Starkville Restaurant Week charity agencies announced

The top vote-getters in Starkville Restaurant Week’s charity nomination process are Backpack Buddies, Vets for Vets and Grassroots Animal Rescue, the Starkville Convention and Visitors Bureau announced Thursday. The three organizations will vie for $5,000, $1,000 and

Area cities rank among top micropolitan economies

POLICOM Corporation, an independent economic research firm, released its 2016 economic strength rankings for 576 micropolitan areas, using data from 1995 to 2014. Columbus and Starkville ranked in the survey but both fell — Columbus fell from