A former New Hope Middle School teacher arrested Thursday is accused of providing alcohol and tobacco products to students and engaging in an inappropriate relationship with a minor. Monica Grady, 41, ...

Every one who has served in the military has a story to tell – some more interesting than others, naturally. But few had a story to match that of Gene Smith, a Vietnam War fighter pilot was shot down ...

NEW YORK — President Donald Trump sued banking giant JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon for $5 billion on Thursday over allegations that JPMorgan stopped providing banking services to him and his ...

FRISCO, Texas — Heath Bardley, 53, died Jan. 3, 2026, in Frisco. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Fifteenth Street Church of God in Christ, with Montrell Rucker. Burial will follow at ...

COLUMBUS — Cendie “Pokey” Will Hall, 85, died January 7, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Piney Grove M.B. Church, with Michael Reed ...

COLUMBUS — P. Kenneth Hood, 84, died Jan. 22, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Church of the Nazarene. Burial with Military ...

COLUMBUS — Tommie James Fraizer Sr., 72, died Jan. 16, 2026, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Goldent Triangle. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, at Stephen Chapel M.B. Church, with the Rev.

VERNON, Ala. — Mikey Wade Lollar, 73, died Jan. 18, 2026, at his residence. Funeral services are at 3 p.m. Thursday, at Chandler Funeral Home Chapel, with Gary Seay officiating. Burial will follow at ...

SULLIGENT, Ala. — Thomas Glenn Whaley, 66, died Jan. 15, 2026, at his residence. Funeral services were at 2 p.m.Sunday, at Otts Funeral Home Chapel, with Mary Sanders officiating. Burial followed at ...

BROOKSVILLE — Lucian Nathaniel “Mr. Nate” Smith, 74, died Jan. 13, 2026, at Anderson Hospital in Meridian. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, at Memorial Gardens, with the Rev. Robert ...

William Max Turner was born on February 25, 1941, and spent his life in Vernon, AL. He entered into eternal rest on January 13, 2026, stepping into the presence of his Lord and Savior after a life ...

SDI representatives, CEO Mark Millett and Gov. Tate Reeves dig up dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for Aluminum Dynamics Tuesday afternoon off Charleigh D. Ford Jr. Drive. Millett expects to begin ...