Robert Landry, 40, of Braxton, was pronounced dead at the scene after a single-vehicle motorcycle collision on Highway 82/Highway 25, the Starkville Police Department said.
Police responded to the crash at 2:10 p.m. An accident reconstruction is being conducted, and the incident remains under investigation.
Jon Ross Myers founded Mississippi News Group in 2013. Before founding the organization, he worked at The Daily Mississippian, The Marion Salute and The Southern Sentinel. A Mississippi journalist and writer based in Ripley, he received second place in poetry in the 2025 William Faulkner Literary Competition for "The Garden."
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