COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- The heartbreak that a parent feels when their child is sick is unimaginable. Columbus Police Officer Kenneth Brewer and his wife Heather know this feeling all too well. This past January, their 9-month-old daughter Kensley was diagnosed with a rare form of brain cancer, called Anaplastic Astrocytoma. “We were just in shock when we found out,” said…
Multiple Felony Arrests Made
Positions Are Being Restructured
One New Prison Would Be Built
Clay County Woman Loses Bid For New Trial
Wildlife Refuges And Appalachian Regional Commission Among Programs Which Could End
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2 car crash sends 3 to area hospital
WEST POINT, Miss.(WCBI)—No one wants to think of their road as the scene of a crime. Or imagine shady dealings and deadly consequences just down the street. The people who live in this rural area of Clay County feel the same way. The neighbors who live on Dixie Hill Road are scared. “I mean how would you feel this close…
Community support rolling in for church that was a recent victim of vandals.
Cooperation among agencies helps smaller law enforcement departments with major crimes.
AMORY, Miss. (WCBI)-Children’s Hospital of Alabama is no longer accepting Mississippi Medicaid. The decision comes after a contract dispute between the hospital and Medicaid. This comes as devastating news for one Amory family. “I’m frustrated,” said Bill Elam, who’s son regularly goes to the Children’s of Alabama. Elam said he was made aware of this decision this past Friday. He’s been taking…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI-TV) – The Lowndes County road department will begin working on roads this summer, but site preparation is already underway. Crews were on Martin and Old Wolfe Roads Wednesday, in Caledonia, doing some pre-leveling work. The actual paving and patch work will start in July. 33 roads in the county are scheduled to receive some type of paving…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI/MSU Athletics) – With March Madness set to begin in Starkville this weekend, Mississippi State head coach Vic Schaefer has been named one of four finalists for the Werner Ladder Naismith Coach of the Year Award. Schaefer is joined in the final group by Karen Aston of Texas, Geno Auriemma of Connecticut and Scott Rueck of Oregon State….
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI-TV) – If you smoke, one group wants to help you kick the nasty habit. National Kick Butts Day is a campaign aimed at helping people quit smoking. The Mississippi Tobacco Free Coalition is educating young people about the dangers of smoking. A motivational speaker and informational booths were set up at the Boys and Girls Club in Columbus….
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI-TV) – Six people are homeless after an afternoon fire destroys three east Columbus apartments. The blaze started about three Wednesday afternoon at Columbus Colony apartments, just off Lehmberg Road. Units nine – ten, and eleven received heavy smoke and water damaged. There is also a hole in the roof of the apartments after firefighters tried to ventilate the…
Facebook tipster leads to suspected burglar’s arrest
People living in Tremont will be without water for at least part of the day Thursday.
Clay County Sheriff Eddie Scott has identified the two victims in a Tuesday afternoon homicide.
Clay County law enforcement are still trying to positively identify one of the victims of a double homicide.
No. 9 Itawamba Community College vs No. 16 Northeast Mississippi Community College March 14, 2017 – Fulton, MS Game 1 #16 Northeast 000 010 2 – 3 4 0 #9 Itawamba 004 010 X – 5 6 1 WP: Carleigh Mills(7-4) LP: Jessica Boyd(8-2) Multiple Hits: (ICC) Mamie Hollenhead. (NE) Tia Davis. 2B: (ICC) Mary Kansas Sullivan, Maura Jane Autry….
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI/MSU Athletics) – Mississippi State will start March Madness at home for the second-straight year as the Bulldogs received a program-best No. 2 seed in this year’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Championship. MSU will face 15 seed Troy in the opening round Friday at 1:30 p.m. Seven seed DePaul and 10 seed Northern Iowa will meet at 11 a.m….
WEST LONG BEACH, N.J. (WCBI/Ole Miss Athletics) – Senior Sebastian Saiz posted a double double with 23 points and 11 rebounds and junior Deandre Burnett added 17 points, including 15 in the second half, to lift the Rebels over Monmouth 91-83 and advance to the NIT second round Tuesday. The Rebels trailed by as many as seven in the game after…
(Photo Courtesy: Kelly Price, MSU Athletics) STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI/MSU Athletics) – On a bitterly cold night at Dudy Noble Field, the Mississippi State bats were hot enough to post an 11-8 baseball victory against Arkansas-Pine Bluff. The Bulldogs (12-6) closed their homestand with a fifth-straight win by pounding out 12 hits and scoring in five different innings. “We played well…