STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Over the weekend, students have been moving into residence halls on Mississippi State’s campus. With an enrollment of over 22,000 students this year, safety is going to be a challenge. However, the MSU Housing Department said they are confident they can keep those numbers down. “Moving in as a first-time freshman, this is like, the safest…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – Lowndes County deputies continue to search for a gunman that opened fire with hundreds of people nearby. The shooting happened as Artesia Day was coming to a close this past weekend. The 29-year-old victim was shot in the face and neck. He was later airlifted to a Jackson hospital. Lowndes County Sheriff Eddie Hawkins says…
SUMMARY: We’re in for quite a hot week ahead across NE MS and West Alabama. Nothing unexpected this time of year, but the heat can still take its toll. Highs will be in the mid 90s for the work week, dropping a bit to the low 90s for the weekend, and around 90 to start next week. Rain chances stay…
SUMMARY: We’re going to be sounding like a broken record all week long as we’ll be dealing with a typical summer weather pattern. Hot & humid with highs in the 90s…heat indices in the 100s. Of course…can’t rule out a chance of afternoon showers & storms. MONDAY: A mix of sun & clouds throughout the day. A stray shower in…
TONIGHT: Partly cloudy skies with a low of 74. MONDAY: Partly cloudy skies throughout the day. A stray shower in the later afternoon hours is possible. A high of 94 is expected, with heat indices making it feel 100+ MONDAY NIGHT: Cooling off to a low of 74, with partly cloudy skies. TUESDAY: Partly cloudy skies and a high of…
NEW ORLEANS, La. (WCBI)- A Mississippi chef wins the 17th annual Great American Seafood Cook-off. Chef Austin Sumrall is the nation’s new King of Seafood. Sumrall participated in the competition in New Orleans with 12 other culinary chefs across the U.S. in 2017, Sumrall opened his restaurant, White Pillars, in Biloxi. He has worked for a number of award-winning restaurants….
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI)-A man is in the hospital after being shot following the Artesia Day festival. Deputies found one male victim on Obama Street suffering from gunshot wounds on his face and neck. Investigators believe several people were gathered at the festival when shots rang out just after midnight. The victim was taken to Baptist Memorial Hospital and later…
STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Across the country, employers are looking to hire people in all positions. One local store had such a hard time, they closed for a short time just to focus on hiring. “We’ve never had this degree of short-staffness,” Johnathan Howard said. Johnathan Howard is the General Manager of McAlister’s Deli in Starkville. He said the lack…
ABERDEEN, Miss. (WCBI)- Helping a neighbor was the message for one organization in Aberdeen as members host a back-to-school drive. The Aberdeen Brothers of Loyalty M.C. and Sisters of Loyalty S.C. offered free school supplies, good food, and a little fun for kids to start the school year on the right foot, not only to help the kids but the…
TUPELO, Miss. (WCBI)- Keep Tupelo Beautiful teamed up with a downtown church to enhance Gum Tree Park. Members of the First United Methodist Church of Tupelo youth group painted a sensory path on the sidewalk for various activities like hopscotch to motivate children to exercise. Kathryn Rhea is the Director of Keep Tupelo Beautiful. Rhea said volunteers are essential in…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Front lines workers and first responders are needed in every community. In Columbus, the Police Department opened its doors to find new recruits. “I’ve been doing it for over 30 years and I know there’s great reward,” Assistant Chief Doran Johnson said. Doran Johnson is the Assistant Chief of Police in Columbus. He said career day…
SUMMARY: You saw it here first… the 90s are back! 90 degree temperatures that is! We are back to the typical summertime pattern as we head into the second week of August. TONIGHT: Clear skies with a low of 70. One of the last nights feeling comfortable! TOMORROW: Mostly sunny skies for Sunday, a high of 94. Humidity starts to…
SUMMARY: Warm and fairly quiet summer weather is in store for the weekend. While a stray shower or storm is possible, most spots will remain dry. The summer heat and humidity is making a comeback as we head into a new workweek. SATURDAY: Mostly sunny skies. Maybe the chance of a stray shower or storm during the heating of the…
LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – An inmate at the Lowndes County jail has died. Sheriff Eddie Hawkins says the inmate was found unresponsive just after 7 AM Thursday inside their cell. Coroner Greg Merchant says an autopsy will be done on 39-year-old Brian Jeffery Davis of Vernon, Alabama. The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation is handling the case. A cause of…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- The number of available ICU beds in Mississippi is at a critical level. And it’s the same or worse for other states in the region. Many of those will end up in the hospital, and of those, dozens will need intensive care. Hospitals across the South are dealing with a surge of the COVID-19 delta variant. “As…
SUMMARY: Warm and fairly quiet summer weather is in store for the weekend. While a stray shower or storm is possible, most spots will remain dry. More spotty storms and warmer temperatures are likely next week. FRIDAY NIGHT: Evening rain and storms fizzle. Some patchy fog. Lows in the upper 60s. SATURDAY & SUNDAY: Partly cloudy. A 10% chance of…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – From the neighborhoods to City Hall, people have had enough of the trash that is left on the sides of the road and private property. City leaders said they all have heard the same request: clean up the Friendly City. “It’s beginning to be overbearing that this illegal stuff is being thrown everywhere all over the…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Students in the Columbus Municipal School District headed back to campus today. But this isn’t just any First Day of School. For the first time since March 20-20, all students reported to class on the same day. Last school year, most schools in the district stayed with a hybrid model, splitting classes in half, and students…
SUMMARY: Spotty summertime shower & storm chances are set to return heading into the weekend as our typical summer weather pattern returns. Highs in the 80s are more likely Friday with the 90s set to take over heading into the weekend, along with the summer humidity. FRIDAY: A mix of sun and clouds with a stray shower or pop-up storm…
WEST POINT, Miss. (WCBI) – Grief and confusion continue to grip the town of West Point after a plane crash claimed the life of 65-year-old Gary Dedeaux and his grandson Luke Reed. “He was as sharing and caring about his fellow man as anybody I’ve ever known,” says West Point Chief Operating Officer Randy Jones. Former West Point mayor Robbie…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI)- Mississippi State Department of Health reported 3,164 new cases of COVID-19 in a single day. State health leaders discuss the spread of the delta variant with hopes to slow the rise in numbers. During the fourth wave of COVID-19, the Delta variant brings higher numbers of infections leaving intensive care units with limited rooms to take in…
BOONEVILLE, MISS. (WCBI) – A giant cross is raised in Northeast Mississippi. The cross-raising ceremony was a celebration. When fundraising began for the cross-project in Prentiss County last September, Deryl Saylors had no idea how long it would take to raise the money. “We didn’t have a clue, we thought it would take a year or more, people just came…
COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) – Two people are in the hospital after a shooting in Columbus. Just before 12:30 pm Columbus police and Lowndes County sheriff’s department went to the 1400 block of the fourth street south for reported gunshots. Chief Fred Shelton says it’s believed two people got into an argument in the Southside Market store. That’s when the suspect…
OXFORD, Miss. (WCBI) – The City of Oxford, Oxford Police Chief Jeff McCutchen, former Officer Matthew Kinne, and 10 unnamed police officers are facing a federal lawsuit. Attorneys for the family of Dominique Clayton announced the suit today. Last month former Oxford Police Officer Matthew Kinne pleaded guilty to killing Dominique Clayton. The suit alleges that Kinne was acting under…