Bylines
Danny P. Smith, former assistant sports editor of The Commercial Dispatch, has been named sports editor of the Starkville Daily News. He previously worked for the daily paper from 1986-1990. He is a former sports editor of the Daily Times Leader… Brandon Walker, former assistant sports editor of The Meridian Star, has been named managing editor of the Times Leader, his hometown newspaper. Walker most recently served as a sports reporter for the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal in Tupelo… Former Times Leader sports editor Kenneth Mister recently joined the Delta Democrat Times, leading the Greenville daily’s sports coverage.