STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Tennessee Titans defensive tackle and former MSU player Jeffery Simmons is giving young football players a place to practice and play the game. Simmons joined Starkville Mayor Lynn Spruill this morning to cut the ribbon on a new turf field at the Starkville Sportsplex. The field is a 75-thousand dollar investment that will not only be…
ACKERMAN, Miss. (WCBI) – An international partnership brings a major investment and expansion to Choctaw County. Southeastern Timber Products of Ackerman and Tolko Industries of British Columbia, Canada is investing $150 million into an expansion of the STP lumber mill in Ackerman. The investment will give the mill the potential to more than double its current milled lumber output. STP…
CALEDONIA, Miss. (WCBI) – Hundreds line the streets of Caledonia to honor the last of the Screaming Eagles who lived in quiet humbleness. Bradford Freeman lived and worked unassumingly until the Band of Brothers book was released. Friday, he was buried with all the glory a hero deserves. American flags waved in a slight breeze along Main Street Caledonia. Folks…
CLAY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Some Clay County residents say a hearty ‘thank you’ to area law enforcement with a ‘hearty’ meal. Gary and Maurice Duncan served up a lunch of ribs and sausages with all the fixin’s to officers and deputies with the West Point Police Department and Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Members of both departments were grateful for…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton could be on his way out of the door. Multiple sources are confirming to WCBI that Mayor Keith Gaskin asked for Shelton’s resignation. Shelton reportedly declined Gaskin’s request at their meeting Friday. Now, a special called meeting will be held Monday morning to discuss Shelton’s tenure. City Spokesman Joe Dillon would…
OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Someone claiming to be with the Oktibbeha County Sheriff’s Department is scamming people out of money. Investigators say there have been at least three phone calls today. The scammer calls the victim claiming to be the chief deputy for the sheriff’s department. They then tell the person on the phone that they missed a subpoena…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Monday, the Oktibbeha County Humane Society is joining more than 250 animal shelters in what organizers are calling the largest funded pet adoption event in the country. Staff at the Oktibbeha County Humane Society say their kennels are almost always full. “That is two animals in a kennel, then right now, about six of their runs…
MONROE COUNTY, MISS. (WCBI) – A former Monroe County school will soon be used as a transition home for men who want to change their lives and their future. Charles Hodges may be retiring as a transport officer at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, but he says that job has prepared him for the next chapter in his life. “Day…
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STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – It is showtime for a group of campers at Mississippi State University. 37 students have spent the last three weeks at the annual Summer Scholars Camp. The theater camp immerses students in acting, singing, and dancing classes while also preparing them for a production. The students not only perform, but they also write the play. And…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The current housing market is hot. Existing homes are selling quickly and prices are at an all-time high. Apartments are raising rent. And that has some prospective home buyers looking for alternatives. Greg Gates of Mills Mobile Homes says that’s good for his business.. “Just because conventional houses cost so much to build now, you can…
LEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A lasting memorial is dedicated to a beloved sheriff who was killed in the line of duty twenty-one years ago today. The “Sheriff Harold Ray Presley Memorial Interchange” was unveiled this morning during a ceremony at Tombigbee Electric Power Association. The markers will be placed at the exit from I 22 onto Auburn Road in Lee County….
ALCORN COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Seventy-seven year old Wade Davis was last seen on June 22nd, walking his dog, Buddy, near his Rienzi home. Early Wednesday, Buddy was found and returned to family members. Buddy is doing well and the discovery of Davis’ dog has given family, and search crews renewed hope. “We got new information, that’s why we’re…
CALEDONIA, Miss. (WCBI) – To the nation and the world Caledonia resident, Bradford Freeman was a member of one of the most storied units of World War II. But to the people who knew him best, he was more than a hero. Bradford Clark Freeman served in World War II as a member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment…
EUPORA, Miss. (WCBI) – Tuesday, the Webster County Sheriff’s Department announced that it has equipped all of its cars with new mobile radios that are connected to a statewide network. This makes 16 radios for the Webster County Sheriff’s Department that are connected to the Mississippi Wireless Information Network. “It allows counties to be on the system, municipalities, medical people,…
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – One person died on state highways in Mississippi over the July 4th holiday weekend. The fatal accident happened in Wilkinson County, in southwest Mississippi, on July 2nd. A 16-year-old died after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into an embankment. The Mississippi Highway Patrol wrote nearly eight thousand tickets and made 168 DUI arrests. Troop…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – The City of Columbus and Columbus Light and Water team up to address infrastructure issues in the city. The Columbus City Council voted to give Columbus Light and Water just over $1 million to help move three planned projects forward. Light and Water had come to the Council asking for money from the city’s share of…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Four people are arrested in a Lowndes County drug bust. Lowndes County Narcotics Agents seized methamphetamine and guns inside three mobile homes on South Pickensville Road late Wednesday morning. Sheriff Eddie Hawkins says agents have been working undercover for several weeks before making the bust. Rebecca Bumgardner and Christopher Stokes are both charged with two…
NOXUBEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A south Mississippi woman is accused of trying to hurt someone with her car in Noxubee County. Now, 25-year-old Tanyra Brown is charged with aggravated assault and two counts of malicious mischief. Noxubee County Sheriff Tommy Roby tells WCBI the incident that happened this past Sunday morning on Cedar Creek Road. Roby, he says Brown…
LOUISVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – The City of Louisville is extending its curfew and studying its success. The overnight curfew was originally instated for 2 weeks in June, with an option to renew it for 2 weeks at a time. The idea behind it was to deter crime in the late night and early morning hours. At last night’s aldermen meeting,…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Tuesday, the Mississippi Development Authority announced the details of a new manufacturing operation coming to Starkville. Columbia Industries is investing $9.549 million dollars to relocate from Hillsboro, Oregon to Starkville, Mississippi to create 62 new jobs they hope to fill by 2023. “Columbia Industries contacted us in a sense because they really wanted to locate in…
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – The Mississippi State Department of Health reports a sharp increase in the number of COVID-19 cases. Numbers released today show 3,240 new cases were reported between July first and July fourth. That’s an average of more than 800 new cases a day. These numbers do not include people that may have tested at home and did…
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI) – In two days most abortions in Mississippi will be banned. Tuesday afternoon, Judge Debbra K. Halford denied a request by Mississippi’s only abortion clinic to block Mississippi’s “trigger” law from going into effect. Jackson Women’s Health Organization filed suit last week seeking an injunction based on a 1998 Mississippi Supreme Court Ruling which says the state…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Some Lowndes County law enforcement officers will be getting bigger paychecks this year. Lowndes County Supervisors voted to raise Sheriff Eddie Hawkins’ salary by $5,000. House Bill 1408, passed by the state legislature this year, allows counties that maintain a Juvenile Detention Center to supplement the sheriff’s salary by up to $5,000. Another House BIll…