Archive - 2013
June 11th
It has been almost 14 years since Travis Garner has called the Starkville area home, but that is all about to change.
After graduating from Starkville Academy in 1999 and heading off to college, Garner is returning to his former stomping grounds to assume the role of head baseball coach at Starkville High School.
You can teach someone fundamentals, but you can't teach love of the game.
Former Starkville Academy coach Neal Henry never had to worry about that with Hunter Bolin.
It is a big risk to hire an unproven coach.
The Ackerman Indians took that risk this past season as it hired Patrick Nutt to lead their baseball team. In the end, that risk paid off hugely, as the Indians finished 15-11 overall and won Class 2A, Region 5, District 4 with a 9-1 record.
Nutt was recognized as Starkville Daily News High School Baseball Coach of the Year for that accomplishment.
Coming into this season, Mississippi State head coach John Cohen was not a big fan of the Bulldogs' schedule.
The 2013 Southeastern Conference baseball season welcomed two new teams for competition in Texas A&M and Missouri.Â
As summer returns, so does an infamous pest.
Fire ants are a well-known nuisance throughout Mississippi and the rest of the South. Richard Linley, owner of Northeast Exterminating services, said ants tend to be a seasonal issue.
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On May 29, the Pew Research Center released a study of U.S. Census Bureau data, titled “Breadwinner Moms,†saying mothers are the sole or primary income source for a record 40 percent of all households with children under the age of 18, up from 11 percent in 1960.
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Firefighters with the Starkville Fire Department are learning the ins and outs of the city’s new ladder truck technology this week. Chief Rodger Mann said the crew would begin training today on the truck’s operations and pump system. The city obtained the new truck on May 29, a replacement for the 28-year-old Engine No. 2.
The Starkville School District Board of Trustees will consider approving a $9.95 million bond for facility maintenance projects at its meeting at 6 p.m. today at the Greensboro Center.
June 10th
Alice Gray Black, 75, of Sturgis, MS; passed away at her residence on Monday, June 10, 2013 surrounded by her family.
Alice was member of Morgan chapel Baptist church, a homemaker and retired with Hershede Hall Clock Company and Starkville Manor, where she had worked for 11 years. She loved children.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Mississippi State was six outs away from the College World Series, but rain forced the Bulldogs to wait another day to record the last few outs.
The No. 12 (Collegiate Baseball) Bulldogs came back Monday afternoon after rain suspended game two of the Charlottesville Super Regional to beat the No. 6 Virginia Cavaliers 6-5 at Davenport Field to advance to Omaha, Neb.
