COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – One saxophonist is traveling the country to inspire people to learn to play. Damico Brown, also known by his stage name, Carmelo Sax, is one of the many traveling saxophonists in the music industry. “Once I actually picked it up myself, it was kind of like love at first sight,” Brown said. Growing up in Gary,…
SUMMARY: A pesky area of low pressure continues to linger over the south, keeping rain chances elevated. Things look pretty wet through Tuesday, with highs held down by the rain and cloud cover in the upper 70s to low 80s. Big changes are in store by mid week, as a powerful cold front will plunge through the central and eastern…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- The 25th Annual Market Street Festival kicks off at the Columbus Soccer Complex. “We’re excited to finally be able to bring the festival to our community,” said Executive Director of Columbus Main Street Barbara Bigelow. It’s been nearly two years since the last Market Street festival in May of 2019 due to the COVID -19 pandemic. Bigelow…
SUMMARY: Rain chances will be increasing throughout the day today & into the weekend. It will stick around into the beginning of next week. Cold front should push through next week, helping us to dry out. FRIDAY: It’s a cloudy start to our Friday across north Mississippi & west Alabama with wet roads and drizzle in some spots. Showers and…
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – Future police officers are learning what to do if they are overpowered by a suspect. It’s part of the twelve-week police academy at the North Mississippi Law Enforcement Training Center. Priscilla Castro and her fellow cadets of Class B 68 have spent a lot of time on the mats this week. In defensive tactics, cadets learn…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Columbus police have released surveillance video they hope will lead to the arrest of a shooter. This is an update to a story we first brought you Wednesday night on WCBI News. In this surveillance video, you can see a gray Hyundai crash into a truck parked in the Marvin’s parking lot on Wednesday evening. A…
LOUISVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Just over a month into the 2021 fall semester, COVID-19 continues to disrupt Mississippi schools. Added to that is the nationwide shortage of school nurses. However, that shortage is not having as severe an impact on the Louisville Municipal School District. “If they present with COVID symptoms…we’re able to test for those things at the school,…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- If you’re trying to hit a lottery jackpot, Columbus may be the place to be. The city is climbing the charts with the most lottery ticket sales in Mississippi. The Mississippi Lottery Corporation lists six Columbus retailers as the top 16 vendors with the most sales from April to June. 11 of the top 100 retailers across…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Columbus’ City Budget for Fiscal Year 2022 is not the one city leaders had hoped for, but it is balanced, and the new administration is already looking to improve the next one. City leaders had to make last-minute cuts after a 1.5 million dollar error was found in the proposed budget. That meant new equipment for…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – They can’t fix them if they don’t know about them. That’s true for public works departments everywhere. Starkville Utilities is encouraging residents to call them first if they see or experience electric or water problems. On Wednesday, crews worked into the night to get a line fixed on South Montgomery Street. They were alerted by a…
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI)- Mississippi is now the nation’s leader in monoclonal antibody treatment. Unfortunately, we’re also number one in Covid deaths per capita across the country, and the coronavirus dangers for pregnant women continue. As of Thursday morning, there were 37 ICU beds available with over 70 patients in need of ICU treatment. That’s due to the ongoing staff shortage….
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – One way to get kids to do something is to make it fun. Another way is to give them a chance to win something fun. The Boys and Girls Clubs of the Golden Triangle are taking that approach to encourage their members to get vaccinated. Microsoft has teamed up with the Boys and Girls Clubs of…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) Mississippi lottery players are looking at combined jackpots that are soaring near the one billion dollar mark. Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots are over four million each. The Mississippi Match five is 80,000. Winning numbers will be drawn for the next three nights. If you want to see the numbers first you can see them on WCBI….
MISSISSIPPI (WCBI) – Mississippi’s education system continues to show higher rankings in the classroom. The latest Quality Counts report the state ranks 35th in the nation for Kindergarten through 12th grade achievement. Mississippi’s overall grade was 70, which is comparable to the nation’s overall score of 76 out of 100. Figures show Mississippi ranked first in the nation for gains…
SUMMARY: The remnant circulation of Nicholas continues to spin over the Lower MS Valley, and rain chances will accordingly increase across north MS and west AL in the next few days. THURSDAY: The sky stays generally cloudy today with just spotty rain expected – most places will likely stay dry. Daytime highs will reach the upper 70s to near 80 degrees….
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI) – In November of 2020, 31-year-old Whitnei Betts was walking out of work early because she wasn’t feeling well. Suddenly, she lost all feeling in her legs. “I was almost to the car and I couldn’t feel my legs at all,” she remembers. “And I kind of just dropped down to the ground. I really didn’t know…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss (WCBI)- A $200,000 grant at East Mississippi Community College is expected to benefit local industries. The school will use the money for training to improve the skills of workers already employed at manufacturing companies. An apprenticeship program at East Mississippi Community College will allow businesses to get their employees in-class training to improve or speed up their…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – The tax rate will stay the same, and county employees will get a raise. Those are a couple of highlights from the fiscal year 2022 budget for Lowndes County. The Board of Supervisors passed the budget at a special meeting today. Supervisors did not raise the millage rate on county residents. But they did find…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Columbus Police are seeing an uptick in the number of car burglaries. In just the past couple of days, officers have responded to several burglaries in neighborhoods across the city. Columbus Police Chief Fred Shelton says there are simple things people can do, like hiding valuables, or better yet, taking them inside, park in well-lit areas…
AMORY, Miss. (WCBI)- The Amory School Board appointed a former Mississippi administrator to fill the role of interim superintendent. Andy Cantrell will step into the position from October 1st to December 31st. Cantrell will take over for Ken Byars who is stepping down on September 30th to pursue educational consulting in the private sector, according to the Associated Press. Cantrell…
GOLDEN TRIANGLE, Miss. (WCBI) – The Golden Triangle welcomes Main Street Directors from 3 states this week. Starkville is hosting this year’s Destination Downtown. It is the South’s premier downtown revitalization conference. Over 300 directors and members from Mississippi Main Street Association, Main Street Arkansas, and Louisiana Main Street are expected to attend the conference at The Mill. Today, participants…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County leaders agree to house some juvenile inmates from Starkville. The board of supervisors finalized the agreement with the Starkville Board of Alderman, Wednesday, September 15th. Starkville will pay 125 dollars a day to reserve two beds at the Lowndes County Juvenile Detention Center. Mayor Lynn Spruill and some alderman started looking for more…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Tuesday, the Oktibbeha County branch of the NAACP held a free COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Starkville. The clinic took place from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Sandhill Apartment complex where medical professionals from Point City Drugs Pharmacy had about 200 doses of the Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson vaccine on hand to administer….
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – On September 7th, the Starkville Board of Alderman voted to approve an interlocal agreement with the Lowndes County Juvenile Detention Center to reserve two beds to house any youth offenders from Starkville. The hope is that the partnership can be part of the solution to the area’s problems with violent crime involving young people. “Violence and…