STAR, Miss. (WLBT) – Star, Mississippi, all started with a petition in October 2025. After gaining enough signatures supporting the incorporation and providing evidence showing it could be self-sufficient, Star is set to become Mississippi’s newest town.
The proposed mayor of Star, John Lee, said, “It’s a great accomplishment. I mean, we had great support from the community. We had support from our neighboring cities, town, city of Florence. And so we had great support from everybody and everything was great. Great day.”
Residents living in Star came out in full force to the Rankin County Chancery Court. They pleaded their cases before Judge Haydn Roberts…