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

free content

Invasion of the unwelcomed Asian lady beetles

By JEFF NORTH JEFF NORTH
Wed,11/26/25-9:58AM, 1,967 Reads 22,778 Statewide
After the recent cold front, the invasion that ensued resembled that of what Herbert George Wells described in his 1898 novel “War of the Worlds” They arrived by the untold billions, and I may be significantly underestimating their numbers. Escape was not an option.
- Read more about Invasion of the unwelcomed Asian lady beetles
free content

CEA: Mississippi Data Center Project Named 2025’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” by The Center for Economic Accountability

By PRESS RELEASE - THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC ACCOUNTABILITY PRESS RELEASE - THE CENTER FOR ECONOMIC ACCOUNTABILITY
Mon,12/29/25-1:28PM, 1,965 Reads 37,065 Statewide
Below is a press release from the Center for Economic Accountability:
A decade-long subsidy package for a Compass Datacenters project in Meridian, Mississippi has been selected as the nation’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” for 2025 by The Center for Economic Accountability.
- Read more about CEA: Mississippi Data Center Project Named 2025’s “Worst Economic Development Deal of the Year” by The Center for Economic Accountability
Photo by Kevin Brunt, Copyright 2025 Emmerich Newspapers Inc., © 2026 Emmerich Newspapers, Inc.

premium content - for subscribers only
Click to subscribe

Kosciusko Soccer looks to build momentum

Wed,11/26/25-10:40AM, 1,964 Reads
By Laurence Hilliard
Star Herald
Kosciusko’s boys and girls soccer teams both had a win against Northeast Lauderdale and two losses in a tournament at Richland High School.
- Read more about Kosciusko Soccer looks to build momentum
free content

Obituary: Mary Ruth Dunn Henderson

Mon,10/06/25-1:18PM, 1,962 Reads
Mary Ruth Dunn Henderson, 96, passed away peacefully Friday, October 3, 2025, in her home. Mary was born to the late Thomas Leslie and late Mary Lois Hammond Dunn on July 28, 1929. She was the youngest of four siblings: the late Harley Leslie Dunn, the late Carie Beatrice Dunn Pearson (Ed), and the late Thomas James Dunn (Helen).
- Read more about Obituary: Mary Ruth Dunn Henderson