Starkville’s graduating seniors walk to remember and inspire
It was a time for them to reminisce, but also encourage the younger students to stay in school and one day take that same walk.
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Trike riding event raises money for child cancer, disease research
Children learned about trike and riding safety while having some fun. This is an annual fundraiser.
“DO SOMETHING”: Parkland students express outrage after new shooting
PARKLAND, Fla. — Survivors of the February school shooting in Parkland, Florida, took to social media Friday to express outrage and heartbreak in the aftermath of another attack: a deadly shooting at a Texas high school that killed 10 people. The shooting at Santa Fe High School, south of Houston, marks the deadliest school shooting since a former student allegedly killed 17…
118-year-old home destroyed in bullet spewing blaze
Firemen had to dodge ammunition going off inside the house. The home was a total loss.
Police recover stolen phone, leads to sexual enticement/robbery arrest
Reports indicate that a second robbery suspect is still loose. If you have any information, please call Oxford Police at 662-232-2400.
East Mississippi Community College names interim president
Huebner resigned earlier this month, after it was revealed he was a finalist for the Meridian Community College President job.
“It is real”: School shooting witnesses describe frantic scene
“One minute we’re sitting there doing math problems and then we’re being told to run for our lives.”
Spotty Weekend Storms
Daily rain chances continue through the weekend and next week.
Woman who tried to poison baby with breast milk sentenced
Sarai Rodriguez-Miranda Allen County Sheriff’s Department FORT WAYNE, Ind. — An Indiana woman has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for trying to poison her infant niece by adding crushed painkillers to a bottle of breast milk. Nineteen-year-old Sarai Rodriguez-Miranda was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to attempted murder in March. Authorities say the Fort Wayne woman tried to poison…
Arrest in stabbing death of retired nurse at upscale mall
LOS ANGELES — A woman was arrested in connection with the fatal stabbing of a retired nurse as she sat in her Mercedes in the parking garage of an upscale shopping center, reports CBS Los Angeles. Cherie Townsend, 39, was arrested early Thursday in Victorville and is being held on $1 million bail. She is suspected of killing 66-year-old Susan…
Alabama jobless rate unchanged at 3.8 percent
Shelby County has the state’s lowest unemployment rate at 2.6 percent, and Wilcox County in western Alabama is highest at 8.6 percent.
Mississippi job numbers fall slightly from record levels
April’s U.S. unemployment rate fell to 3.9% from 4.1% in March. The U.S. Labor Department released figures Friday, adjusted to cancel out seasonal changes.
Santa Fe High students had active shooter drill, had “done this before”
In the hours after news broke that 10 people had been killed by a gunman who opened fire Friday morning at Santa Fe High School in Texas, heartbreaking firsthand accounts began trickling in. In one of them, student Damon Rabon recalled the moments he and his fellow students fled for their lives, barricading themselves in a classroom. “There was about…
Suspect ID’d in deadly Santa Fe High School shooting
SANTA FE, Texas — The suspect in a deadly shooting rampage at a Texas high school Friday morning has been identified as 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, law enforcement sources told CBS News. As many as 10 people were killed in the shooting Friday morning at Santa Fe High School south of Houston, officials said. School district Police Chief Walter Braun said…
Booneville burglary suspect captured in Kentucky, awaiting extradition
Police say some stolen property has been recovered. The auto-burglaries in question happened around the beginning of April.
Booneville man arrested for handful of commercial burglaries
Most of the stolen items has been recovered. Bond is set at $40,000.
Info released on two arrested for Prentiss, Lee County burglaries
The arrests were made on Stanley Street last week. One suspect has been extradited to Lee County to face charges.
Unsolved murder case haunts small Texas town 16 years later
Jennifer Harris was 28 when she disappeared on May 12, 2002. Her Jeep was found abandoned on the side of the road. Six days later, a fisherman found her nude body floating in the Red River. Police learned Jennifer had told at least one other person she was pregnant. Initially, while she was missing, police reached out to the two…
Police: Mom bought gun used by alleged Dixon High shooter
CHICAGO — Police said that the 9mm semi-automatic rifle a former Dixon High School student allegedly used to fire shots at a school resource officer on Wednesday was purchased by his mother six years ago, reports CBS Chicago. Matthew Milby, 19, was released from the hospital Thursday morning and transferred to the Lee County Jail, where he was being held…
Columbus lands top 10 spot on USA Today cultural scene competition
USA Today experts originally nominated 20 towns and from there, let the people decide.
Ammo box falls from military chopper, hits school
This image shows the Parkland Elementary School in El Paso, Texas. Amanda Silva via KDBC-TV EL PASO, Texas — Authorities are trying to determine how a box of ammunition fell from a military helicopter and crashed through the roof of an elementary school in Texas. No one was injured when the ammo box hit Parkland Elementary School in El Paso…
Trump taps Robert Wilkie to run VA
White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders gives a ceremonial check, representing a donation from U.S. President Donald Trump to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), to acting Secretary of the VA Robert Wilkie during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, U.S. May 17, 2018. JONATHAN ERNST / REUTERS Last Updated May 18, 2018 12:21 PM EDT…
Mississippi hopes to play its cards right after sports betting legalization
“Every game that is being played and bet on right now, they’re being bet on in Las Vegas, they’re being bet on illegally. So what’s the difference?”
Santa Fe High School shooting: Witnesses describe frantic scene
Last Updated May 18, 2018 12:00 PM EDT SANTA FE, Texas — Students who witnessed a shooting at a Texas high school Friday morning described a frantic scene, with teachers yelling for students to run as shots rang out. One student told CBS affiliate KHOU he heard as many as 20 gunshots. Another described seeing the shooter wearing a trench coat…