Miss Mississippi USA Helps At St. Jude Fundraiser Ahead Of Pageant
Laine’s platform is called “GEM” or “Going the Extra Mile.” Miss USA takes place May 21st.
Archives: 2018
Lobbyist for Moroccan government reportedly helped arrange Pruitt trip to Morocco
Last Updated May 1, 2018 7:19 PM EDT The lobbyist who helped arrange embattled Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator Scott Pruitt’s pricey government trip to Morocco last year now has a $40,000-a-month contract to lobby for the Moroccan government, according to the Washington Post. The Post reports the trip cost $100,000 — far more than the $40,000 the EPA initially…
3rd domestic violence charge brought against Lowndes County woman
Lowndes County deputies were called to a New Hope store about a man and woman arguing in the parking lot.
Kanye West under fire after saying slavery was a choice
Kanye West at a Los Angeles Lakers game in L.A. on April 13, 2016. Harry How / Getty Kanye West is under fire for comments he made about slavery during a sit-down with TMZ on Tuesday. During the interview, the 40-year-old rapper touched on his love for President Trump, his recent tweets, and one point said slavery “sounds like a…
Starkville man slammed with charges after high-speed chase
No injuries were reported, and more arrests are possible.
Man run over while working on truck, arrest made
Deputies found the unidentified man lying under the front of a Toyota pick-up and Keefer in the drivers seat.
Handful of drug arrests made in Monroe County
15 grams of ice were confiscated from one scene.
Prosecutors: Vet performed surgery to turn puppies into drug mules
Puppies found after DEA agents arrested 21 people in Colombia charged with smuggling heroin into the United States, the agency announced Feb. 1, 2006. The agents found dogs with surgically-implanted liquid heroin packets inside them. Drug Enforcement Agency NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors say a Colombian veterinarian surgically implanted packets of liquid heroin into puppies’ abdomens before sending the dogs to…
Alabama’s first openly gay lawmaker to lead LGBTQ coalition
Democratic Rep. Patricia Todd from Birmingham has accepted a job as executive director of One Orlando Alliance.
Florida police officer's emotional last sign-off goes viral
WASHINGTON — It’s known as a 10-7 — a radio call at the end of a police officer’s shift. But for Andre Jenkins of the Sarasota, Florida, police department (SPD), one emotional 10-7 was on his last day on the job, and it’s since gone viral. “I’d like to thank all my SPD family for the last 30 years of…
Some charges dropped in Penn State hazing death, others sought
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Prosecutors said Tuesday they were dropping involuntary manslaughter and assault charges against five Penn State University fraternity brothers in the death of a pledge who consumed a lot of alcohol, repeatedly fell down and suffered a fractured skull. Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the decision a day before a preliminary hearing for 12 members of Beta Theta Pi…
Young bear roaming New Jersey towns tranquilized in tree
A bear rests in a tree in a suburban area of Paramus, New Jersey, on Mon., April 30, 2018. AP RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — A young black bear that’s been roaming around New Jersey residential areas has been tranquilized and is out of a home’s tree. Crews managed to tranquilize the 1 ½-year-old male bear Tuesday afternoon as it sat on…
Summer-like warmth, late week rain & storms
Our next best chance of rain will come Friday & Saturday with the arrival of a weak cold front.
Mississippi Highway Patrol makes a long distance trek for a fallen brother
The officer was killed a week ago today during a shoplifting incident at a Home Depot store in North Dallas.
Rod Rosenstein says DOJ is “not going to be extorted”
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said the Department of Justice is “not going to be extorted,” amid public and private threats that he says have been leveled against him for a long time. Rosenstein made the comments during a talk at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., after reports that some conservative Republicans in Congress have drafted articles for his impeachment. …
Trump’s personal doctor claims his office was “raided” for Trump’s records
President Trump’s personal doctor isn’t denying that he told a reporter that three individuals, including President Trump’s then-body guard and a Trump Organization lawyer, raided his office and took Mr. Trump’s medical files in February 2017. The White House is calling the reported possession of the records “standard procedure.” Mr. Trump’s longtime personal physician, Harold Bornstein, told NBC News in…
Mississippi State Reveals 2018 Road Dawgs Tour with Joe Moorhead
STARKVILLE, Miss. – New Mississippi State head football coach Joe Moorhead will headline the 2018 Road Dawgs Tour as it makes stops throughout the state and region beginning Thursday, May 10 and continuing May 14-17. The annual fan-friendly event and celebration of MSU Athletics is a collaboration by the MSU Bulldog Club, MSU Alumni Association and local alumni chapters. It…
Ex-CNBC director used hidden camera to spy on nanny in bathroom
Daniel Switzen Westchester County District Attorney Last Updated May 1, 2018 3:50 PM EDT PLEASANTVILLE, N.Y. — A former director for the CNBC television network has entered a guilty plea to a charge he used a camera hidden in a bathroom tissue box to spy on his family’s nanny in his Pleasantville, N.Y. home. The 19-year-old victim discovered the camera…
Mark Zuckerberg on how long it will take to “fix” Facebook
“Fixing” Facebook will take three years, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in an interview with Wired out Wednesday. “You can’t just hire 30,000 people overnight to go do something,” Zuckerberg said. “You have to make sure that they’re executing well and bring in the leadership and train them. And building up AI tools — that’s not something that you could just snap…
Chicago police gang database criticized for inaccuracies
CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department plans to make changes to its gang member database following criticism that it’s often inaccurate, outdated and racially skewed. The Chicago Tribune obtained police records through a Freedom of Information Act request that shows the database features 128,000 names, not including juveniles. Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson has held three public hearings regarding the…
California among 17 states suing feds over plan to scrap emission standards
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and 16 other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to scrap standards on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, which help set gas mileage rules. The suit takes aim at a plan by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to roll back and revise emissions standards for vehicles manufactured between 2022 and 2025. Those standards would…
Prosecutors: Mississippi man stole more than $100M in scheme
The criminal charge says the 58-year-old Jackson resident defrauded more than 250 investors in at least 14 states.
New trial denied for attempted murder, armed robbery case
Cedric Young is currently serving a 50 year prison term for the January 2015 robbery of a Starkville convenience store.
Police share “disturbing” photos of deer with arrows in their bodies
EDITOR’S NOTE: Viewer discretion is advised. Oregon State Police (OSP) released “disturbing” photos of live deer with arrows embedded in their bodies. Alarmed by the images, hunting and archery groups are offering a $2,600 award to help catch the person or people responsible. In a Facebook post, OSP said troopers responded to a calls in Shady Cove last Friday of…