COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- The city of Columbus is one day closer to welcoming a new mayor for the first time in 15 years. Keith Gaskin’s campaign team says the transition process started just 2 hours after the election finished. Inauguration planning began Thursday. WCBI spoke with the city’s spokesperson and members of Gaskin’s team about how the process is going….
NOXUBEE COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Prosecutors will try to restart a Noxubee County murder trial on Monday. Marcus Gardner is accused of killing his girlfriend, Chelsea Pace, at their Highway 388 home, back in August 2017. A mistrial was declared back in March because not enough jurors showed up to jury duty. Jurors are required to report or give the…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Columbus Air Force Base has been in the Lowndes County community since 1941 and it will remain open. Thousands of airmen have trained at the base for every military conflict since World War II. Base Realignment and Closure or BRAC has always been a concern since the late 1980s. That’s where government officials look to close…
PICKENSVILLE, Ala. (WCBI) – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins removing a barge from the Bevill Lock and Dam. Crews started cutting the barge to start the salvage process. The partially sunken barge hit the lock and dam in Pickensville, Alabama last weekend. Heavy rains led to flooding waters before the incident. Several people even came out to watch…
SUMMARY: The remnants of a tropical system will swirl through the area on Saturday. We stand to get a broad range of very little (northwest) to perhaps a few inches (southeast). No significant issues are anticipated locally and the severe weather threat will be along and southeast of I-20/59. FRIDAY NIGHT: Increasing clouds with some rain possible. Lows around 70….
Jason Nickles from the Lowndes County Humane Society introduces us to a dog looking for a forever home. Categories: Local News, PETS WITHOUT PARTNERS Tags: humane, partners, Pets, society, without
Beth Jeffers and Whitney Brown of the Fitness Factor in Columbus discuss the benefits of small group training with more focused attention from fitness instructors. Categories: Get Fit Friday, Local News Tags: FACTOR, FIT, FITNESS, friday, GET
The Sunrise crew pays homage to their fathers. Categories: Featured, Local News Tags: dad, day, father’s
Happy birthday to all those celebrating today! Categories: Birthday Bunch, Featured, Local News Tags: Birthday, bunch
SUMMARY: A warm and humid day Friday, most of us should stay dry, although a few tropical showers are possible in the evening. The tropical system, currently ‘Potential Tropical Cyclone 3,’ will slide by the region on Saturday and could bring heavy rain to southern and Eastern areas. Models are now very consistent on the track being to our south,…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – In Lowndes County, school is not out for summer in 2021. But JoLynne Robertson’s first grade class doesn’t seem to mind. “For the most part, they’re all excited and happy to be here,” she says. “And they really do try.” Ms. Robertson’s 1st grade class is one of several going through summer school at New Hope…
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – The area’s only homeless shelter will soon have new leaders. Majors Ray and Whitney Morton have received a new assignment and will be leaving their post at the Tupelo Salvation Army in a few days. When Majors Ray and Whitney Morton came to the Tupelo Salvation Army in 2019, the corps and community center was undergoing…
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)- More financial opportunities are coming to Winona. After losing two large companies in one year, Wal-Mart and Fred’s, city leaders are working to bring more businesses to the city. To stay alive, cities and small towns rely on sales tax. Roads, businesses, and restaurants are a few. Winona is now reporting higher numbers on its sales…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- Air Force Colonel Seth Graham paid a visit to the Columbus Exchange club Thursday. Colonel Graham is the Commander of the 14th Flying Training Wing for the Columbus Air Force Base. During his visit, the Colonel discussed a variety of topics including recruitment and training. Currently, the Air Force is facing a pilot shortage. “The Air Force…
SUMMARY: A tropical system is expected to affect the Twin States going into the weekend. For us in the WCBI-TV coverage area, we envision some rain, some breezes, but not much other than that. The heaviest rain and isolated tornado threat SHOULD remain to our southeast, assuming the center of circulation goes up along the I-20/59 corridor as currently anticipated….
Dr. Karen Emerson of the Emerson Animal Hospital in West Point describes the symptoms and treatment for entropion, a painful condition in which your pet’s eyelid is turned inward. Categories: ANIMAL HEALTH, Local News Tags: ANIMAL, emerson, entropion, health
SUMMARY: A dry Thursday and Friday in store, albeit with increasing humidity on Friday. Rain chances quickly return for Saturday as we watch the developing tropical system in the gulf. There is still a good amount of uncertainty in the track of the system, as it still hasn’t formed. Until it forms and has a well defined center of circulation,…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Wednesday marked the beginning of a new chapter for the city of Columbus as Keith Gaskin became the city’s mayor-elect. Gaskin defeated incumbent Mayor Robert Smith by a margin of just 24 votes, ushering in the first administration change the city has seen since 2006. “I don’t believe that our city is nearly as divided as…
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – It will be anything but a boring summer for students at one camp. Debbie Long is teaching youngsters at Tupelo’s Northside Boys and Girls Club, how to properly fold paper for something called a “squash book.” “It’s a fun little book that folds up really neat into a little square,” Long said. Students will then use…
TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – Governor Tate Reeves says he would call a special session of the legislature to look at the medical marijuana issue if lawmakers can reach a consensus on the issue. Last month, the state Supreme Court struck down Mississippi’s medical marijuana program. Governor Reeves says while he was against the medical marijuana initiative, he wants to honor…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- Juneteenth is a holiday that’s oftentimes overlooked, but all that is changing. The U.S. Senate unanimously voted to make Juneteenth a federal holiday, and approval from the House of Representatives would make it one step closer to law. On June 19, 1865 union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas to free more than 250,000 enslaved African Americans….
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- Since 1988, Financial Concepts, a financial planning company, has resided in Columbus on second avenue north. Due to growth, the company will operate at a new location to better serve its clients. Financial Concepts’ new home will stay in Columbus at the Old Gilmer lot. The property’s new name will be “The Magnolia at Riverhill.” It will…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- A curfew in Starkville is now in effect for people under the age of 18. The curfew will run form 12 A.M. to 5 A.M. everyday for at least one year. The Starkville Board of Alderman voted unanimously to enact the the mandate. Starkville Police Chief Mark Ballard believes guns stolen in car burglaries, by juveniles, have…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Starkville alderman told an electric scooter company to take a flight out of town. City leaders voted 4 – 3 to get out of its lease with Bird Scooters. The move comes after complaints about the scooters traveling down a busy Highway 12 and the lack of helmets being used. Some drivers even criticized the folks…