Archives: 2017

Heat and Humidity Stick Around

TODAY: Mostly sunny and warm. Highs in the low 80s. Winds south-southeast at 4-8 mph. TONIGHT: Mostly clear and calm. Lows in the upper 60s. WEEKEND: Highs in the upper 80s approaching 90°. A few isolated showers and storms possible in the afternoon. Chance of rain around 20%. MON/TUE: Highs in the upper 80s and lower 90s, with heat index values in the mid…

VIDEO: School Board Suspends Student For One Year, Lawsuit Could Be Coming

LAMAR COUNTY, Ala. (WCBI)-An eighth grader at Sulligent High School has been expelled from the school district after marijuana seeds and prescription drugs were found in her backpack just over two weeks ago. On Thursday, the Lamar County School Board of Education voted unanimously to suspend the female student for a year. However, aside from the drugs, there is another…

Hurricane Irma – A Post Event Analysis

        Irma was a hurricane that caused a lot of destruction across the southeast US and the islands of the Caribbean. As meteorologists we saw Irma coming well in advance of when it made landfall. In fact, Irma became a tropical storm nearly a week and a half before it made a US landfall. With so much…

VIDEO: Local Rescuers Return to the Golden Triangle

GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Hurricane Irma has passed, and first responders are making their way back home. Columbus and Starkville are two of the many local fire departments who sent teams to Florida as part of Mississippi’s Task Force 2. Task Force 2 got back yesterday around midnight. It takes a lot of training to be in these task…

Road Closing Notice for Monroe County

MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- A heads up for commuters in Aberdeen from the Monroe County Road Department. On Monday September 18th, Athens-Quincy road will be closed starting at 8 a.m. The shut down is due to work that must be done on the railroad located there. This will be completed by BNSF Railroad. The road will remain closed until 3…