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MABEN — Pete Winfield, 75, died Dec. 26, 2024, at OCH Regional Medical Center in Starkville. Graveside services are at 10 a.m. Friday, at Cedar Bluff Cumberland Presbyterian Cemetery in Cedar Bluff.

WASHINGTON — Russell Hedrick, a North Carolina farmer, flies drones to spray fertilizers on his corn, soybean and wheat fields at a fraction of what it would cost him to use a conventional ...

WEST POINT — Art Sanders never imagined he would become a pecan grower. When he bought his land in Clay County back in 1999, it was supposed to be a place where he could eventually retire.

BALDWIN, COUNTY, Ala. — Alabama law enforcement fatally shot two men during separate traffic stops on Sunday and Monday, according to separate statements from officials. In the northern part of ...

COLUMBUS — Reginald King, 36, died Dec. 21, 2024, in Columbus. Funeral services will be at noon Saturday, at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home. Visitation is from noon-5 p.m. Friday, at the funeral home.

COLUMBUS — Evangelist Gloria Jamison, 81, died Dec. 20, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, at Maranatha Faith Center, with Dr ...

WASHINGTON — The bald eagle, a symbol of the power and strength of the United States for more than 240 years, earned an overdue honor on Tuesday: It officially became the country’s national bird.

COLUMBUS — Billie Trussel, 81, died Dec. 25, 2024, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Golden Triangle. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced by Lowndes Funeral Home of Columbus.

WASHINGTON — The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage during this Holy Year “to silence the sounds of arms and ...