Southwire breaks ground on $256 million expansion in Mississippi
Southwire has broken ground on a $256 million expansion of its manufacturing facility in Starkville, Mississippi, a project expected to create about 130 jobs...
Oct 10, 2026Open source
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Starkville, Mississippi. Counties or equivalents associated with this area: Oktibbeha. Associated ZIP codes: 39759, 39760.
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‘We’ve got exactly what we want Saturday night’
STARKVILLE – Saturday night at Davis Wade Stadium, history is set to be made. Cowbells will be counted as fans enter the venue and at a designated point in...
Sep 26, 2026Open source
Southwire to expand Starkville, Miss. operations
Wire and cable manufacturer Southwire will invest more than $256 million to expand its operations in Starkville, Mississippi, adding approximately 380,000 sq...
Aug 11, 2026Open source
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Manning and No. 11 Texas want to keep momentum going against a Mississippi State team missing Taylor
Mississippi State started 4-0 and rose to No. 16 when Taylor was one of the most exciting players in the country. He was injured in a win over Missouri and t...
Nov 3, 2026Open source
Skeletal remains discovered in Wayne County, sheriff says
The Mississippi State Crime Lab and anthropologists are expected to evaluate the scene Tuesday.
Nov 3, 2026Open source
Dominant defense and Manning's 3 TD passes send No. 11 Texas past Mississippi State 31-3
Dominant defense and Manning's 3 TD passes send No. 11 Texas past Mississippi State 31-3
Nov 1, 2026Open source
‘Hail, Dear Old’ State!’ meant something quite special to the late Dr. Richard E. Holmes 3 MIN READ
Richard Holmes did not choose to integrate Mississippi State University on July 19, 1965, lightly; he seriously reflected on the fates of those who had gone...
Oct 31, 2026Open source
Keb’ Mo’ brings soulful blues to MSU-Meridian Nov. 13
STARKVILLE, Miss.—Five-time Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter Keb’ Mo’ is bringing his signature red guitars and soulful blues songs to Meridi...
Oct 31, 2026Open source
Walls mayor says town will cooperate with state auditor
Walls Mayor Keidron Henderson said Thursday he had not been contacted by the Mississippi State Auditor’s Office about allegations involving the town.
Oct 29, 2026Open source
Arkansas volleyball falls to Mississippi State in 5 sets
The Arkansas volleyball team came close to pulling off its second reverse sweep in as many matches before falling short to Mississippi State on Sunday.
Oct 26, 2026Open source
Mateer throws 2 TD passes, Oklahoma hands Mississippi State third-straight loss 23-15
John Mateer threw touchdown passes on consecutive possessions on each side of halftime and Oklahoma handed Mississippi State its third-straight loss 23-15 on...
Oct 25, 2026Open source
LSU’s Sam Leavitt is improving by the game. How an NFL DB for a big brother helped shape him.
LSU Tigers football quarterback Sam Leavitt has a competitive nature as the brother of NFL safety Dallin Leavitt and BYU linebacker Jared. He had his best ga...
Oct 22, 2026Open source
Coach Jackie Sherrill Earns Bear Bryant Lifetime Achievement Award
STARKVILLE — Former Mississippi State football coach Jackie Sherrill has been selected to receive the 2027 Paul “Bear” Bryant Lifetime Achievement Awar...
Oct 21, 2026Open source
SEC chaos may have widened LSU’s path to the playoff — or just lined the way with landmines
Lane Kiffin and his Tigers football team lost to Ole Miss and Kentucky on the road but just beat Mississippi State in Tiger Stadium. Texas, Alabama and Georg...
Oct 19, 2026Open source
LSU-Mississippi State: Score, live updates from a mid-season SEC clash in Tiger Stadium
Follow along here for the score, live updates and analysis as coach Lane Kiffin’s LSU football program tries to bounce back from its loss to Kentucky and b...
Oct 17, 2026Open source
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Aaron Ford’s election marks a historic milestone for Nevada and states west of the Mississippi
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s election as the state’s first Black governor marks a historic milestone for Nevada and for a large part of the count...
Nov 7, 2026Open source
As Mississippi’s vote count drags on, voters say they were marked inactive in error
Many voters in Mississippi's close Senate race said they were caught by surprise when they learned they would have to vote by affidavit because their registr...
Nov 7, 2026Open source
Mississippi Democrats seek injunctive relief for alleged voting issues in DeSoto County
With 99% of precincts reporting as of Wednesday morning, DeSoto County went blue, backing Democrat nominee Scott Colom over incumbent Republican Senator Cind...
Nov 6, 2026Open source
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Starkville is in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi.
Region: Mississippi
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39759, 39760
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Aaron Ford’s election marks a historic milestone for Nevada and states west of the Mississippi
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s election as the state’s first Black governor marks a historic milestone for Nevada and for a large part of the count...
Nov 7, 2026Open source
As Mississippi’s vote count drags on, voters say they were marked inactive in error
Many voters in Mississippi's close Senate race said they were caught by surprise when they learned they would have to vote by affidavit because their registr...
Nov 7, 2026Open source
Mississippi Democrats seek injunctive relief for alleged voting issues in DeSoto County
With 99% of precincts reporting as of Wednesday morning, DeSoto County went blue, backing Democrat nominee Scott Colom over incumbent Republican Senator Cind...
Nov 6, 2026Open source
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Starkville, the seat of Oktibbeha County, has been inhabited for more than 2,100 years; pottery and artwork from that era have been found at the Herman Mound and Village site east of town. Shortly before the Revolution the area was home to the Chakchiuma, who were destroyed by an alliance of the Choctaw and Chickasaw. White settlement began after the Choctaw gave up their claims in the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek in 1830, drawn by two large springs long used by Native people. A mill on the Big Black River that made clapboards gave the town its first name, Boardtown, in 1834, and the first court met that year under a large tree. In 1835 it became the county seat and was renamed for Revolutionary War General John Stark; its log jail had no doors or windows, and prisoners were lowered in through a trapdoor in the roof.
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On April 21, 1863, during Grierson's Raid, Union cavalry rode into Starkville, seized the post office and destroyed Confederate property. After the war racial violence was common: in 1865 a Black man accused of rape was hunted down with hounds and lynched, the Klan attacked a cooperative store for Black residents run by the local Freedmen's Bureau head, and on May 5, 1879, Nevlin Porter and Johnson Spencer were taken from the jail and hanged. A fire in 1875 destroyed 52 buildings, the entire business district. Baseball great James "Cool Papa" Bell, called the fastest man ever to play the game, was born in Starkville in 1901. On May 11, 1965, Johnny Cash was arrested here for public drunkenness after a show at Mississippi State, an episode he turned into the song "Starkville City Jail." Sources Wikipedia: Starkville, Mississippi The Historical Marker Database: Grierson's Raid; "Cool Papa" Bell (Mississippi Department of Archives and History) The Historical Marker Database: Johnny Cash and "Starkville City Jail" (Mississippi Country Music Trail)
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33.4501250, -88.8176370
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12:14 PM America/Chicago
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