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Community to hold prayer vigil for school bus crash victims
ARTESIA, Miss. (WCBI) - The Artesia community is coming together to pray for all of the victims and families impacted by the Lowndes County school bus accident. Residents are calling all prayer warriors to come out a Prayer Meeting Wednesday,…
Superintendent releases statement following school bus crash
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss (WCBI) - Lowndes County School District Superintendent Dr. Sam Allison released a statement Wednesday morning following the school bus crash from Tuesday afternoon. Eighteen people were…
Crash in Choctaw County leaves one dead
CHOCTAW COUNTY, Miss (WCBI) - One person is dead after two 18-wheelers crash in Choctaw County. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the two big rigs collided head-on on Highway Nine near Marshall Road around 6 this morning. Choctaw County…
Christmas At The Mansion features a patriotic theme
JACKSON, MISS. (WCBI) - Mississippi First Lady Elee Reeves announced the theme for this year's Christmas at the Mansion during a Facebook Live from the Gold Parlor. "We…
Mississippi State University kicks off Career Expo week
STARKVILLE, MS – The Career Center at Mississippi State University hosted day one of its three-day career expo Tuesday at Humphrey Coliseum. The event is a…
18 injured in school bus crash in Lowndes County
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) - Eighteen people were injured in an afternoon crash involving a Lowndes County School Bus .. The two- vehicle crash happened around 3:15 PM…
Superintendent releases statement following school bus crash
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss (WCBI) - Lowndes County School District Superintendent Dr. Sam Allison released a statement Wednesday morning following the school bus crash from Tuesday afternoon. Eighteen people were…
Crash in Choctaw County leaves one dead
CHOCTAW COUNTY, Miss (WCBI) - One person is dead after two 18-wheelers crash in Choctaw County. According to the Mississippi Highway Patrol, the two big rigs collided head-on on Highway Nine near Marshall Road around 6 this morning. Choctaw County…
Christmas At The Mansion features a patriotic theme
JACKSON, MISS. (WCBI) - Mississippi First Lady Elee Reeves announced the theme for this year's Christmas at the Mansion during a Facebook Live from the Gold Parlor. "We…
Mississippi State University kicks off Career Expo week
STARKVILLE, MS – The Career Center at Mississippi State University hosted day one of its three-day career expo Tuesday at Humphrey Coliseum. The event is a…
18 injured in school bus crash in Lowndes County
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) - Eighteen people were injured in an afternoon crash involving a Lowndes County School Bus .. The two- vehicle crash happened around 3:15 PM…
NAACP branch hosts "Burger & Polls" in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - We are less than two months away from Midterm elections in Mississippi, leaving you about two weeks left to register to vote. Tuesday, September…
Indulging in competition and the lighter side of Aerospace Engineering
STARKVILLE / MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY, Miss. (WCBI) - Aerospace Engineering is a large and growing sector of the School of Engineering at Mississippi State University.…
Beyond River's Edge highlights stories of longtime Global Outreach International missionaries
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) - The documentary is titled "Beyond River's Edge" and highlights the decades long work of Steve and Carol Thompson, missionaries to Ecuador.…
Lowndes County prepares to bring back the Crime Prevention Task Force
COLUMBUS, MS – A special meeting was held today at the conference room of the Lowndes County EMS office to discuss the return…
Booneville man arrested on molestation charge
PRENTISS COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) - A Booneville man is behind bars for a charge involving a child. According to the Prentiss County Sheriff's Office, 39-year-old Cristofer Clinton Carpenter was arrested following an investigation on a report of a four-year-old who…
Monroe County honors first responders and others at inaugural 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony
AMORY, Miss. (WCBI) - Towns and cities across the state took time out today to remember the lives lost in the terrorist attacks…
Starkville Utilities customers could see an increase in electricity bills
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) - Starkville Utilities customers could be paying more for electricity before the end of the year. General Manager Edward Kemp brought a proposed rate adjustment before the Starkville Board of Aldermen at a work session Friday. The…
Booneville man arrested on molestation charge
