A Columbus police officer was accused of stealing a pair of shoes while on duty. Robin Conner was arrested after officers were called to Dick’s Sporting Goods at about 12:30 Wednesday afternoon.
The East Mississippi Golden Triangle’s nursing students now have a better way of learning. The campus opened its newly remodeled section of the Douglas building for the nursing program.
More than 100,000 people are waiting for a life-saving organ transplant. In 2021, 6,000 people died in the U.S. while waiting for a match. A Tennessee woman found out that she would be one of the thousands of people in need of a miracle.
Health experts said screen time at home should be limited to two hours or less a day for an adult or child.
Mississippi State University Athletic Director Zac Selmon was at the Rotary Club in Columbus to discuss sports and player empowerment.
A Kentucky man pleaded guilty to a Lowndes County rape charge. 39-year-old Sammy Sullivan must serve five years in prison.
Bond was denied for two suspects connected to a shooting that killed a teenager and injured another. Reginald Thomas and Devonta Sharkey were both charged with second-degree murder and aggravated assault.
72-year-old Rickey Wray and his wife, 74-year-old Cathy Wray, both died at the scene of the fire on County Road 119 in the Abbeville area.
A joint operation between county and state investigators resulted in a human trafficking arrest in Monroe County.
46-year-old Nathaniel Hayden was charged with sexual battery. A Lowndes County Grand Jury recently returned the indictment.
A Lowndes County Grand Jury handed down another indictment in a deadly shooting. Tameron Ward is now charged with manslaughter – culpable negligence.
Pontotoc County Coroner Kim Bradford told WCBI that the shooting victims were 57-year-old Tabatha Moore and 40-year-old Gastin White.
A Columbus man is indicted in connection with a deadly nightclub shooting. Undra Williams Jr. is charged with one count of murder and four counts of aggravated assault.
The city of Starkville now has a new Alderwoman in District Ward 1. Kim Moreland was elected for this position last week.
Not many people can say they’ve seen a century pass by. But Jewel Mcdonald can, with eight years added. This Louisville man is 108.
In the past few years, Scouting has changed nationally and locally. That was the message Owen McCulloch had for Starkville leaders.
The West Point Police Department has a new Assistant Chief, and it’s a homecoming for the longtime lawman.
Neshoba County deputies were accusing a man of taking more than $7,000 in copper from chicken houses.
Two people died after an early morning fire in Lafayette County. Public Information Officer Beau Moore said the blaze happened on County Road 119 at about 6:30 a.m.
Tupelo police were initially called to a report of shots fired in the area of Boggan Drive and Hancock Street around Noon on Sunday.
West Point police were trying to get a trailer back to its rightful owner. West Point police were called to the area of Curtis Orman and Section roads about a stolen utility trailer.
WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI) – A new museum exhibit has found a home in the Black Prairie Blues Museum for the next few weeks. “Crossroads: Change in Rural America” is a Smithsonian Exhibit making the rounds to six towns in Mississippi. It’s current stop… West Point. The exhibit documents the changes in rural towns in America. Lisa Klutts of the…
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – Tupelo Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a juvenile male and the wounding of another juvenile male. The incident happened on Government Street around noon on Feb. 18. One victim had been taken to the North MS Medical Center for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound. Around 4:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 300 block of…
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – Tupelo Police responded to a disturbance that ended in a shooting. Around 6:30 Saturday night, officers received a call and could hear the caller being threatened with a gun. The officers arrived at the 3000 block of Huey Road and the armed suspect fled. A team of officers including a canine unit chased after him. The…