House Changes Course; Passes Lottery Bill
Governor Says He Will Sign Bill
Archives: 2018
Appeals Court Denies Rehearing
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – The Mississippi Court of Appeals says it will not revisit a May ruling which kept a Starkville man in prison. YOUNG Cedric Young filed a request for a rehearing after justices in May rejected his appeal of his attempted murder and armed robbery convictions. Those came after he shot a store clerk during a 2015…
Lindsey Graham pays tribute to John McCain
Last Updated Aug 28, 2018 3:00 PM EDT Sen. Lindsey Graham paid tribute to the late Sen. John McCain on the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon, memorializing their friendship and McCain’s legacy. “He taught me that honor and imperfection are always in competition,” Graham said. “I do not cry for a perfect man. I cry for a man who had…
Hardest colleges to get into
What is the hardest college to get into for 2019? Niche compiled this list by considering U.S. Department of Education data, SAT and ACT scores of applicants, as well as acceptance rates. To arrive at these rankings, acceptance rates are weighted at 60 percent and SAT/ACT scores are weighted at 40 percent. So you’ll see that some higher-ranking schools may have higher acceptance rates;…
Endangered/Missing Child Alert Issue For Fulton Girls
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation has issued an endangered/missing child alert for two Fulton girls.
New survey shows workers are happier with their paychecks
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John McCain's death shadows Republican primary in Arizona
Shadowed by the death of six-term Senator John McCain, Arizona voters are nominating candidates to replace his seat-mate, The Arizona primary contest lays bare the fissures in a Republican Party dramatically remade by President Donald Trump. Three Republicans are vying Tuesday to replace Sen. Jeff Flake, who is retiring after his fierce criticism of Trump made his political future in…
Eddie Murphy expecting baby No. 10
Eddie Murphy and model Paige Butcher attend the 87th Annual Academy Awards on February 22, 2015 in Hollywood. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images Eddie Murphy is adding to his brood. The 57-year-old actor is expecting his 10th child, his second with girlfriend Paige Butcher, 39, his rep confirmed to ET. The couple also share 2-year-old daughter Izzy. Murphy has eight children from…
Owner of 3D-printed gun company selling blueprints despite court order
AUSTIN, Texas — The owner of a Texas company that makes untraceable 3D-printed guns said Tuesday that he has begun selling the blueprints through his website to anyone who wants to make one, despite a federal court order barring him from posting the plans online. Cody Wilson said at a news conference that he’ll make the plans available to anyone…
How to be better at asking for help
Though we might desperately need it, asking for help can often make us feel uncomfortable or awkward. Research shows that people underestimate the odds of getting assistance when they ask for it by nearly 50 percent. Social psychologist Heidi Grant wants to change how people think about help and how they approach asking for it. In her recently published book,…
Cop who killed unarmed black man to teach “surviving the aftermath”
Betty Shelby leaves the courtroom with her husband, Dave Shelby, right, after the jury in her case began deliberations in Tulsa, Okla., Wednesday, May 17, 2017. Sue Ogrocki / AP TULSA, Texas — The Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office is drawing protests for a training class it’s sponsoring to be taught by a white former police officer acquitted in the fatal…
Gun deaths top 250,000 per year worldwide, study finds
A woman wears stickers in protest of gun violence before the “March for Our Lives” demonstration in Houston, Texas, March 24, 2018. LOREN ELLIOTT / REUTERS CHICAGO — Gun deaths worldwide total about 250,000 yearly and the United States is among just six countries that make up half of those fatalities, a study found. The results from one of the…
Weekend scuffle could be tied to chief suspension
Incident Report Says Chief Frank Nichols Punched Intoxicated Brother At Park
Fatal Gas Station Shooting Suspect Arrested
PHILADELPHIA, Miss. (AP) – Police say man accused of fatally shooting two people during a gas station robbery in Mississippi has been arrested. Philadelphia Police Chief Grant Myers, told our statewide affiliate, WTOK-TV on Monday, 30-year-old Robert Leon Jackson, is accused of holding up the cashier Megan Staats before killing her on Saturday. Jackson exited the CEFCO gas station, and…
MS Senate Passes State Lottery Bill
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The Mississippi Senate has passed a bill that would create a state lottery. Working late Monday, 31 senators voted for the bill and 17 voted against it. The vote came shortly after the House killed the same bill, with 60 voting against the bill and 54 voting for it. The vote was initially announced as 61…
12th Inmate in MS Prison System Dies
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The latest death of an inmate in Mississippi’s prison system is the 12th this month. Rankin County Coroner David Ruth says a man who had been housed at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility died at a Jackson-area hospital early Monday. Ruth told The Associated Press he was withholding the inmate’s name pending notification of the man’s…
Hurricane Maria caused an estimated 2,975 deaths in Puerto Rico, study finds
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Hurricane Maria killed far more people in Puerto Rico than initially thought, accounting for an estimated 2,975 deaths on the island from September 2017 through February 2018, according to a new analysis. The study found that those in low-income areas, and elderly men, were at greatest risk of dying. The independent analysis was commissioned by…
How John McCain's final message to America came together
One of the pallbearers at Sen. John McCain’s funeral on Saturday will be Mark Salter, the senator’s speechwriter, confidant and former chief of staff. McCain, who had been suffering from an aggressive form of brain cancer, died Saturday at the age of 81 at home in Arizona. The two collaborated on seven books over the years and Salter also helped…
Reading grants given to area schools
$70,000 handed out statewide
California issues dire warning on impact of climate change
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Girl surprised by Drake at Chicago hospital gets heart transplant
Drake surprised 11-year-old Sofia Sanchez at a children’s hospital in Chicago. Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Sofia Sanchez, an 11-year-old girl awaiting a heart transplant, was surprised by her idol, Drake, last week after she did the “Kiki Challenge.” But the surprises for Sofia and her family didn’t stop there, CBS Chicago reports. The young girl…
Gilmore Parent Company Files Bankruptcy
Company Owes Monroe County $900K plus
Kidnapping Suspect Arrested
Brief But Intense Abduction Happened Monday
“Secret archives” on clergy abuse were shared with Vatican, Pa. AG says
In the latest revelation in the sex abuse scandal involving Pennsylvania Catholic clergy, the state’s attorney general, who led the investigation, told “CBS This Morning” that the alleged cover-up stretched “all the way up to the Vatican.” A bombshell grand jury report released Aug. 14 revealed more than 1,000 children were molested by 301 “predator priests” going back decades in…