Archives: 2018

Suspicious Package Investigated at Tupelo Restaurant

TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – A suspicious package was investigated by the Tupelo Police Department Saturday Evening. Around 6 P.M., police received a call of an unknown package at Cracker Barrel on Barnes Crossing Road east of Highway 45. Officers quickly responded to the scene and set up a perimeter around the business to investigate the item. By 6:20 P.M. police…

Tupelo Road Closures

Beginning at Noon on Monday, November 26, Jackson Street Extended will be closed to thru traffic from Air Park to Gun Club roads to allow for a campaign stop at the Tupelo Regional Airport by US Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith and President Donald Trump.

Philadelphia Police Officer Killed in Line of Duty

PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) – A 23-year-old Philadelphia police officer responding to a call for help from Neshoba County Sheriff’s deputies has died after her patrol car hit a light pole and flipped several times. The Neshoba Democrat reports Officer Leann Simpson died as a result of the single-car wreck shortly after 2 a.m. Saturday. Philadelphia Police Chief Grant Myers says…

Bitter Cold Start to the Week

SUNDAY NIGHT: As the cold front passes through, temperatures will begin to tumble.  We’ll also switch winds out of the north and west 15-25 mph with gusts as high as 35-40 at times, which will help usher in some arctic air.  Look for temps to fall into the mid to upper 30s. MONDAY – TUESDAY: Both days looking like a taste of…

A new wave in waterbeds

Waterbed sales have tanked since their high-point in the 1980s; now the inventor of the original has introduced a “new and improved” version of the water-filled mattress, called Afloat Categories: National, US & World News

ICE agents arrest man who left church after a year

An immigrant who sought refuge from deportation in a North Carolina church for 11 months was detained at a scheduled appointment with immigration officials. The arrest of Samuel Oliver-Bruno prompted more than a dozen supporters to block a law enforcement van and wind up under arrest themselves. Categories: National, US & World News

Roger Daltrey opens up about life with The Who in new memoir, “Thanks a Lot Mr. Kibblewhite”

Roger Daltrey burst on the scene in the early 1960s as the frontman for The Who, one of the pioneering bands that led rock’s British invasion of the U.S. Along with guitarist Pete Townshend, bassist John Entwistle, and drummer Keith Moon, Daltrey and The Who became one of rock’s biggest and most influential acts, selling 100 million records, producing two…