With all the excitement that comes with the artists in town, local businesses take advantage of the nearly 35,000 people visiting Maroon Market for Bulldog Bash.
MSU fans flock to Starkville for first Super Bulldog Weekend since before pandemic Mike Juckes, of Houston, cuts some sausage in the Left Field Lounge during the Mississippi State and Ole Miss baseball game. The game is one of several events to make up the first Super Bulldog Weekend since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Micah Green/Special to The Dispatch
Mississippi State fans overlook the end of an inning during the Bulldogs’ 9-0 loss to Ole Miss Saturday. Ole Miss and Mississippi State have each won one contest in the three-game series. Micah Green/Special to The Dispatch
Starkville Strong, a Facebook group of local volunteers, is taking on food insecurity in Starkville through a number of pop-up pantries spread throughout the city.
Starkville Strong was started at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic with the goal of supporting small businesses and restaurants. In the months following, administrator Brandi Duncan-Herrington, the owner and artist of Dunkington Art & Jewelry, has switched the focus to the community as a whole. I decided that the community needed help as well, and that, if the community was stronger, then it could better support small businesses, Herrington said. It s a cycle.
The pantries are expected to reach a total of seven in the coming weeks, with current locations at the First United Methodist Church, the Wesley Foundation and the Episcopal Church office. Four more pantries will soon be found at the J.L. King Center, Emerson Family School, the Boys and Girls Club and Sudduth Elementary School.Â