Archive - Jul 2012 - Latest News
By NATHAN GREGORY
sdnreporter@yahoo.com
Another August in Starkville has arrived, bringing with it the influx of Mississippi State University students moving into town and getting their lights cut on at their apartments and houses.
By NATHAN GREGORY
sdnreporter@yahoo.com
Politics takes the forefront today and Thursday at the Neshoba County Fair as U.S. Senate candidates, State House representatives and state leaders prepare to talk at the state’s most well-known political spotlight.
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles featuring local school marching band programs and their preparation for halftime shows they will play during football season.
By STEVEN NALLEY
sdnedu@bellsouth.net
Starkville Academy doesn’t have the biggest band in town, but Amanda Harfst doesn’t mind.
July 30th
By NATHAN GREGORY
sdnreporter@yahoo.com
The Mississippi State Rating Bureau recently evaluated Starkville’s fire, water and emergency services as well as the city’s building codes and enforcement in order to determine whether or not the city’s fire insurance rating can improve from a Class 5 to a Class 4.
By STEVEN NALLEY
sdnedu@bellsouth.net
Before Donald Lee played in the NFL, before he played football at Mississippi State University, he was a student at Maben High School with a best friend named Lamar Ware.
By STEVEN NALLEY
sdnedu@bellsouth.net
After the 2011 election, Gallup named Mississippi the most conservative state in America, so Patti Drapala knows her position is not popular.
July 29th
Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of articles featuring local school marching band programs and their preparation for halftime shows they will play during football season.
Not even a long fall can keep Shawn Sullivan down for very long.
July 28th
By NATHAN GREGORY
sdnreporter@yahoo.com
Mississippi State University students will have a more affordable and hassle-free option for getting to class once the semester starts on Aug. 20.
By MATT CRANE
sdnlife@bellsouth.net
Even Kaytlyn Hurst is surprised by her successful summer venture.
Hurst began her summer vacation with a simple idea that has grown into a charitable charge.
“I started making the bracelets after school let out at the beginning of the summer,” Hurst said. “My mom and I went and bought the kit together.”
July 27th
By STEVEN NALLEY
sdnedu@bellsouth.net
When John Cohen was at Mississippi State University, he had the opportunity to see Eudora Welty at a campus venue, but he missed it.
Cohen, now baseball coach at MSU, said he regrets the decision. At the time, he said, he didn’t think going to see an author, even a Pulitzer Prize winner like Welty, was “cool.”
