MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – A Mississippi man will spend two years in prison for making threats to national health officials. Robert Wiser Bates of Ridgeland was accused of placing phone calls to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta in July 2021 and leaving threatening voicemails for the agency’s director, Rochelle Walensky, according to a news release from U.S….
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – A well-known businesswoman was recognized as a top community leader. Lisa Hawkins, owner of “Room to Room Furniture” in Tupelo was named the Community Leader of the Year during a ceremony at the ICC Belden Campus. Itawamba Community College started the “I See A Leader” award as a way to recognize those who are making a…
MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – A bill moving through the state legislature would offer an incentive to businesses to donate to food banks across the state. House Bill 1723 would create a dollar-for-dollar tax credit for businesses that contribute to one of the state’s four food banks. Extra Table, Mississippi Food Network, MidSouth Food Bank, and Feeding the Gulf Coast all provide…
MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – Mississippi has one of the highest infection rates of the sexually transmitted disease, Syphilis, and now the Mississippi State Department of Health is ramping up its testing requirements. Effective immediately, physicians providing care to women who are pregnant are required to perform syphilis testing for their patients. The required testing includes patients in the first trimester, third…
WINSTON COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Firefighters will tell you that no two days on the job are ever the same. That’s why they train and drill so much. That training paid off for the Louisville Fire Department and a pilot at the Louisville-Winston County Airport. Friday morning a jet at the airport took a turn a little too sharply and…
Joey welcomes Brandy from the Columbus Humane Society and she has brought our special guest Sarah. Sarah laid on the cool floors of the studio today to show us just how relaxed she can be. Brandy and Joey talk about the St. Patty’s Day Pawty coming up at Zachary’s. Categories: PETS WITHOUT PARTNERS Tags: ANIMAL, Columbus Humane Society, Dog, Pets…
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lee County deputies are searching for two gunmen after a shooting near Shannon. Investigators were called to North Mississippi Medical Center Thursday night at about 9:30 after the victim was driven to the hospital. Deputies were able to get enough information to find the scene of the shooting near Road 115. Evidence was collected inside…
On Get Fit Friday, Beth and Whitney tell us about why core exercises are important. They also show us how we can do a couple to stay in shape. Beth gives us a reminder that you can’t just use exercises that target the “problem area”. She also tells us more of where the our core is when doing core training….
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LOUISVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – The Governor’s Job Fair Network of Mississippi helps get people job opportunities and sometimes even better opportunities in their field of work. Choctaw and Winston counties partnered to help host the event in the Louisville dome Thursday morning. More than 20 job opportunities were available. Potential workers came by, applied for jobs, and got to talk…
FULTON, Miss. (WCBI) – A thrift store in Itawamba County is making a difference for those down on their luck. It was nearly three years ago when the Salvation Army Thrift Store in Fulton shut its doors. Diamond King owned the building that housed the store. “We had a lot of residents and workers here insist we keep the store…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI ) – Changes are coming to the landscape of the Golden Triangle with new manufacturing and the prospect of related industries building in western Lowndes County. Growth is contagious. That’s what the Executive Director Matt Dowell of the Golden Triangle Regional Airport is banking on. With the groundbreaking of a new, billion-dollar aluminum plant nearby, he…
ITAWAMBA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Hundreds of Itawamba County residents had soup for lunch while helping a Christian community for adults with special needs. The Pilot Club organized the “Bowls of Love” Fundraiser. For $20 dollars, guests could get a bowl of soup, and also a piece of handmade pottery, crafted by residents at Itawamba Crossroads Ranch. The nonprofit provides…
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – A man from Saltillo will spend 10 years in prison for a child sex crime after already serving time for the same crime. 46-year-old Dennis Gene Sullivan was sentenced this morning in U.S. District Court for possession of child sexual abuse pictures and videos. According to court documents, Sullivan was setting up a computer system for…
MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – Mississippi’s Educational Enhancement Fund is cashing in on lottery tickets. The Mississippi Lottery’s February transfer of just over $9.5 million has put the fiscal year total to $84.1 million. By state law, the first $80 million dollars in net proceeds each year goes to roads and bridges. All of the money over that $80 million mark goes…
MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – An effort to keep nursing students in Mississippi after they graduate is now state law. Governor Tate Reeves signed the legislation into law Thursday. It’s called the “Skilled Nursing Home and Hospital Nurses Retention Loan Repayment Program.” Under the bill, the state will repay the student loans of nurses who choose to stay and work in Mississippi…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – An organization dedicated to strengthening relationships between the City of Columbus, Mississippi University for Women, and the Columbus Air Force Base gets back in the swing of things. Town and Tower held its first meeting since 2019 today on the MUW campus. The group invites area residents, business people, students, and elected leaders to come together…
PONTOTOC, Miss. (WCBI) – A Pontotoc man is going to prison for 40 years. This week, a Circuit Judge sentenced Allan Charles Baucom to the mandatory time. On February 24, a Pontotoc County jury found the 37-year-old man guilty of Sexual Battery of a child under 14 and two counts of Fondling. Under Mississippi Law, Baucom is not eligible for…
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – A man in Tupelo is facing charges after police found drugs during a traffic stop. 37-year-old Dontavious Walker reportedly ran when narcotics agents and police officers stopped him Monday on South Gloster Street. After a brief foot chase, officers arrested Walker. He’s charged with possession of methamphetamine, enhanced because officers also found a gun. Walker’s bond…
YALOBUSHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The Yalobusha County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a homicide after the body of a missing teenager from West Memphis, Arkansas was found Wednesday morning. Deputies got involved in the search for 18-year-old Fredarrious Wilson Tuesday after being contacted by the West Memphis Police Department. Wilson had last been seen Sunday. Investigators in Arkansas pinged the…
Today Dr. Emerson shows us what she does if your dog has a nasty limp or joint pain. Categories: ANIMAL HEALTH
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – A fight with a relative led to elder abuse charges against a Columbus man. Tuesday, Columbus Police were called to an assisted living facility after reports of a fight. Gary Wayne Weaver reportedly got into an argument with an elderly relative. The argument turned violent, and Weaver is accused of throwing the older man to the…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Industrial Institute and College opened its doors in 1884 with the mission to educate women and prepare them for the workforce. Over the past 140 years, the name and mission have both evolved, but Mississippi University for Women still holds fast to its roots and its focus on molding strong women leaders. The W has also…
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – Being the parent of a newborn is stressful, even when there are no medical complications. But for those families with newborns in the neonatal intensive care unit, the stress is unimaginable. But the NICU at NMMC’s Women’s Hospital has a new camera system that lets parents keep track of their newborn 24/7. The technology is called…