Archive - Feb 2013
February 24th
Starkville High School journalism teacher R.J. Morgan had a plan to surprise his student Leah Gibson, and the results are on Youtube.
Gibson is a co-anchor on SHS’s “My Morning Jacket,” a TV news program broadcast within SHS and posted online. For the Wednesday edition, Morgan said he handed co-anchor Barnes Locke a sheet of paper with a special announcement.
Rusty Pritchard shows that evangelical faith and climate change do not have to be mutually exclusive.
It was an easy stroll in the park for the Mississippi State baseball team on Sunday.
The No. 12 (Collegiate Baseball) Bulldogs cruised to an easy 8-1 victory over the Samford Bulldogs in the final game of the Diamond Classic presented by Polk's Meat Products at Dudy Noble Field.
Rusty Pritchard shows that evangelical faith and climate change do not have to be mutually exclusive.
Robert Buckner, 69, died Feb. 23, 2013 at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo.
Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013 in the chapel of Welch Funeral Home. Rev. Michael May will conduct the service. Burial will follow in Curtis Chapel Cemetery.
Visitation is scheduled for Monday, Feb. 25, 2013 from 5-7 p.m. at Welch Funeral Home in Starkville. Â
A University Hills Mobile Home Park resident evaded injury Sunday morning after waking up to find her home filled with smoke.
Oktibbeha County Fire Services Coordinator Kirk Rosenhan said East Oktibbeha County Fire Department was dispatched to the scene at 6:33 a.m. Sunday and found an electric furnace had ignited a fire inside and around the residence.
February 23rd
Heading into the final game of the Class AAA State Tournament, the pressure was on for coach Glenn Schmidt and the Starkville Academy Lady Volunteers.
It's easy these days to strike up a conversation about the Starkville Academy Lady Volunteers and their accomplishments this season.
While attending the Diamond Classic at Mississippi State on Friday, one of the topics of conversation was Starkville Academy girls basketball. For those who don't know, the Diamond Classic is a baseball event and hoops was the subject being talked about.
Tanner Clanton was the story of the night for Starkville High School’s baseball team.
In the midst of the Yellowjackets 8-1 victory over Greenville-Weston, the junior managed to produce a no-hitter featuring 11 strikeouts.
The Mississippi State baseball hasn't had to climb a mountain in the early going of the 2013 season.
Saturday night the Bulldogs found themselves down three runs in the middle of the ballgame, but found a way to win down the stretch.
