christopher McKee and ...

SULLIGENT, Ala. — Melinda Ann Allen, 57, died April 4, 2026, at North Mississippi Medical Center-Gilmore in Amory. Funeral services are at 2 p.m. Thursday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, with B.J. Mills ...

Jerry Lamar Chunn went home to Jesus on April 8, 2026, at age 89. Jerry will be greatly missed. A celebration of life service will be Saturday, April 11, 2026, at 1:00 P.M. at Whitehall Church in ...

Kenneth Ray Robinson, aged 82, of Columbus, MS, passed away on Saturday, April 4, 2026, at his home in New Hope. Mr. Ken, as he was known to many, was born on June 13, 1943 to Berta and Ray Robinson ...

BAGHDAD — American journalist Shelly Kittleson, who was kidnapped from a Baghdad streetcorner last week, has been released, an Iraqi official with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.

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 ...

WEST POINT — Cornell Westbrook, 69, died April 5, 2026, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, at Strong Hill M.B. Church, with Willie Edwards ...

WEST POINT — Debra Lynn Ivy, 70, died March 31, 2026, at North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Mt. Hermon M.B. Church, with the Rev. Timothy ...

BEDFORD, Texas — Roger Lee Bell Jr., 88, died April 1, 2026, in Euless. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Blackjack M.B. Church in Starkville. Burial will follow at Fox Cemetery.