PRENTISS COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) - A Booneville man is behind bars for a charge involving a child. According to the Prentiss County Sheriff's Office, 39-year-old Cristofer Clinton Carpenter was arrested following an investigation on a report of a four-year-old who…
Suspect wanted in Columbus shooting surrenders
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - A shooting suspect wanted by Columbus Police has turned himself in. According to CPD, 22-year-old Antonio Thompson, Jr. surrendered to authorities Monday night at the Lowndes County Sheriff's Office. Thompson is a key suspect in in…
15-year-old charged with attempted murder in Starkville
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) - An argument leads to gunfire in Starkville -- leaving one injured and a teenager behind bars. Starkville Police got called to Brookville Garden Apartments on Everglade Avenue around 6:47 p.m. Tuesday, September 8. Investigators said one…
Teen faces multiple assault charges in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) - An 18-year-old is behind bars for an alleged shooting in Columbus. According to the Columbus Police Department, officers got called to the area of 501 Brooks Road about an altercation and shots fired. When officers arrived,…
Teen charged as adult in sexual assault case
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) - A Lee County teen is behind bars for burglary and sexual assault charges. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, Sunday morning, deputies got called to a home in the Auburn community about reports of…
Monroe County Sheriff's Office arrests two accused of trafficking meth
MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) - The Monroe County Sheriff's Office makes 4 arrests connected to an operation that was reportedly moving a considerable amount of meth out of the Athens community. Tuesday, deputies arrested Ronald D. "Pepsi" Herrington and Jatarvis…
First District District Attorney announces major drug and weapons operation in North Mississippi
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) - A multi agency effort gets narcotics, illegal firearms and criminals off the streets throughout Lee County. First District…
Nettleton man faces burglary charges in Tupelo
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) - A Nettleton man is facing multiple charges after Tupelo Police say he was caught entering vehicles in a neighborhood over the weekend. Officers responded to…
Mother arrested for accessory in shooting; son still on the run
COLUMBUS, Miss., (WCBI) -- The Columbus Police Department has arrested one in connection with a Thursday shooting. And needs the public's help finding another person with alleged involvement. According to a release, Columbus Police responded to a shots fired called…
Columbus Police need help locating missing woman
COLUMBUS, Miss., (WCBI) -- The Columbus Police Department need the public's help in locating a missing woman. Pamela Denise Shepherd was last seen on July 24 at a home on Military Chapel Road in Columbus. The last time anyone spoke…
Three men plead guilty to narcotic offenses in Lee County
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) - Three men plead guilty to serious narcotic offenses in Lee County this week. According to the First Circuit District Attorney's Office, 49-year-old Tellie Mairidith pled guilty to two charges of trafficking methamphetamine on Monday, August…
Nigerian national arrested in Mississippi sextortion case
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) - A Nigerian man is now in a Mississippi jail facing Federal charges for his role in a sextortion case that led to the passage of "Walker's Law" in Mississippi. …
Corinth man sentenced for trafficking child sexual abuse material
CORINTH, Miss. (WCBI) - A Corinth man will spend the next 10 years in a Federal prison for trafficking child sexual abuse material. Zachary Alan "Zach" Little was found with almost 4,000 files displaying children under the age of 12 engaging…
Five year sentence on immigration charges
A Honduran national with previous federal convictions has been sentenced to almost five years in prison on immigration charges. Friday's Ramos Serrano also known as Carlos Roberto Galvez of El,…
Man accused of breaking into vehicle
One county man already facing charges. He has auto burglary added to the list. Last Friday, Tupelo police were called to car lock Toyota on Cross Creek Drive about the burglary of…
Man charged with grooming of a child
A Kentucky man is behind bars in Lee County facing charges of child exploitation. Chad Eugene Brinkley of Ludlow, Kentucky, was picked up by the U.S. Marshals Service on…
Montgomery County Justice Court Judge set for trial
A Montgomery County Justice Court Judge will stand trial for a September 2025 case involving his funeral home. And the daughter of a former Circuit Clerk was given another chance to get things right...
Tupelo Police make an arrest in an April domestic violence case
Lamarrion Randle of Prairie was arrested and charged with Aggravated Domestic Violence...
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