Horseshoe Tunica opens up sports betting
Professional wrestler, DeAngelo Williams and N’SYNC founder, Chris Krikpatrick and a few other celebrity guests placed the first bets at Horseshoe.
Archives: 2018
How to find and delete where Google knows you’ve been
Google will warn you that some of its services won’t work as well with these settings off.
Familiar face takes on leading role in Monroe County
Almost 14 years to the day she started as the deputy EMA director, Donna Sanderson takes over the top job.
Farmers reflect on a hard growing season
The start of the spring left the worst planting conditions, and farmers had to act quickly.
Big bucks going to MSU’s Center for Entrepreneurship & Outreach
The USDA Rural Development is giving the Center for Entrepreneurship a $100,000 grant to set up a satellite office in downtown Starkville.
Manager of local tax business could face 3 years in federal prison
IRS investigators say the suspect admitted in federal court late Friday that she also created fake businesses in order to claim refunds.
Airline employee who stole plane highlights insider threats
Last Updated Aug 13, 2018 7:01 PM EDT SEATTLE — An airline employee exposed a gaping hole in airport security over the weekend. Richard Russell easily stole a commercial aircraft and took it on fatal flight. Monday, the people responsible for security at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport met to talk about what can be done to keep it from happening again. For…
Heavy rain prompts flash flood emergencies in Pa. and N.J.
PORT CARBON, Pa. — More than 20 million people on the East Coast are threatened by dangerous weather. Heavy rain has already triggered flash flood emergencies in parts of New Jersey and Pennsylvania. “It came up really fast and we started evacuating a daycare and rescued thirteen children,” said Mayor Harold Herndon. Pennsylvania residents were taken by surprise by how…
Quadruple amputee beats the odds to walk down the aisle
POTOMAC, Md. — It seems like it was love at first sight for Amanda Flores and Frank Bordoy. They met in a restaurant in Washington, D.C., in 2013, and by the following Christmas, they were living together, step-kids and all. “We were happy, finding our flow, and then I got a cold,” Flores said. It wasn’t a cold. Flores ended…
Officials: Boy found at New Mexico compound died in religious ritual
AMALIA, N.M. — New details emerged Monday about the fate of one of the children found at a New Mexico desert compound raided by police 10 days ago. It came at a court hearing for five adults arrested on charges of abusing 11 other children at the compound. At the bond hearing for Siraj Ibn Wahhaj and four others, prosecutors…
New Albany Schools propose multi-million dollar bond for repairs
The numbers are rough, but the school district is proposing a short-term bond of around $8.5 million.
The final chapter begins for early college seniors
When it started four years ago, the Golden Triangle Early College High School at EMCC was the first of its kind in Mississippi.
Under new law, military kids get sex assault protections
The Pentagon says it’s studying the law but initial changes are coming to schools in September.
Trump speaks to supporters in Utica — live updates
Last Updated Aug 13, 2018 5:58 PM EDT President Trump is speaking to supporters at a fundraiser for GOP Rep. Claudia Tenney in Utica, New York on Monday. The event was originally closed off to the press. Tenney faces a tough reelection bid in a district she first won by 6 points in 2016. She faces Democrat Anthony Brindisi. They…
14-year-old boy uses legal quirk to run for Vermont governor
One of the four Vermont Democrats seeking the party nomination to run for governor in the fall election isn’t old enough to vote, let alone drive. Ethan Sonneborn, 14, of Bristol, met the requirements to be on the primary ballot and is taking his place with the state’s more age-appropriate candidates on the Tuesday primary ballot, to say nothing of…
Golden State Killer suspect charged with 13th murder
SAN FRANCISCO — Prosecutors added another murder charge Monday against the alleged Golden State Killer, boosting the number of victims to 13 in the Golden State Killer case. Joseph DeAngelo, 72, was charged with first-degree murder in the killing of Claude Snelling, who was shot while stopping the kidnapping of his 16-year-old in Visalia, authorities said. Snelling, a community college…
Woman convicted in fiancé's death entitled to portion of his life insurance
The woman who pulled the plug on her fiancé’s kayak during a paddle on the Hudson River was back in court Monday, fighting for money from his life insurance policy. CBS New York reports that after months of negotiations, attorneys announced a settlement. Angelika Graswald walked out of the Dutchess County courtroom without a word, but with a decision. She…
Duo wanted for multiple car burglaries, used credit cards from heists
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi at 1-800-773-TIPS (8477.)
Mississippi inmate is set on fire by another prisoner
The prison is the same one from which a convicted murderer escaped for two days in July.
Multistate crime suspect, Alex Deaton, pleads to Mississippi murder charge
Deaton pleaded guilty in July 2017 in Kansas to attempted first-degree murder and aggravated robbery.
Man ‘opens up’ in the worst of ways to hotel clerk, now wanted by police
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers of Northeast Mississippi at 1-800-773-TIPS (8477.)
Hotter Next 2 Days, More Storms Late-Week
Typical summer weather continues as we head into mid August.
Jack Whitehall reportedly cast in gay role in “Jungle Cruise”
Jack Whitehall attends the UK Premiere of “Loving Vincent” during the 61st BFI London Film Festival on October 9, 2017 in London. Jeff Spicer/Getty Images Disney has reportedly cast its first openly gay character, but many LGBT fans are crying foul. After sources told The Sun that straight actor Jack Whitehall was cast as a “hugely effete, very camp and…
Trump speaks at defense bill signing
Last Updated Aug 13, 2018 3:02 PM EDT President Trump is signing a defense spending bill Monday as his first public event after his working vacation in Bedminster, New Jersey. Mr. Trump is speaking at the signing of H.R. 515, the “John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019,” at Fort Drum Army Base in New York. …