A new poll shows a very tight gubernatorial race, as election day looms just two weeks away. The survey done by Public Policy Polling shows Republican Governor Tate Reeves with a 1% lead over Democratic challenger Brandon Presley.
The area around the intersection of Fifth Street North and Second Avenue North is closed through Thursday.
Clay, Monroe, Chickasaw, Calhoun, Lee, Pontotoc, and Union Counties are under the alert. Very little rain over the last month has led to the burn bans.
Lee County Coroner Carolyn Green said the child went underwater at a private residential pool in West Tupelo on Sunday evening.
A Columbus man was killed in a Pickens County, Alabama crash. 32-year-old Caleb Owens, of Columbus, died at the scene of the Tabernacle Road accident.
DUCK HILL, Miss. (WCBI) – The Kilmichael Volunteer Fire Department Brush trucks one and three responded to assist the Duck Hill Fire Department with a wildfire on 404 East on October 21, 2023. According to the Kilmichael Volunteer Fire Department’s Facebook, Elliot Fire Department and Tire Plant Fire Department from Grenada County also responded, and the Fire destroyed at least…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – A body has been recovered in south Columbus. According to Columbus Police, Corporal Chris Ware of the Columbus Police Department received information from a Columbus Housing Authority Maintenance worker. The worker said he went down to Lake Norris where Robert Hargrove had wrecked his car. While looking around, he found a body under some overhanging trees…
CALEDONIA, Miss. (WCBI) – Music, food, and fun filled Ola J Pickett Park in Caledonia for the city’s annual fall festival. Ms. Judy Pounders is a long-standing vendor at Caledonia Days. “I did it the first year we had Caledonia Days, so I guess that’s 19 years,” Pounders said. She says the profits aren’t just for herself and her husband….
MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – Mississippi hay growers harvested at least 28 percent less hay this year than usual because of the drought that reached extreme levels in parts of the state. Brett Rushing with Mississippi State University said hay producers in the state typically get three cuttings a year, and often four if they manage well and the weather cooperates. Rushing…
LAFAYETTE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lafayette County Fire Department units responded to a grass fire in the 200 Block of County Road 108 area around 3 p.m. on Saturday, October 21. LCFD Tanker 17 was on the scene in Union County, providing mutual aid and water support for the scrap yard fire. WCBI News will continue to give updates as more…
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This week marks National School Bus Safety Week which reminds us of the importance of keeping our children safe while traveling to and from school.
The first woman to pilot and command an American spacecraft was the featured speaker for Mississippi University for Women’s 2023 Welty Gala.
Thousands of people are getting a jump on their Christmas shopping lists at Celebration Village. The area’s largest holiday marketplace features 120 vendors under one roof at the Tupelo Furniture Market.
The Big Star Grocery, which had been unoccupied for over 10 years, was engulfed in flames causing firefighters from neighboring towns to assist.
The Clay County Sheriff’s Office, State Violent Crimes Task Force, Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics, The Highway Patrol, agents from Alcohol Beverage Control, and the West Point Police Department teamed up for Operation Saturation.
42-year-old Tony Carter of Columbus was charged with aggravated strangulation and felony fleeing. Lowndes County Sheriff Eddie Hawkins said deputies were called to Fellows Road on Wednesday.
Several north Mississippians were sentenced in a Simon City Royals prison gang racketeering case. Two people from Tupelo and two people from Grenada were part of the federal guilty pleas.
Local community members raised money through Zumba to help area women with their medical bills. Zumba in Pink is a movement to help pay for mammograms for women who may not be able to afford them.
Amory police made an arrest in a two-year-old homicide case after a woman was attacked. 37-year-old Darcus Neely was charged with capital murder and attempted murder.
Columbus High School partnered with the Mississippi State Extension Service for the “Welcome to the Real World” event.
Okolona police are investigating after a man was found dead hanging from a tree. Police Chief Tommy Ivy said 45-year-old Jerrel Gillentine was found in a wooded area off Laster Drive on Thursday afternoon.
In 1966, six young ladies took a chance. They applied to enroll at the then-all-white Mississippi State College for Women: Barbara Turner Bankhead, Jacqueline Edwards, Mary Flowers, Diane Hardy, Laverne Green Leech, and Eula Houser Thompson.
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Five arrests have been made in a fight on Yellow Jacket Drive in front of Starkville High School on Thursday, October 19, 2023. Ciara Bell (18), D’Zel Dickerson (18), Lacandria Elliot (38), and two juveniles, all of Starkville, were charged with fighting. Two more individuals, one adult and one juvenile have outstanding fighting warrants. The investigation…