University of North Carolina police surround the toppled statue of a Confederate soldier nicknamed Silent Sam on the school’s campus after a demonstration for its removal in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S. August 20, 2018. JONATHAN DRAKE/REUTERS RALEIGH, N.C. — Police filed charges Friday against three people accused of helping tear down a century-old Confederate statue during a protest this…
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A campus book store employee is indicted on embezzlement charges. 33-year-old Brandon Peters worked at the Campus Book Store on Highway 12 East in Starkville. He was first arrested for questionable bookkeeping last November. Police say he turned himself in on a felony warrant for embezzlement. He is out on bond. Categories: Crime, Local News
RANKIN COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A state inmate that died this past weekend is the father of a man that was shot and killed by a former Columbus police officer. The Mississippi Department of Corrections says 58 year-old Ricky Martin started having trouble breathing at a Rankin County prison and later died at a hospital. Ricky Martin Autopsy results are…
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AMORY, Miss. (WCBI) – A juvenile has been arrested for allegedly making threats against two school districts on Friday morning. Amory Police have him in the custody of the Monroe County Youth Court. Students were evacuated this morning following phone threats. It happened at Tupelo Middle School, and also at East Amory Elementary, and Amory Middle School. Amory Schools Superintendent, Ken…
Columbia, South Carolina, Master Police Officer David Hurt is seen with his police dog Turbo in an undated photo. Turbo died after being left in a hot car for 6 hours. Columbia Police Department A police dog in South Carolina died after being left in a police vehicle for more than six hours on a day where the high temperature…
Serena Williams during her first round match against Kristyna Pliskova of Czech Republic during the 2018 French Open on May 29, 2018 in Paris. Matthew Stockman / Getty Images Serena Williams won’t be allowed to wear her skin-tight, “Black Panther-inspired” black catsuit at the French Open again, a new report says. Williams turned heads at the 2018 tournament earlier this…
Police respond to a residence outside of Miami on Friday, Aug. 24, 2018. CBS Miami MIAMI — A Social Security judge shot and killed himself after an hours-long standoff with police at a home southwest of Miami, authorities said. Timothy Maher, a disability judge at a downtown Miami Social Security Administration office, held three hostages for about 10 hours Friday inside…
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A two-term state senator who was backed by President Trump but who also promoted his ties to Trump critic Gov. John Kasich won a previously deadlocked congressional special election in Ohio, retaining a coveted open U.S. House seat long held by Republicans. State Sen. Troy Balderson was certified Friday as the voters’ pick over Democrat Danny O’Connor,…
LOWNDES CO, Miss. (WCBI)- A Lowndes County man is found guilty Friday of killing his cousin. A jury found Derrick Bankhead guilty in the capital murder case. Derrick Bankhead’s cousin, Eddie Bankhead, was shot and killed during an armed robbery in July of 2011. He has been sentenced to life in prison. This is Bankhead’s third murder trial. His first…
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A nationwide telecommunications company that slowed internet service to firefighters as they battled the largest wildfire in California history says it has removed all speed cap restrictions for first responders on the West Coast. Verizon Senior Vice President Mike Maiorana said the service restrictions were removed as of Thursday and include Hawaii, where emergency crews have rescued…
This September 30, 2014, photo shows Thomas Frieden speaking in Atlanta, Georgia. REUTERS Last Updated Aug 24, 2018 12:54 PM EDT NEW YORK — Thomas Frieden, a former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has been arrested in New York on a sex abuse charge. Frieden was arrested Friday morning in Brooklyn, the New York Police Department…
One year after Hurricane Harvey slammed the Gulf Coast, preliminary results of new research suggest public health risks remain for flood victims returning to waterlogged homes. The preliminary results shared exclusively with CBS News, reveal that air quality in flooded homes matched the outdoor pollution of some of the world’s most contaminated cities such as Mumbai and Beijing. “I wasn’t…
Last Updated Aug 24, 2018 12:52 PM EDT Allen Weisselberg, one of President Trump’s top private sector confidants, has been granted immunity in connection with the investigation that led to Michael Cohen’s guilty plea earlier this week, CBS News’ Jeff Pegues confirmed Friday. Weisselberg was called to testify before a federal grand jury. The news was first reported by The…
AMORY, Miss. (WCBI)- Students in two school districts were evacuated this morning following phone threats. It happened at Tupelo middle school, and also at East Amory Elementary, and Amory Middle School. Amory Schools Superintendent, Ken Byars, says the district received a threatening phone call. Students were immediately evacuated, and Amory police arrived to sweep both schools. Classes in Amory were…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- Closing arguments are presented this morning in a Columbus murder trial. The Attorney General’s Office is prosecuting Derrick Bankhead’s third murder trial. Prosecutors say Bankhead’s cousin, Eddie Bankhead, was shot and killed during an armed robbery back in July 2011. Michael Ross, who is also charged in the crime, was the state’s first witness. Investigators have also…
Last Updated Aug 24, 2018 11:58 AM EDT Sen. John McCain has decided to discontinue medical treatment in his battle with brain cancer, his family said in a statement Friday. The Arizona Republican senator’s family said McCain has “surpassed expectations for survival,” but the “progress of disease and the inexorable advance of age render their verdict.” McCain, 81, was diagnosed…
“The grass is always greener…” goes the old expression. (It’s actually a Latin proverb.) It’s easy to think the wide open prairie, the grasslands of America, are almost infinite. They’re not; in fact, they’re vanishing. Barry Petersen takes us to the heartland: There are few sights more distinctly American than the wide-open prairie. It’s been the Technicolor backdrop to scores…
Chapman is currently serving a sentence of 20 years to life for shooting Lennon four times outside the ex-Beatle’s Manhattan apartment building in December 1980. AP Photo The man who gunned down John Lennon nearly four decades ago has been denied parole for the 10th time, and must wait another two years for his next chance. A New York State…
Now, a portrait of us – we, the people of the United States of America, compliments of our Tracy Smith: It’s a portrait of America that’s never been seen before, an exhibit culled from the 14 million photographs of the Library of Congress, the nation’s library. Sorting through a collection that large could seem like an impossible task, unless you’re…
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa’s government said Friday it had summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country to “convey the unhappiness of the people” over President Trump’s tweet about alleged white-owned farm seizures and the “large scale killing of farmers.” In a statement, South Africa said it told U.S. Charge d’Affaires Jessye Lapenn it was “disappointed” over the failure to use available diplomatic…
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