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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on any aircraft sold in the U.S., the latest salvo in his trade war with America’s northern neighbor as his feud ...

A new partnership between Columbus Municipal School District and Mississippi University for Women aims to strengthen the pipeline of future teachers moving from the university into district classrooms ...

WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge ticked up in November in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated, while consumers spent at a healthy pace. Consumer prices ...

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at New Home Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Linebarger Cemetery. Lavender’s Funeral Service of Aliceville, Alabama, is in charge of arrangements.

NOXUBEE COUNTY — Braylan Dale, 16, died Jan. 22, 2026. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Carter’s Funeral Services of Macon.

COLUMBUS — Thomas “Thom” Edward Geiger, 72, died Jan. 26, 2026, at his residence. A private burial service will be held. Visitation is from 1-2 p.m. Wednesday at Memorial Funeral Home and Crematory.

Breman “Shea” Woolbright, 32, of Columbus, MS, passed away on January 22, 2026, in Columbus, MS. The visitation will be Wednesday, January 28, 2026, from 11:00 A ...

Rudolph Bounds, 94, of Dekalb MS, passed away peacefully at his home on January 16, 2026. He was born on November 28, 1931, in Lawrence, MS, to T. J. Bounds and Oza Mae Germany Bounds. He Attended S.

John “J.T.” White, Jr., age 96, of Columbus, MS, passed away on February 1, 2026 at his residence. The visitation will be from 1:00 P.M. to 2:00 P.M., Thursday ...

George Anthony Beard, Sr., age 69, of Columbus, MS, passed away February 1, 2026, at his residence. The Celebration of Life will be Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 11:00 A.M. at Beersheba Cumberland ...

Roy “R.D.” Fuqua, age 102, of Columbus, MS, passed away Thursday, January 29, 2026, at Mississippi Veterans Home in Kosciusko, MS. A Celebration of Life will be Monday, February 2, 2026, at 10:00 A.M.