PARKLAND, Fla. — President Trump on Monday criticized former school resource deputy Scot Peterson for not entering the building to confront the gunman who killed 17 people in Parkland, Florida. Now Peterson is fighting back. In a statement, his attorney said the first call Peterson received was for “firecrackers” and “not gunfire.” When he actually heard shots, Peterson’s lawyer said…
CHARLESTON, W.V. — Defiant and determined, West Virginia’s teachers were out in force again on Monday. For the third school day, thousands of teachers gathered outside the capitol to speak with one voice: low pay coupled with rising health care costs are making their lives unbearable. Jake Fertig said he might have to declare bankruptcy because his teacher’s income won’t…
Starkville Pride et. al. v. City of Starkville, was filed Monday afternoon in United States District Court for the Northern District of MS.
WASHINGTON — For the first time, we are seeing images of one of four U.S. soldiers killed by Islamic militants last October in the African nation of Niger. The video was captured by a National Geographic cameraman for a report airing Monday. Coming just one month before his death, the small talk in a makeshift barber shop between Sgt. La…
Republican strategist Rick Tyler says McDaniel will hold an event Wednesday in his hometown of Ellisville.
In this June 9, 2017, file photo, a vehicle drives into the Otay Mesa detention center in San Diego, Calif. AP HOUSTON — The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) accused the U.S. government on Monday of unlawfully separating a Congolese woman and her 7-year-old daughter by holding them in different immigration facilities, two time zones apart, after they sought asylum…
The remains of an Iranian rocket which was fired by Yemen into Saudi Arabia, according to U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley during a press briefing at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling, Dec. 14, 2017, in Washington. AP UNITED NATIONS — Russia has vetoed a British-drafted U.N. resolution that promised action against violations of a U.N. arms embargo on Yemen and pointed…
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) — Five of the six finalists for the annual Gillom and Howell Trophies are true maroon. Announced on Monday, Mississippi State players make up five of the six finalist spots for the awards which are given out annually to the best college basketball players in the Magnolia State. The finalists for the Gillom Trophy, which is awarded…
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — A man accused of killing a 15-year-old girl and dumping her body in Winnipeg’s Red River was found not guilty of second-degree murder on Thursday in a case that prompted outrage from Canadian indigenous leaders. Tina Fontaine’s remains were discovered eight days after she was reported missing in August 2014. Raymond Cormier was charged more than a…
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Police carry away the body of one of two people who fell from a departing airplane on the runway of the Jose Joaquin de Olmedo airport in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Monday, Feb. 26, 2018. Marcos Pin / AP QUITO, Ecuador — Two presumed stowaways died Monday in Ecuador after they fell from the landing gear of a New York-bound plane. The airport…
If you know anything about this incident, you’re urged to call Northeast Mississippi Crimestoppers at 1-800-773-TIPS (8477.)
WASHINGTON — The Education Department has opened an investigation into how Michigan State University (MSU) handled allegations of sexual assault against Larry Nassar, a former campus sports doctor sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting young patients and crimes related to child pornography. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos said investigators will look at “systemic issues” with regard how to the school…
NEWFOUNDLAND, Pa. — A Pennsylvania school district will cancel classes at an elementary school on Wednesday because a church down the street is hosting a ceremony featuring AR-15 rifles. World Peace and Unification Sanctuary in Newfoundland believes the AR-15 symbolizes the “rod of iron” in the biblical book of Revelation, and it is encouraging couples to bring the weapons to…
The scene of a triple homicide in Detroit WWJ reporter Charlie Langton via Twitter DETROIT – Police are investigating the deaths of four people linked to a shooting rampage at a gas station on Detroit’s northwest side, reports CBS Detroit, in what they are calling a “domestic incident.” Officer Holly Lowe, a police spokeswoman, says a man and two women were…
The two are waiting for arraignment, at the Monroe County Detention Center.
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The new charge comes after an incident last Friday where Arnold reportedly removed his monitor and evaded police.
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SEATTLE – When law enforcement agencies in Washington and other states sell guns they’ve confiscated during criminal investigations, they’re not just selling pistols and hunting rifles, they’re also putting assault weapons, including AR-15s, back on the street. Sheriff’s offices and police departments across Washington state have sold dozens of AR-15s, AK47s and other assault weapons since 2010, an Associated Press…
Egyptian antiquities worker brushes a coffin inside the recently discovered burial site in Minya, Egypt February 24, 2018. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / REUTERS TUNA AL-GABAL, Egypt — Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced on Saturday the discovery of an ancient necropolis near the Nile Valley city of Minya, south of Cairo, the latest discovery in an area known to house ancient catacombs…
PARKLAND, Fla. — A tearful student who was wounded in the Florida school shooting thanked the doctors and first responders who helped her and said Monday she is making a full recovery. Speaking at a hospital news conference, Maddy Wilford, 17, said “it’s times like these when I know that we need to stick together.” When rescuers first found Wilford…
Sheriff Mike Arledge does not believe there is a legitimate threat.