Local crime, high school sports, county politics, events tonight, and business closings — the daily Golden Triangle report from HERE Starkville.
SportsSTARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State coach Jeff Lebby met reporters in Starkville on Monday with a third straight loss to explain. He put Saturday's 23-15 defeat to Oklahoma on turnovers, missed defensive stops and an offense that could not stay on the field on third…
SportsBATON ROUGE, La. — Mississippi State soccer hit the woodwork three times but could not find a goal on Sunday in Baton Rouge, La., settling for a 0-0 draw with LSU that still made a bit of program history. The result means the Bulldogs went…
From HERE ColumbiaCOLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s home game against Texas A&M at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia SC will kick off at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 7, and will be shown on national television. The Southeastern Conference released the start time on Monday, Oct. 26. It…
From the HERE City National DeskST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Milwaukee Brewers turned Tropicana Field into a road party Monday night, hammering the Tampa Bay Rays 10-1 in Game 3 to grab a 3-0 grip on the World Series and put the franchise one victory from its first championship. The…
From the HERE City National DeskPHILADELPHIA — The Dallas Cowboys finally found the running game they had been missing all season, and it carried them to a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles on Monday night. Javonte Williams did the heavy lifting. He carried 25 times for 155 yards and…
From the HERE City National DeskSAN FRANCISCO — Defense has defined these WNBA Finals, and it pushed the Golden State Valkyries to the brink of their first championship Monday night. Golden State held the Atlanta Dream to 55 points at Chase Center and won Game 5, 64-55, for a 3-2…
From the HERE City National DeskMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis got good news and bad news Monday about Nemanja Popovic, the veteran Serbian big man expected to anchor its frontcourt this winter. The university said the NCAA has cleared the 24-year-old for two seasons of college eligibility, one more than many…
From the HERE City National DeskMIAMI — Cooper Flagg made the play that saved the night for Dallas, then finished it off himself. The second-year star blocked a late Miami 3-point try and scored the clinching layup as the Mavericks won 113-109 on Monday at Kaseya Center. With 31 seconds…
From the HERE City National DeskLONDON — Harry Kane ended a quarter-century wait for English soccer on Monday night, taking home the Ballon d'Or at the London Palladium after a season in which goals seemed to follow him everywhere. The 33-year-old England captain and Bayern Munich striker found the net…
From the HERE City National DeskINGLEWOOD, Calif. — After seven years of helping shape the Super Bowl halftime show from behind the scenes, Jay-Z is taking the stage himself. League officials, together with Apple Music and Roc Nation, revealed Monday night that the rapper and entrepreneur will headline the Super…
Education
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Mississippi State University is pressing on with a $50 million build-out of its veterinary college, and a new farm animal hospital is the first big piece taking shape on the Starkville campus. Heath King, who directs the MSU Animal Health Center, said Monday that phase one pairs…
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WASHINGTON — No more trees can come down at East Potomac Golf Links while a court fight over the public course plays out, a federal judge in the capital ruled Monday in a setback for President Donald Trump's plan to rebuild it as a championship venue. U.S. District Judge Ana…
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JERUSALEM — Israelis streamed to polling places Tuesday in the country's first national election since the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, with early turnout running at its strongest level in more than four decades. The vote is widely viewed as a verdict on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 77, who…
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