MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – The Mississippi Veterans Affairs Board has a new director. Mark Smith was appointed to the post Thursday. Smith has been serving as the agency’s interim director since May when he replaced Stacey Pickering. Pickering served as director from 2018 until his sudden resignation in May. Smith has 40 years of combined Military experience serving in both the…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- In an economy struggling with unemployment and inflation amongst other things, it makes it difficult to raise money for the arts. Donations are key to keeping the Columbus Arts Council afloat, let alone thriving. COVID-19 was also a major wrench being thrown into the Art Council’s plans. The non-profit like many other facets of the arts was…
GRENADA, Miss. (WCBI) – The Greater Grenada Partnership announced June 14th that the county is getting a $5.3 million grant that will go towards creating a four-lane road into its industrial park. It’s the latest in a series of major investments into the county’s growing manufacturing sector. “This total access road that’s going to be built for the citizens in…
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – Hotty Toddy here, Hotty Toddy there, Ole Miss fans all over the square. The Ole Miss baseball team has been red hot this postseason. They are 7-0 and that has fans in Oxford happy and eyeing the big prize, a National Championship. “Winning a national championship, especially in baseball would be huge for Ole Miss and…
ABERDEEN, MISS. (WCBI) – An Aberdeen native, known as the make-up to the stars, is downsizing, and now you could buy from his personal collection. John Beard has organized a lot of estate sales, but none quite like this one. “This is by far, the biggest estate sale we’ve ever done. There are thousands of items for sale,” Beard said….
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A Starkville family has a new place to call home – thanks to an army of volunteers. Latalla Harris and her son got the keys to their new home today during a dedication ceremony hosted by Habitat for Humanity. Construction on the house started last fall. Dozens of volunteers helped with the building process over the…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The City of Columbus’s plans to spend its share of American Rescue Plan Act money continue to take shape. At a press conference Wednesday morning, Mayor Keith Gaskin discussed how the ARPA Funds have been earmarked so far. Originally, $1.3 million was set aside for incentive pay for city workers. Only about 700,000 of that will…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Several area residents came out today to explore a new career track. Columbus and Greenville Railroad hosted a job fair in an effort to attract some new talent. The 100-year-old line is looking for locomotive conductors. To some, it may sound like an old-fashioned job, but modern conductors are responsible for the many operation and safety…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County Supervisors will be getting a raise, just not immediately. Senate Bill 27-19 passed during this year’s legislative session and increased the maximum amount County Supervisors across the State can be paid. Boards only have to vote to approve the raise and spread it on the minutes of the meeting. Lowndes County Supervisors approved…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The search for a new chief for Columbus Fire and Rescue is complete. Interim Chief Duane Hughes can now drop the “Interim” from that title. At Tuesday night’s meeting, the Columbus City Council voted to promote Hughes to Chief on a full-time basis. Hughes replaces Chief Martin Andrews, who retired in March after 30 years in…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Tuesday afternoon, Starkville Utilities held an official opening ceremony to debut its new state-of-the-art Operations Center. They invested nearly $2 million to unite their water, electric and other services in one place. “Having everybody in one location, utilizing shared facilities, shared resources, will help us and make us more efficient and make us more responsive to…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI)- Teams from across the nation competed in the third stage of the First Responders U.A.S Triple Challenge in Starkiville on Tuesday June 21, 2022. The competition was hosted by the U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology; it featured the advances in drone technology. Competitors put their best bot forward to try and capture…
BOONEVILLE, MISS. (WCBI) – As one group of campers was building bridges out of balsa wood for an engineering project, another was playing a fast-paced, musical game. This is the fifth year NEMCC has hosted the Career Development Academy Camp. It runs three days a week. And every day is a full day. “We usually start out with breakfast…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The month of June is all about the guys. Men’s Health Month rolls around each year to remind gentlemen to stay in the know about personal wellness. “We don’t like to go to the doctor at all, We men do, we don’t like to think that we need to have anything fixed,” said Hank Norwood, Pharmacist….
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LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Rising gas prices are not only slowing down drivers, but they’re also slowing down the folks paving the roads. An increase in fuel and material prices is forcing Lowndes County Supervisors to adjust the budget for this year’s road paving program. Supervisors had allotted 2 million dollars to resurface 17 miles of roads across the…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Changes are in the works for Leigh Mall in Columbus. The president of the company that owns the mall was in Columbus today, briefing city officials and others in the community on revitalization efforts at the Mall. If you travel down Highway 45 in Columbus on a regular basis, you may soon be seeing some changes…
ABERDEEN, Miss. (WCBI) – Friday, the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department announced four arrests resulting from a six-month investigation into a major scamming operation that spans multiple states. Christopher “Big Money Bunny” Bradley is charged with nine counts of felony false pretense, Janiqua Edmond and Shaquayne Ware are both charged with conspiracy to commit a crime, and Antoine Griffin Jr. is…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Unity Park is now home to new name plaques highlighting local trailblazers of the Civil Rights era. In a Juneteenth celebration, Mrs. Monica Banks and Mr. Clarence Taylor were added to the Unity Wall. Banks was the first black Chancery Clerk for Oktibbeha County and served the community for more than 20 years. Taylor fought for…
ALABAMA, Miss. (WCBI) – Alabama voters head back to the polls tomorrow to take care of some unfinished business. There are statewide runoffs in a number of races and a local race in Pickens County. There is only one race on the Democratic side of the ticket. Yolanda Rochelle Flowers and Malika Sanders Fortier square off to see who will…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Mississippi University for Women invited area residents to help celebrate Juneteenth. The W hosted a program at Fant Memorial Library to observe the holiday. Library staff have set up an exhibit in the main lobby, and Dean of Library Services, Amanda Powers, is spearheading an effort to collect oral histories of people’s Juneteenth memories. Juneteenth was…
PICKENS COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Funeral services begin Monday evening for state Representative Lynn Wright. Visitation is from five until eight at Skelton Funeral Home in Reform. The funeral service will be Tuesday at 2 PM at Mount Zion Baptist Church in the New Hope community of Lowndes County. There will be visitation one hour before the service and immediately…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Columbus police continue to investigate a Sunday night shooting where at least 70 shots were fired. The shooting happened about 10:30 Sunday night in a busy shopping center parking lot, just off Highway 45. Officers first learned of the shooting after someone showed up at Baptist Golden Triangle with a gunshot would to the leg. Police…
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