Home | starherald.net • The Star-Herald • Kosciusko, Mississippi

Today's Top Stories

Anderson’s Bakery: Pascagoula’s sweetest tradition for 50 Years

“It’s just a small hometown bakery,” Melissa Morales said. “You can’t get anything like it anywhere else.” It’s around 3 . . .

Wicker questions Iran deal, opposes U.S. lifting any sanctions

The Senate Armed Services chairman said the deal’s $300 billion reconstruction fund – though not funded by U.S. taxpayers – . . .

Miss. Board of Education using grant funding to add early childhood, literacy coaches

The Board of Education also approved grant awards to 63 school districts under a $1.98 million program to help cover . . .

Tropical Storm Arthur Update #2

Tropical Storm Arthur Update #2 Pearl, Miss. (MEMA)– The State of Mississippi, along with the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) . . .

St. John: The community cafe

Robert St. John’s newest restaurant, The Downtowner, is now serving on the Coast. He said two years ago his team . . .

premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Brendan Sorsby changes his bet
Thu,06/18/26-9:56AM , 2,311 Reads 20,087 Statewide
Responding to a national uproar and the renewed possibility that he would never play another down as a college quarterback, Brendan Sorsby switched gears this week and decided to take his game to the NFL instead of Texas Tech.
Click Here to Read More
The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees approved the donation of Greenwood Leflore Hospital to the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The transaction is expected to be complete by Aug. 1.

free content

IHL board allows UMMC to receive donation of Greenwood Leflore Hospital property
By BRENT MAZE - The Greenwood Commonwealth
Thu,06/18/26-7:46PM , 2,035 Reads 21,039 Statewide
Greenwood Leflore Hospital has cleared one major hurdle in completing a transfer of its ownership to another operator.
Click Here to Read More
Ole Miss Athletic Director Keith Carter speaks to the Greenville Rotary Club.

premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Ole Miss AD adresses NIL, transfer portal, competitiveness
By JON ALVERSON
Thu,06/18/26-2:20PM , 1,202 Reads 10,846 Statewide

Click Here to Read More
,
premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Natchez Trace Parkway to Close 15-Mile Section for Major Road Rehabilitation Project: Attala and Choctaw Counties Impacted
Thu,06/18/26-10:07AM , 832 Reads
Beginning June 22, the Natchez Trace Parkway will detour motorists around a 15-mile section of parkway between state Route 12 (milepost 165) and state Route 413 (milepost 180) in Attala and Choctaw counties as construction begins on a major road rehabilitation project.
Click Here to Read More

Magnolia Mornings: June 23, 2026

Important state and national stories, market and business news, sports and entertainment, delivered in quick-hit fashion

Read more about Magnolia Mornings: June 23, 2026

Subscribe to

The E-Edition

June 18, 2026

Statewide poll

Submit Your Poll

Statewide Polls

Today's Weather

Kosciusko, 39090, MS

Realtime Radar

Current Temp

79°F

Partly Sunny

Chance of Rain: 20%
Max Temp: 87°F
Min Temp: 70°F
Feels Like: 79°F
Dew Point: 71°F
Humidity: 93%
Sunrise: 5:50 AM
Sunset: 8:10 PM

Wind Speed: 5 mph
Wind Direction: N
Wind Gust: 3 mph
Sky Cover: 84%
Visibility: 9 mi
Dew Point: 71°F
Moon Rise: 2:50 PM
Moon Set: 1:24 AM

A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after 3pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. North wind around 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%. New rainfall amounts less than a tenth of an inch possible.

Hourly Forecast

7-Day Forecast

Based on data from National Weather Service and OpenWeather.