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May 23rd
The Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors declared May Mental Health Month in Oktibbeha County on Monday.
After experiencing first-hand the emotional challenges veterans encounter while trying to readjust to civilian life, Terra Robinson — a Starkville resident who served for nine months in Iraq in 2005 — said she wanted to help other veterans achieve a smooth transition. To help promote this mission, the Richard E.
Mississippi State University has become a finalist for a chapter of the Phi Beta Kappa academic honor society, clearing the first segment of a three-year selection process.
By next week, residents of Starkville may find driving on some of the city’s streets to be a more pleasant experience.
May 22nd
Visitors to downtown Starkville can now sit outside and enjoy free access to the city's wireless Internet. The city is utilizing the fiberoptic cable platform constructed by Starkville Electric Company to provide free outdoor Wi-Fi access from the area around Mugshots on N. Douglas Conner Dr. to the Starkville Public Library on University Drive.
tarkville Oktibbeha Achieving Results (SOAR) distributed $13,820 in grants and awards to nine community organizations on Tuesday.
Starkville Board of Aldermen reviewed the city’s 2012 audit report and addressed concerns on the findings of the 2012 Parks Commission audit on Tuesday.
Lisa Wynn’s work on the campaign trail finally ended on Tuesday night. Now the alderman-elect will begin a new kind of work.
Wynn defeated incumbent Sandra Sistrunk by a 209-189 margin Tuesday in the Democratic runoff for Starkville’s Ward 2 alderman after absentee and paper ballots were counted, making the 18 affidavit ballots cast essentially moot.
May 21st
Haley Montgomery saw teachable moments in Beatrix Potter's "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," and not just for her children.
Sunday's planned city-wide power outage put Starkville one step closer to completing a $20 million transmission project for adding a second power source.
