COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Wednesday, city attorney Jeff Turnage announced that Columbus could be receiving more than $215,000 from a class-action lawsuit over the opioid addiction crisis in the United States. It’s part of a $26 billion nationwide settlement against the manufacturers, distributors and retailers of opioids. “The people dying from opioid overdoses throughout the country, it’s like a 747,…
NOXUBEE COUNTY,Miss. (WCBI)- Keeping the community at ease. That’s the task elected leaders and law enforcement face in Noxubee County. A fatal shooting in Brooksville has residents on edge. Now, city leaders are coming together to prevent more violence. ” We need to come together as the community. We’re losing our kids to nonsense violence that doesn’t make any sense,”…
MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY (WCBI) – The Federal Government is helping Mississippi’s Timber industry cut a PATHH through the pandemic. Mississippi is in-line to get $15.7 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers – or PATHH – program. The money is set aside to help those in the timber business whose business was negatively…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – It’s time to get your letters ready to head to the North Pole. Santa called and asked Main Street Columbus if he could put a special mailbox in Downtown Columbus. Kids can drop their letters off at any time until December 18th at 10 p.m. Santa will come to pick up the letters and take them…
WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI) – A long-time West Point doctor dies in an early morning accident. The crash happened on Waverly Road at about 2:50 AM. Clay County Coroner Alvin Carter says 68-year-old Edmund Anderson Miller Jr. died at the scene. Carter tells WCBI that Miller was going westbound when he lost control of his truck. The pick-up collided with…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A Starkville man is facing child sex crime charges. 37-year-old Willie Legrone is charged with sexual battery and statutory rape. Oktibbeha County investigators say he was arrested Wednesday after a week-long investigation. No information about Legrone knowing the child or their relationship is being released at this time. His bond is expected to be set today…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Ken Nuss from Fairview Baptist Church gives details on this year’s Merry Christmas Columbus. Categories: Special Guests Tags: Christmas
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Tuesday, the Columbus City Council voted unanimously to withdraw its FEMA application for reimbursement for the construction of the Sim Scott Community Center after the 2019 tornado. That was after Mayor Keith Gaskin submitted what appeared to be concerning financial records to the State Auditor’s office days before. “It looked as if we may be in…
BOONEVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A local community college gets an 18 wheeler to help train future truck drivers. Steve Morgan owns Morgan Van Lines and says the moving company wanted to partner with NEMCC, to do what it can to help alleviate the truck driver shortage. “We had trucks coming off our depreciation schedule, it’s a great program here, Northeast does a…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Lowndes County home goes in flames this morning. The fire happened on North Spurline Road at about 11 AM. Lowndes County Fire Coordinator Neil Austin says it appears the fire started in the carport and went into the attic. Investigators believe the fire could be electrical in nature. No one at the home was…
NOXUBEE AND WINSTON COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – For the first time in nearly 30 years there is a new District 32 State Senator. Rod Hickman has officially been sworn in this morning in the Senate chambers at the state Capitol. Hickman fended off eight other candidates to win a runoff election. He previously served as the Noxubee County prosecutor. Hickman…
ABERDEEN, Miss. (WCBI) – Aberdeen High School students are getting a head start on planning the next phase of their lives. The school held a career fair to let students see what kind of opportunities are available once they have their diplomas in hand. Representatives from area industries, colleges, and the armed forces were on hand to let the teens…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- The U.S. Department of Agriculture hatched up millions of dollars to support Mississippi chicken growers. Contract growers who raise chicken for poultry process companies were previously not given federal assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. That led to many farmers suffering substantial losses when processing facilities were forced to reduce or stop production. With help from Senator Roger…
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – COVID-19 could have an impact on the repair of the Oktibbeha County Lake dam. Supervisors recently voted to use American Recovery Plan Act money to make some of the repairs. The vote came after recently finding out ARPA funds could be used for some repairs but not the whole project. An engineering firm has completed…
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COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Tuesday night, the Columbus City Council voted to withdraw its FEMA application for Sim Scott Park. The city was eligible to be reimbursed over $1 million in total. City Attorney Jeff Turnage made the announcement after the city council went into executive session for close to an hour. Mississippi state law says any public project over…
LOUISVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – In its first full year of operation, the Winston County Sheriff’s Department’s new drone completed 195 successful flights and the sheriff believes it is a game-changer for his agency. “When you can fly this over a 100-acre area in less than an hour, where it would take a search team half a day to search, that…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- Two bomb threats in three days created tension in Columbus, and had Columbus police working overtime; both turned out to be false alarms. A bomb threat is defined as a threat to detonate an explosive device to cause damage, death, or injuries. The threat is taken serious until proven otherwise. On Saturday, December 4, 2021, a Columbus…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The Sim Scott Community Center is the gathering place for this northside neighborhood. When it was destroyed in 2019 there was a movement to rebuild it as quickly as possible. The building was completed earlier this year for a reported cost of nine hundred thousand dollars that the city was hoping FEMA would be reimbursed. But…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Mississippi State University and Columbus Middle School created a partnership to help students crack the code. Tuesday, students at Columbus Middle participated in an international event called “Hour of Code.” Kids were able to learn how to code and write programs in order to create dance characters for drama class. Devin Hill the Columbus Municipal School…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – A national non-profit is helping a Starkville Police Officer suit up. Starkville K-9 Officer, Kojack will be getting a new bullet and stab-resistant vest thanks to a donation by Vested Interest in K-9s Incorporated. The group provides vests and other assistance to law enforcement dogs throughout the United States. Kojack has been with SPD since September….