JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – The Mississippi Department of Education is investing millions of dollars to provide a web-based health and safety platform for school districts around the state. The platform will provide several features including surveillance cameras with the ability to detect crowd congestion, virtual tours of schools for situational awareness in schools, a mobile app for emergency notifications and…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Lowndes County inmate is facing another charge after briefly escaping from custody. 42-year-old Bobby Joe Stafford Jr. was wanted for possession of stolen property. He’s now also charged with escape. Sheriff Eddie Hawkins says while Stafford being brought to Columbus from Monroe County he kicked out the window of a patrol vehicle. When the…
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – Families of law enforcement officers and firefighters who died after contracting COVID-19 in the line of duty will receive full state health benefits. Governor Tate Reeves signed House Bill 779 into law at a ceremony earlier today. The law will take 5 million dollars from the Coronavirus State Fiscal Recovery Fund and put it in the…
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Oktibbeha deputies go to make a traffic stop but it ends in a chase through Starkville. 40-year-old Odell Robinson the third is charged with felony fleeing, tampering with evidence, and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Investigators tell WCBI that a K9 attempted to stop Robinson on Highway 12. The pursuit went out into…
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – A federal jury in Oxford convicts a Louisiana man in a child sex case that stretched from Gonzales, Louisiana to Monroe County. Ronald Joseph Latiolais the third has been found guilty of transporting a minor in interstate commerce with intent to engage in unlawful sexual activity. The charges stem back to April 2019 when the then…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County narcotics agents make a large drug bust and complete a two-year investigation. Now, 45-year-old Antonio Cockrell is charged with possession of methamphetamine, along with trafficking meth, cocaine, and marijuana. He’s also charged with three counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and two counts of possession of a stolen firearm….
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – We are learning more about what led to the arrest of a Columbus police officer and why he had to stay in jail for a while. Bryan Moore is charged with domestic violence. State law requires he be held for 23 hours for a cooling down period. Police Chief Fred Shelton says officers were called to…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Five out of seven police officers called in sick today for their shift, leaving the city of Columbus without a full patrol force. This is an attention grabbing move according to one source, because these officers feel mis-treated within the department. Five officers with Columbus Police Department called work to say they weren’t coming in.. Those…
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VERNON, Ala. (WCBI) – The current gas crisis is having a dramatic effect on the trucking industry. Vernon Milling Company in Lamar County says roughly 39 percent of their operating costs go to fuel as their drivers deliver to customers from Oklahoma to Pennsylvania. “Usually I pick up down around Mobile, Alabama then I go to just north of Pittsburgh,…
COLUMBUS,Miss. (WCBI)- Women’s History Month highlights the broken glass ceilings and barriers through the years. Here in Mississippi, a historical women’s campus is celebrating founding members and tradition. Women aren’t always given equal opportunities to education, but times have progressed. In fact, in 2021, nearly 60% of the student body at universities were women. And some of those strides started…
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – Police K 9 teams from across the state have spent the week in Tupelo, as part of intensive training. The Law Dog K 9 seminar is organized by the Mississippi Law Enforcement Officer’s Association or MLEOA. Some teams are completing their certification, while others are keeping their certification up to date. It’s also an opportunity to…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Blighted housing is a worsening problem in Columbus, and city leaders are taking notice. But solutions cost money, and that can be a problem with a tight city budget. Columbus has many attractive homes and properties but you don’t have to drive far to see a different landscape. Rundown and unlivable houses are scattered around neighborhoods…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – One MSU student and a dog named Sippi escaped a house fire last night. The Starkville Fire Department responded to a fire at eleven fifteen p.m. On North Nash street. The dog Sippi was trapped inside the home and when they found him he was not breathing. The dog was taken outside where paramedics performed CPR…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – An accident snarls traffic in Lowndes County this morning after an 18-wheeler overturns. The crash happened on Highway 45 Alternate just before 7 AM. State troopers say an 18-wheeler driven by Yancy Kirk of Poplarville was northbound on the highway. The Mississippi Highway Patrol says it appears the big rig collided with the rear of…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Monday, the Oktibbeha County Board of Supervisors voted (4-1) to move ahead with plans to rehabilitate the Oktibbeha County Lake Dam. The latest report from the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality says the dam remains in unsatisfactory condition. “At home at night, you may think, ‘What if it bursts?’” says Brenda Jones, who says she’s lived…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Flooding is a perennial problem in Columbus. Over the years, some of those problems have been fixed. But others always tend to come bubbling up when the heavy rains come again. Rising water in Columbus brings rising complaints to the city government and the public works department I talked to a restaurant owner who says his…
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AMORY, Miss. (WCBI) – It was a hands-on lesson for kindergarten students at an elementary school on how food gets from the farm to the table. It was a hands-on lesson for kindergarten students at an elementary school on how food gets from the farm to the table. Kindergarten students at West Amory Elementary were decked out in their farm…
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – The state’s largest community foundation has unveiled plans for its new headquarters. The CREATE Foundation will build new headquarters in downtown Tupelo. Plans were announced today for the building, which will sit on a one-acre lot at the corner of Jefferson and Commerce Streets. The project will allow CREATE to expand its office and meeting space,…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- We’re halfway through the week and Mississippi University for Women continues to roll out its Charter Week celebrations, honoring the school’s anniversary. Students were able to pose with Ody the Owl for a school pride photo shoot at the “W” room on campus. Charter Week commemorates the anniversary of the legislation that created the school, the nation’s…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI)- Mississippi State University’s support for its military is being recognized on a national scale yet again. A recent ranking by VIQTORY, formerly Victory media, MSU is considered a top ten Military Friendly School for 2022 to 2023. There is a hefty list of ways Mississippi State supports those who serve. More than 3,100 students military students now…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Mississippi University for Women alumni can finally step foot back on campus for homecoming. This year will be the first in-person Homecoming celebration at the W since the COVID pandemic. Events will include a luncheon honoring the Golden Girls Classes of 1970-72, a celebration of the 50th anniversary of The W’s 1971 National Basketball Championship win…
GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Area Boys and Girls Club get a financial boost from the pharmaceutical industry. The Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, or Pharma, is awarding $45,000 in grants to 8 Mississippi Boys and Girls Clubs. Boys and Girls Clubs of the Golden Triangle and the Boys and Girls Clubs of North Mississippi are among those sharing…