A town hall meeting was held to address the new grocery store

MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) This may be bare now, but it will soon make the perfect spot for a shopping spree. “We are very excited.”  said Mayor Phil Goodwin, town of Smithville. City leaders and Freshly’s market workers in Aberdeen, came together to hold a town hall meeting to discuss the plans for building the new Freshly’s Market in Smithville….

Local behavioral health center expands

Diamond Grove officials celebrated a 24-bed expansion on Tuesday at the hospital.

LOUISVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Diamond Grove Center in Louisville is welcoming new patients and making room for more. Tuesday, March 3, they cut the ribbon for a new 24-bed building “which will allow us to provide adequate services, and additional services to children & adolescents, and their families in our communities and the great state of Mississippi,” said Diamond Grove…

One person injured in Monday night shooting in Tupelo

TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – Tupelo Police are investigating a Monday night shooting that left one person injured. Officers responded to a reported shooting at the West Jackson Mart gas station at the corner of West Jackson Street and Lumpkin Avenue. They found one victim with what were reported to be non-life-threatening injuries. The victim was taken to North Mississippi Medical…

Monroe County firefighters busy with multiple calls

MONROE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Firefighters in Monroe County continue to stay busy. Around 2:30 AM Tuesday crews were called to a fire on Bartahatchie Road. Bartahatchie, Hamilton, and Splunge fire departments were able to douse the blaze. No injuries were reported. On Sunday, crews responded to 4 separate fires. The first call was about a brush and woods fire…

East Mississippi Community College’s Golden Triangle Career program students help schoolmates get ready for Spring Break

LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Spring Break is just around the corner for many area students. At East Mississippi Community College’s Golden Triangle campus students in the Career programs are helping their schoolmates get ready. EMCC hosted a Spring Break Pit-Stop with several stations to help students get what they need before their week off. Automotive students checked tires and…

Mississippi sheriffs respond to radar bill dying

CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A speeding ticket can save a life, but not every county in Mississippi can issue them easily. Only one Sheriff’s Office in the state has the authority to use radar equipment. And that’s Lowndes County. For years, The Mississippi Sheriff’s Association has advocated for a bill to expand radar access. “The purpose of the enforcement is…